New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 81

Page 1053

✨ Judge Appointments Schedule

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1053

SCHEDULE.

Districts. | Judges of Assessment Courts.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY.
Borough of Timaru ... Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.
Temuka Road District ... Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.
Mount Peel Road District ... Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.
Geraldine Road District ... Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.
Mount Cook Road District ... Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.
Levels Road District ... Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.
Waimate Road District ... Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF WESTLAND.
Borough of Westport ... Charles Broad, Esq., R.M.
Borough of Greymouth ... Charles Broad, Esq., R.M.
Borough of Ross ... Charles Broad, Esq., R.M.
Borough of Kumara ... Charles Broad, Esq., R.M.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF OTAGO.
The City of Dunedin ... William Lawrence Simpson, Esq., R.M.
Borough of Caversham ... William Lawrence Simpson, Esq., R.M.
Borough of Mornington ... William Lawrence Simpson, Esq., R.M.
Borough of Alexandra ... Jackson Keddell, Esq., R.M.
Borough of Cromwell ... Jackson Keddell, Esq., R.M.

County of Buller ... William Horton Revell, Esq., R.M.
County of Grey ... Charles Broad, Esq., R.M.
County of Inangahua ... Charles Broad, Esq., R.M.
County of Vincent ... Jackson Keddell, Esq., R.M.
County of Waimate ... Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.
County of Geraldine ... Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.

Lands permanently reserved.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted that
the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the
same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then
held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in
the said section mentioned:

And whereas by the one hundred and forty-fifth section of the said Act it is provided that land tempo-
rarily reserved under the said one hundred and forty-fourth section may, at the expiration of one month
but not later than six months after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation,
be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:

And whereas the lands specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto were, by the several
warrants the dates of which are specified in the third column of the said Schedule, and the notifications of
which were published in the Gazettes specified in the fourth column, temporarily reserved under the autho-
rity of the said Act for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby permanently
reserve the lands so temporarily reserved as aforesaid, and enumerated in the first column of the Schedule
hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, being the same purposes for
which the said lands were so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1879, No 81

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🏘️ Appointment of Judges for Assessment Courts under Rating Act (continued from previous page)

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated24 July 1879
KeywordsJudges, Assessment Courts, Canterbury, Westland, Otago, Rating Act
👱🏽 Names

Richmond Beetham (Esquire, R.M.), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Charles Broad (Esquire, R.M.), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
William Lawrence Simpson (Esquire, R.M.), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Jackson Keddell (Esquire, R.M.), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
William Horton Revell (Esquire, R.M.), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court

🗺️ Permanent Reservation of Crown Lands under The Land Act, 1877

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsLand Act 1877, Crown lands, Permanent reservation, Temporary reservation, Schedule
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor

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