New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 68

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✨ Postmaster Appointments, Post Office Openings, Native Land Court Notices

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Postmasters appointed.

General Post Office, Wellington, 1st December, 1888.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Postmaster-General by His Excellency the Governor, the following appointments have been made in the Postal-Telegraph Service of the colony.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Postmaster-General.

Name.	To be Postmaster at	Postal District.	Date.
Murray, J.	Ararimu South	Auckland	1 Nov., 1888.
Ross, R. B.	Dipton	Invercargill	1 Nov., "
McConnell, W.	Dumbarton	Dunedin	12 Nov., "
Freeman, J.	Freeman’s	Auckland	23 Nov., "
Schaefer, J.	Hikutaia	Thames	1 Nov., "
Bath, C.	Karori	Wellington	1 Nov., "
Gary, G.	Kerikeri	Auckland	1 Oct., "
Shields, J.	Leithfield	Christchurch	6 Nov., "
Kirton, A. W.	Longbush	Invercargill	1 Nov., "
Macdonald, G. C.	Lower Kokatahi..	Hokitika	1 Oct., "
Duffull, E.	Ohoka	Christchurch	1 Nov., "
Bollinger, M.	Omata	New Plymouth	1 Nov., "
Whimp, H.	Opuawhanga	Auckland	1 Nov., "
Cameron, G. D.	Otatau	Invercargill	1 Nov., "
Milmine, A.	Otiake	Oamaru	1 Oct., "
Fletcher, J.	Point Curtis	Auckland	1 Nov., "
Collins, W. S.	Quartzville	Thames	1 Oct., "
Te Pahau, Ahipene	Rotoiti	Thames	19 Oct., "
Evans, G.	Round Hill	Invercargill	1 Nov., "
Pedlar, G.	Selwyn	Christchurch	18 Oct., "
McLeod, A. N.	Wimbledon	Napier..	20 Oct., "
Kerr, W.	Woodlands	Invercargill	1 Nov., "

Post Offices opened.

General Post Office, Wellington, 1st December, 1888.

THE following names of additional post offices which have been opened in the colony are published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Postmaster-General.

Name of Office.	Postal District.	Circulating Office.
Ararimu South	Auckland.	Auckland.
Dumbarton	Dunedin	Dunedin.
Freeman’s	Auckland	Auckland.
Opuawhanga	Auckland	Auckland.
Round Hill	Invercargill	Invercargill.

Native Land Court Notices.

Notice of Survey, &c., of Papahauhunga Block.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 28th November, 1888.

WHEREAS upon investigation into the title to the Papahauhunga (otherwise Aruhetoronga) Block, held in the month of December, 1883, the Court required a survey of the said block to be made, and a plan of the land to be deposited in Court:

Notice is hereby given that such survey has been made, and a sufficient plan and description of the said land are now ready for, and open to, inspection at the office of the Registrar of the Court in Gisborne in the said district; and, if any person is desirous of making objection to the boundaries as defined by such plan, he must give notice thereof to the Court, stating the grounds of such objection, and deposit the same at the said office before the 10th day of January, 1889.

And notice is hereby given that, if any such notice of objection is lodged as aforesaid, the Court will, at a sitting to be held at Gisborne aforesaid, on the 10th day of January, 1889, proceed to adjust and determine the boundaries of the said land according to the rights of the several parties interested.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

Dated this 28th day of November, 1888.

Native Land Survey Fees unpaid, &c.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

NOTICE is hereby given that it has, under section 81 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” been certified to this Court that there had become owing to each certified Surveyor named in the first column in the Schedule herein the sum set opposite his name in the second column, by the Native owners of the land mentioned in the third column, for a survey of such land made by the said Surveyor.

SCHEDULE.

First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.
Name of Surveyor.	Amount.	Name of Block.
Reardon, O’Ryan, and Ellison	£ s. d. 129 5 0	Poututu A.
Reardon, O’Ryan, and Ellison	131 2 6	Poututu B.
Reardon, O’Ryan, and Ellison	41 2 6	Poututu C.
Charles W. Reardon	57 0 0	Puninga.

And further notice is hereby given that, at a sitting of the Court to be held at Gisborne, on the 10th day of January, 1889, orders will, unless cause be then shown to the Court to the contrary, be made in favour of the said Surveyors respectively, charging the estate and interest of the respective Native owners of the said lands with the whole or such part of the said cost of survey so made for them as the Court may deem fit.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1888, No 68

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🚂 Postmaster Appointments

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated1 December 1888
KeywordsAppointments, Postmaster, Postal Districts
👱🏽 Names

22 names identified

J. Murray, Appointed Postmaster at Ararimu South
R. B. Ross, Appointed Postmaster at Dipton
W. McConnell, Appointed Postmaster at Dumbarton
J. Freeman, Appointed Postmaster at Freeman’s
J. Schaefer, Appointed Postmaster at Hikutaia
C. Bath, Appointed Postmaster at Karori
G. Gary, Appointed Postmaster at Kerikeri
J. Shields, Appointed Postmaster at Leithfield
A. W. Kirton, Appointed Postmaster at Longbush
G. C. Macdonald, Appointed Postmaster at Lower Kokatahi
E. Duffull, Appointed Postmaster at Ohoka
M. Bollinger, Appointed Postmaster at Omata
H. Whimp, Appointed Postmaster at Opuawhanga
G. D. Cameron, Appointed Postmaster at Otatau
A. Milmine, Appointed Postmaster at Otiake
J. Fletcher, Appointed Postmaster at Point Curtis
W. S. Collins, Appointed Postmaster at Quartzville
Ahipene Te Pahau, Appointed Postmaster at Rotoiti
G. Evans, Appointed Postmaster at Round Hill
G. Pedlar, Appointed Postmaster at Selwyn
A. N. McLeod, Appointed Postmaster at Wimbledon
W. Kerr, Appointed Postmaster at Woodlands

👩‍💼 Officials

H. A. Atkinson, Postmaster-General

🚂 Post Office Openings

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated1 December 1888
KeywordsPost Office, Openings, Postal Districts
👩‍💼 Officials

H. A. Atkinson, Postmaster-General

🗺️ Notice of Survey of Papahauhunga Block

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated28 November 1888
KeywordsSurvey, Native Land Court, Papahauhunga Block, Objections
👩‍💼 Officials

John Brooking, Registrar

🗺️ Notice of Unpaid Native Land Survey Fees

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated28 November 1888
KeywordsUnpaid Fees, Native Land Court, Surveyors, Poututu Block, Puninga Block
👩‍💼 Officials

John Brooking, Registrar

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