New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 12

Page 194

✨ Proclamations and Court Sittings

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 12

with the consent of the County Council of the said
County of Bruce.

Given under the hand of his Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
ninth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

JOHN HALL.

SCHEDULE—continued.

Left Column Content (Schedule Part 1)

Districts.	Judges of Assessment Court.

County of Bay of Islands
Russell Highway District
County of Whangarei
Hikurangi Highway District...
Kaurihohore Highway District
Manaia Highway District
Mangapai Highway District.
Maungakaramea Highway Dis-
trict
Maunu Highway District
Parua Highway District
Ruarangi Highway District
Ruatangata Highway District
Waikiekie Highway District...
Waipu Middle Highway District
Waipu North Highway District
Waipu South Highway District
Whangarei Highway District
Whareora Highway District
Whangarei Township Highway
District
County of Cook
Arai Highway District
Poverty Bay Highway District
Ormond Highway District
Waikohu Highway District
Patutahi Highway District
Turanganui Highway District
County of Wairoa
County of Manawatu
Manawatu Highway District...
Foxton Highway District
Sandon and Carnarvon High-
way District
County of Waipawa
Wanstead Highway District
Wallingford Highway District
County of Hawke's Bay
Pakowhai and Waitangi Road
District
| James Hamlyn Greenway,
Esq.

James Stephenson Clendon,
Esq.

Matthew Price, Esq.

George Augustus Preece, Esq.
Frederic Francis Ormond,
Esq.

Robert Ward, Esq.

Harry Eyre Kenny, Esq.

Judges of Assessment Courts under "The Rating Act
1876," appointed.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

I N pursuance and exercise of all powers and autho-
rities vested in me by "The Rating Act, 1876,"
I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the per-
sons named in the Schedule hereto to be Judges of
the Assessment Courts for the districts placed oppo-
site their respective names.

SCHEDULE.

Right Column Content (Schedule Part 2 & Remaining Text)

Districts.	Judges of Assessment Court.

County of Hutt
Johnsonville Local District
Kaiwara Local District
Karori-Makara Highway Dis
trict
Kilbirnie Highway District
Lower Hutt Local District
Wellington Highway District
Borough of Wellington
County of Collingwood
Collingwood Road District
Takaka Road District
County of Grey
Borough of Greymouth
Borough of City of Christ-
church
Borough of Sydenham
Avon Road District
Halswell Road District
Heathcote Road District
Lincoln Road District
Riccarton Road District
Spreydon Road District
Springs Road District
Templeton Road District
Christchurch Drainage District
County of Ashburton
Borough of Ashburton
Ashburton Road District
Ashburton Upper Road District
Mount Peel Road District
Mount Somers Road District...
South Rakaia Road District
Mount Cook Road District
Temuka Road District
Wakanui Road District
Longbeach Road District
Mount Hutt Road District
Lake County
Borough of Arrowtown
Borough of Queenstown
County of Waikouaiti
County of Wallace
Aparima Road District
Riverton Road District
| Edward Shaw, Esq.

Frank Guinness, Esq.

Henry Aldborough Stratford,
Esq.

Caleb Whitefoord, Esq.

John Nugent Wood, Esq.

Jackson Keddell, Esq.

Isaac Newton Watt, Esq.

Henry McCulloch, Esq.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifth day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one.

JOHN HALL.

Fixing Sittings at Wanganui and Palmerston North
of the District Court of Wanganui.

A. GORDON, Governor.

I N pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority in this behalf enabling me, I, Arthur
Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that sittings
of the District Court of Wanganui shall, on and
after the first day of March next, be held as follows,
in lieu of those previously fixed and appointed:-

In the Courthouse at Wanganui, for the despatch
of civil business, on the fourth Monday in the
months of January, February, May, July, August,
and November; and for the despatch of civil and
criminal business on the fourth Monday in the
months of March, June, and September, and on the
second Monday in the month of December, in each
year.

In the Courthouse at Palmerston North, for the
despatch of civil and criminal business, on the
Tuesday before the fourth Monday in the months of
March, June, and September, and before the second
Monday in the month of December, in each year.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1881, No 12

The Old Government Buildings (depicted) were completed in 1876 and initially housed the entire Wellington-based civil service as well as the entire New Zealand Cabinet. The Executive Council met there until 1948.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Appointment of Judges of Assessment Courts under Rating Act, 1876 (continued from previous page)

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated5 February 1881
KeywordsAssessment Courts, Judges, Rating Act 1876, County, Highway District, Road District, Proclamation
👱🏽 Names

15 names identified

James Hamlyn Greenway (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
James Stephenson Clendon (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Matthew Price (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
George Augustus Preece (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Frederic Francis Ormond (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Robert Ward (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Harry Eyre Kenny (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Edward Shaw (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Frank Guinness (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Henry Aldborough Stratford (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Caleb Whitefoord (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
John Nugent Wood (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Jackson Keddell (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Isaac Newton Watt (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court
Henry McCulloch (Esquire), Appointed Judge of Assessment Court

👩‍💼 Officials

Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Her Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
John Hall
A. Gordon, Governor

⚖️ Fixing sittings for Wanganui District Court at Wanganui and Palmerston North

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
KeywordsDistrict Court, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Court schedule, Civil business, Criminal business
👩‍💼 Officials

A. Gordon, Governor

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