✨ Maori Jury Rules Continuation and Appointments
FEB. 1.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 147
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When any notice of a claim to be tried by a Maori jury
under section 148 or section 150 of the said Act, or of a mixed
jury under section 152 of the said Act has been given, the
Registrar, Clerk, or proper officer of the Court in which the trial
is to be heard shall issue a precept, under his hand, to the
Sheriff of the Sheriff's district within which such trial is to be
heard, commanding such Sheriff to summon a sufficient number
of Maori jurors to attend and serve at such trial. -
Such precept shall be in the form contained in the Fifth
Schedule to the said Act, or to the like effect, and shall command
the Sheriff to summon not less than thirty-six Maori men (if so
many be resident within the jury district) when the trial is to be
heard under section 148 or section 150 of the said Act, and not
less than twelve Maori men (if so many be resident within the
jury district) when the trial is to be heard under section 152 of
the said Act. -
The provisions of the said Act as to boxes for the names of
jurors, and as to jury-books for common jurors, and as to the
summoning of jurors, as contained in sections 31 to 37, both
inclusive, sections 65 to 70, both inclusive, and sections 95 to
101, both inclusive, of the said Act, shall apply, mutatis
mutandis, to Maori juries. -
The Forms B and C hereto annexed, and the form of
summons which shall be issued in respect of the summoning of
Maori juries, shall, when issued, be printed both in the English
and Maori languages respectively.
FORM A.
Warrant from Jury Officer as to Maori Jurors.
Jury District of , to wit.
To A.B., a constable within the said district.
THESE are to command you in Her Majesty's name to make
out, before the first Sunday in March next, a true list in writing,
in the form hereunto annexed, containing the names of all
Maori men between the ages of twenty-one years and sixty
years, being of good fame and character, and residing within
the said jury district [or describing the portion of district for
which warrant given]; and when you shall have made out such
list you are to sign the several notices hereunto annexed, and
fix one of such notices upon or near the principal outer door of
every Resident Magistrate's and Petty Sessions Courthouse, and
every church, chapel, or other public place of religious worship
within the district aforesaid; and you are to keep the said list,
or a true copy thereof, to be inspected or perused by any of the
inhabitants of the said district at any reasonable time during
the first nine days of the said month of March, without any
fee or reward. And I do further require you to appear
personally at the meeting of Justices to be holden at , the
day of March instant, at o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to produce the said list, and to
answer on oath all questions touching the same which may
then and there be put to you.
You must exempt from the said list the names of all persons
who are by section 6 of "The Juries Act, 1880," exempted
from being inserted in such list.
Given under my hand at , in the said district, this
day of , 188 . Jury Officer.
FORM B.
List of Maori Men within the Jury District of
qualified and liable to serve on Juries.
Name at full length. Calling. Residence.
FORM C.
Notice of Maori Jury List open to Inspection.
NOTICE is hereby given that a list of Maori men residing within
the Jury District of , and qualified to serve on juries
therein, has been made out, and may be inspected and perused
at the place hereunder described during the first nine days of
this present month.
All objections to the said list will be heard by the Justices of
the Peace, at a meeting of Justices on , the
day of March instant, at the hour of o'clock in the fore-
noon, at .
Dated this day of March, 188 .
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-three.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
Returning Officers appointed for Native Licensing Districts.
WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the provisions of "The
Licensing Act, 1881," and "The Licensing Act Amend-
ment Act, 1882," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
the several persons whose names are specified in the first column
of the Schedule hereto to be Returning Officers for the Native
licensing districts specified in the second column of the said
Schedule.
SCHEDULE.
Names of Returning Officers. Names of Licensing Districts.
| Henry William Northcroft, Esq. | Raglan District. |
| David Scannell, Esq. | Taupo District. |
| George Augustus Preece, Esq. | Waikaremoana District. |
| Herbert William Brabant, Esq. | Omataroa District. |
| Robert Smelt Bush, Esq. | Waioeka District. |
| George Augustus Preece, Esq. | Tolago District. |
| George Augustus Preece, Esq. | Arai District. |
| Harry Kenrick, Esq. | Tairua District. |
| Robert Ward, Esq. | Upper Wanganui District. |
| George Augustus Preece, Esq. | Clyde District. |
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three.
JOHN BRYCE.
Inspector of Weights and Measures, Southland, appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has
been pleased to appoint
Constable ARTHUR HOBBINS WRIGHT
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the District of
Southland, vice Constable P. Bowman, transferred.
THOMAS DICK.
Deputy-Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the
under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the
Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the dis-
tricts respectively set opposite their names :-
Name. District.
REGINALD HERBERT DORSET ... Masterton.
AMELIUS MORLAND SMITH ... Wellington.
THOMAS DICK.
Deputy-Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
HENRY HOLDEN HALLIDAY, Esq.,
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Tokomairiro.
THOMAS DICK.
Additional Public Vaccinator appointed, Wellington District.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
SAMUEL HAMMOND, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.,
to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under "The Public
Health Act, 1876," for the Wellington District.
THOMAS DICK.
Justice of the Peace appointed under "The Municipal Cor-
porations Act, 1876."
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th January, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM REEVE HASELDEN, Esq.,
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Rules for the formation and revision of Maori Juries under the Juries Act, 1880
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement31 January 1883
Maori Juries, Juries Act 1880, Jury Officer, Constables, Jury lists, Rules, Forms
- EDWD. T. CONOLLY
🏛️ Appointment of Returning Officers for Native Licensing Districts
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration26 January 1883
Returning Officers, Native Licensing Districts, Licensing Act 1881, Licensing Act Amendment Act 1882
10 names identified
- Henry William Northcroft (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Raglan District
- David Scannell (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Taupo District
- George Augustus Preece (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Waikaremoana District
- Herbert William Brabant (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Omataroa District
- Robert Smelt Bush (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Waioeka District
- George Augustus Preece (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Tolago District
- George Augustus Preece (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Arai District
- Harry Kenrick (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Tairua District
- Robert Ward (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Upper Wanganui District
- George Augustus Preece (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Clyde District
- WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor
- JOHN BRYCE
🏭 Appointment of Inspector of Weights and Measures for Southland
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry19 January 1883
Inspector of Weights and Measures, Southland, Constable
- ARTHUR HOBBINS Wright (Constable), Appointed Inspector of Weights and Measures
- P. Bowman (Constable), Replaced as Inspector of Weights and Measures
- THOMAS DICK
🏛️ Appointments of Deputy-Registrars of Marriages and Births/Deaths
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration26 January 1883
Deputy-Registrar, Marriages, Births and Deaths, Masterton, Wellington
- REGINALD HERBERT DORSET, Appointed Deputy-Registrar for Masterton
- AMELIUS MORLAND SMITH, Appointed Deputy-Registrar for Wellington
- THOMAS DICK
🏛️ Appointment of Deputy-Registrar of Marriages for Tokomairiro District
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration29 January 1883
Deputy-Registrar, Marriages, Births and Deaths, Tokomairiro
- HENRY HOLDEN HALLIDAY (Esquire), Appointed Deputy-Registrar for Tokomairiro
- THOMAS DICK
🏥 Appointment of Additional Public Vaccinator for Wellington District
🏥 Health & Social Welfare29 January 1883
Public Vaccinator, Health Act 1876, Wellington
- SAMUEL HAMMOND (Esquire, M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.), Appointed additional Public Vaccinator
- THOMAS DICK
⚖️ Appointment of Justice of the Peace under Municipal Corporations Act
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement24 January 1883
Justice of the Peace, Municipal Corporations Act 1876
- WILLIAM REEVE HASELDEN (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
NZ Gazette 1883, No 12