Government Appointments and Land Notices




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

Notifying Land in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the fourteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OPOTIKI TOWNSHIP.
Lot 147, Section II: Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £35.
Level land. Situated at the corner of Goring and Ford Streets, about a mile from the wharf.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.
ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Glen Murray Public Cemetery appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
WILLIAM ARCHIBALD HARRISON
to be a Trustee, in the place of John Shaw, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Glen Murray Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.
ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Revoking Limits of Subdivision of Auckland Oyster-Fishery, and prescribing Subdivisions.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS it is, amongst other things, enacted by the fifteenth section of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” that the Governor may from time to time declare any bay, estuary, or tidal waters in the colony to be an oyster-fishery, and prescribe the subdivisions thereof wherein it shall be lawful and unlawful to take oysters:
And whereas by Warrant under the hand of the Governor, dated the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, the Auckland Oyster-fishery was constituted and divided into subdivisions:
And whereas it is desirable to revoke the limits of the South-eastern Subdivision which was defined by the said Warrant:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke the limits of the South-eastern Subdivision of the Auckland Oyster-fishery which were defined by the said Warrant of the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and doth hereby divide the area which was included in that subdivision into the following subdivisions, namely:—

  1. The South-eastern Subdivision, which shall include all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between the north-easternmost point of East Tamaki Head and the south-western point of Hautapu Point, Coromandel Peninsula, except the bays and tidal waters of Ponui Island which are situated on the western side of a line drawn from Ponui Passage Lighthouse to Chamberlin’s Wharf on the northern end of the said island.
  2. The Ponui Subdivision, which includes all the bays and tidal waters of Ponui Island situated on the western side of a line drawn from Ponui Passage Lighthouse to Chamberlin’s Wharf on the northern end of Ponui Island.

And His Excellency the Governor doth further declare and prescribe that it shall be lawful to take oysters within the period prescribed in that behalf in the Ponui Subdivision aforesaid, and that it shall be unlawful to take oysters in the South-eastern Subdivision aforesaid.
This Warrant shall have force and effect from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.
J. A. MILLAR.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
HENRY HERBERT STEPHENS .. .. Apiti.
JACK HOWARD VINCENT .. .. Ashhurst.
HUGH JAMES CAPPER .. .. .. Birmingham.

Appointments to date on and from the 17th June, 1907.
JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Registrars of Electors, Ohinemuri, Buller, and Westland Electoral Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
HENRY ROBERTSON BUSH
to be Registrar of Electors under “The Electoral Act, 1905,” for the Electoral District of Ohinemuri, vice F. C. R. Evans, deceased; also to appoint
JAMES NOBLE STENHOUSE
to be Registrar of Electors under the said Act for the Electoral District of Buller, vice E. D. Mosley, resigned; also to appoint
JOHN NELSON NALDER
to be Registrar of Electors under the said Act for the Electoral District of Westland, vice J. N. Stenhouse, resigned.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister in Charge of Electoral Department.

Engineer-in-Chief appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 30th May, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ROBERT WEST HOLMES, Esq., M.Inst.C.E.,
to be Engineer-in-Chief in the Public Works Department; the appointment to date from 1st April, 1907.
JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister for Public Works.

Superintending Engineer appointed.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 30th May, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
CHARLES RANKEN VICKERMAN, Esq.,
to be Superintending Engineer in the Public Works Department; the appointment to date from 1st April, 1907.
JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister for Public Works.



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🗺️ Land Sale by Public Auction in Auckland Land District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
30 May 1907
Land sale, Auction, Opotiki Township, Auckland
  • William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
  • Robert McNab, Minister of Lands

🏘️ Appointment of Trustee for Glen Murray Public Cemetery

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
30 May 1907
Trustee, Cemetery, Glen Murray
  • William Archibald Harrison, Appointed Trustee for Glen Murray Public Cemetery

  • William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
  • Robert McNab, Minister of Lands

🌾 Revoking and Prescribing Subdivisions of Auckland Oyster-Fishery

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
31 May 1907
Oyster-fishery, Subdivisions, Auckland
  • William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor
  • J. A. Millar

🏛️ Appointment of Registrars of Marriages and Births and Deaths

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
27 May 1907
Registrars, Marriages, Births, Deaths, Apiti, Ashhurst, Birmingham
  • Henry Herbert Stephens, Appointed Registrar of Marriages and Births and Deaths for Apiti
  • Jack Howard Vincent, Appointed Registrar of Marriages and Births and Deaths for Ashhurst
  • Hugh James Capper, Appointed Registrar of Marriages and Births and Deaths for Birmingham

  • John G. Findlay, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Appointment of Registrars of Electors for Ohinemuri, Buller, and Westland Electoral Districts

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
5 June 1907
Registrars, Electors, Ohinemuri, Buller, Westland
  • Henry Robertson Bush, Appointed Registrar of Electors for Ohinemuri
  • James Noble Stenhouse, Appointed Registrar of Electors for Buller
  • John Nelson Nalder, Appointed Registrar of Electors for Westland

  • John G. Findlay, Minister in Charge of Electoral Department

🏗️ Appointment of Engineer-in-Chief in Public Works Department

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
30 May 1907
Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department
  • Robert West Holmes (Esquire), Appointed Engineer-in-Chief in Public Works Department

  • James McGowan, For Minister for Public Works

🏗️ Appointment of Superintending Engineer in Public Works Department

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
30 May 1907
Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department
  • Charles Ranken Vickerman (Esquire), Appointed Superintending Engineer in Public Works Department

  • James McGowan, For Minister for Public Works