New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 107

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✨ Native Land Rating, Telegraph Cables Protection

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 107

KUPU APITI.

Te Ingoa o te Poari Takiwa.	Te Tari o te Paori Takiwa e utua ai nga Moni Reiti.
Rori Poata o Clive ..	Clive (Haaki Pei).
Rori Poata o Danevirk ..	Tahoraiti.
Rori Poata o Maraeakakaho ..	Nepia.
Rori Poata o Meanee ..	Meanee.
Rori Poata o Petane ..	Petane.
Rori Poata o Whangaroa ..	Whangaroa.

Ka tuhia nei toku ingoa i tenei te 18 o nga ra o Hephema, 1884.

JULIUS VOGEL.

TRANSLATION.

“THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” and the Amendment thereof.

To each and every the owner or owners of land described in the substituted valuation rolls of Native lands supplied to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the undersigned Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in accordance with the provisions of “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” by or on behalf of the said local bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable under or by virtue of the said rolls:

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native lands therein mentioned or described, and the amount of rates due in respect thereof under the said Act.

And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates on or before the 26th day of September, 1884, such payment to be made by you at the office of the local body in whose district the lands affected are respectively comprised, and as noted in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Local Body.	Office of Local Body where Payment is to be made.
Clive Road Board ..	Clive, Hawke’s Bay.
Danevirk Road Board ..	Tahoraiti.
Maraeakakaho Road Board ..	Napier.
Meanee Road Board ..	Meanee.
Petane Road Board ..	Petane.
Whangaroa Road Board..	Whangaroa.

As witness my hand this eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Despatch.—Concerning the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 17th September, 1884.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs.

CIRCULAR.

Downing Street, 27th June, 1884.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your Government, the accompanying parliamentary paper, containing the Convention for the protection of submarine telegraph cables, which was signed at Paris on the 14th March last.

I have, &c.,
DERBY.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

DESPATCH from Viscount Lyons, forwarding the Convention for the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables, signed at Paris, 14th March, 1884.

Viscount Lyons to Earl Granville.—(Received 22nd March.)
(Extract.)
Paris, 21st March, 1884.

I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith to your Lordship, in original, the Convention for the protection of submarine cables, signed on the 14th instant by myself, on the part of Great Britain, and by the Plenipotentiaries of the twenty-five other States parties to it, on behalf of their respective Governments.

I transmit also the procès-verbal of signature, which was signed by the other Plenipotentiaries and myself on the 14th March.

Your Lordship will observe that the procès-verbal contains a provision that the exchange of the ratifications of the Convention shall be made through the French Government.

Enclosure 1.
[Translation.]

Convention for the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables, signed at Paris, 14th March, 1884.

HER MAJESTY the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India; His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; His Excellency the President of the Argentine Confederation, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians, His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, His Majesty the King of Denmark, His Excellency the President of the Dominican Republic, His Majesty the King of Spain, His Excellency the President of the United States of America, His Excellency the President of the United States of Colombia, His Excellency the President of the French Republic, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Guatemala, His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg; His Majesty the Shah of Persia, His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, His Majesty the King of Roumania, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Salvador, His Majesty the King of Servia, His Majesty the King of Sweden and of Norway, and His Excellency the President of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, being desirous to secure the preservation of telegraphic communications made by means of submarine cables, have resolved to conclude a Convention for this purpose, and have named for their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say,—

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India: His Excellency the Right Honourable Richard Bickerton Pemell, Viscount Lyons, a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Member of Her Britannic Majesty’s Privy Council, Her Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of the French Republic, &c.;

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia: His Highness Prince Chlodwig Charles Victor de Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst, Prince de Ratibor and Corvey, Grand Chamberlain of the Crown of Bavaria, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of the French Republic, &c.;

His Excellency the President of the Argentine Confederation: M. Balcarce, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Confederation at Paris, &c.;

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King of Hungary: His Excellency Count Ladislas Hoyos, Actual Privy Councillor, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of the French Republic, &c.;

His Majesty the King of the Belgians: Baron Beyens, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris, &c.; and M. Léopold Orban, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Political Director-General in the Department for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, &c.;

His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil: M. d’Araujo, Baron d’Itajuba, Brazilian Chargé d’Affaires at Paris, &c.;

His Excellency the President of the Republic of Costa Rica: M. Léon Somzée, Secretary of the Costa Rican Legation at Paris, &c.;

His Majesty the King of Denmark: Count Moltke-Hvitfeldt, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris, &c.;

His Excellency the President of the Dominican Republic: Baron de Almeda, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic at Paris, &c.;

His Majesty the King of Spain: His Excellency M. Manuel Silvela de le Vielleuse, Permanent Senator, Member of the Spanish Academy, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of the French Republic, &c.;

His Excellency the President of the United States of America: Mr. L. P. Morton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at Paris, &c.; and Mr. Vignaud, Secretary of the Legation of the United States of America at Paris, &c.;

His Excellency the President of the United States of Colombia: Dr. José G. Triana, Consul-General of the United States of Colombia at Paris, &c.;

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1884, No 107

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 Notice to Owners of Native Land

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated18 September 1884
KeywordsNative Land, Rating, Tax, Maori, Legislation
👩‍💼 Officials

Julius Vogel, Colonial Treasurer

🌏 Despatch Concerning Submarine Telegraph Cables

Domain🌏 External Affairs & Territories
Dated17 September 1884
KeywordsSubmarine Cables, Protection, International Convention, Downing Street, Paris
👩‍💼 Officials

Julius Vogel, Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs

🌏 Convention for the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables

Domain🌏 External Affairs & Territories
Dated27 June 1884
KeywordsSubmarine Cables, Protection, International Convention, Paris, Plenipotentiaries
👩‍💼 Officials

Viscount Lyons, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of the French Republic
Prince Chlodwig Charles Victor de Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst, Grand Chamberlain of the Crown of Bavaria
M. Balcarce, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Confederation
Count Ladislas Hoyos, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of the French Republic
Baron Beyens, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Belgium
M. Léopold Orban, Political Director-General in the Department for Foreign Affairs of Belgium
M. d’Araujo, Baron d’Itajuba, Brazilian Chargé d’Affaires
M. Léon Somzée, Secretary of the Costa Rican Legation
Count Moltke-Hvitfeldt, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Denmark
Baron de Almeda, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic
M. Manuel Silvela de le Vielleuse, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of the French Republic
Mr. L. P. Morton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States
Mr. Vignaud, Secretary of the Legation of the United States
Dr. José G. Triana, Consul-General of the United States of Colombia

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