Provincial and Electoral Notices




Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 27th June, 1859.

HIS Honor THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that

James Smith, Esq., Tokomairiro,
was, on the 23rd day of June, current,
duly elected a Member of the Provincial
Council of the Province of Otago, for the
Tokomairiro District.

By Order,
John Logan,
Clerk to Superintendent.


Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 16th July 1859.

HIS Honor THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the republication of the following Notices, from the “New Zealand Gazette,” for general information.

By order,
John Logan,
Clerk to Superintendent.


Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 26th April, 1859.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following person to be Revising Officer to revise the List of Voters for the election of Members of the House of Representatives, for the Electoral Districts set opposite his name:

Dunedin Country
John Hyde Harris, Esq. Town of Dunedin
County of Wallace

Henry John Tancred.


Secretary for Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 26th April 1859.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

William Henry Cutten, Esquire, J.P.,
to be a Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Henry John Tancred.


Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 31st May, 1859.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following person to be Registration Officer for the Election of Members of the House of Representatives for the Electoral Districts set opposite his name, from the 1st of July next:

John Gillies, Esq. Town of Dunedin
Dunedin County

Henry John Tancred.


Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 31st May 1859.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following person to be Returning Officer for the Election of Members of the House of Representatives for the Electoral Districts set opposite his name, from the 1st July next:

John Gillies, Esq. Town of Dunedin
Dunedin County

Henry John Tancred.


By His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

To all to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting:

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Warrant under his hand, from time to time, to appoint Polling Places for each Electoral District with in or without the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be the Principal Polling Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling Places at any time to abolish, and to appoint other Polling Places in lieu thereof.

Now know ye, that I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the undermentioned places to be Polling Places for the respective Districts hereinafter specified for the Election of Members of the House of Representatives, namely:—

For the Town of Dunedin District,—
The Court-house, Dunedin.

For the Dunedin Country District,—
At Dunedin—The Court-house
At Port Chalmers—The School-house
At Anderson’s Bay—The School-house
At North-East Valley—The School-house
At East Taieri—The School-house
At West Taieri—The School-house
At Tokomairiro—The School-house
At Waihola—The School-house
At Clutha—The School-house
At Warepa—The School-house
At Toie-tokes—Dr. Richardson’s Station
At Popotunoa—Mr. Steele’s House of Accommodation
At Hawksbury Bush—Mr. Beale’s House of Accommodation
At Otepopo—Mr. Fenwick’s Station
At Oamaru—The Premises of H. C. Hertslet, Esq., J.P.

For the District of the County of Wallace,—
At Invercargill—The Court-house
At Riverton—The Store of Mr. James Surman

And I do further appoint the several Polling Places hereinafter specified to be the Principal Polling Places for their respective Districts, namely:—

For the District of the Town of Dunedin,—
The Court-house

For the Dunedin Country District,—
The Court-house, Dunedin



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1859, No 86





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Election of Provincial Council Member

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
27 June 1859
Provincial Council, Election, Tokomairiro District
  • James Smith (Esquire), Elected Member of Provincial Council

  • John Logan, Clerk to Superintendent

🏘️ Republication of Notices

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
16 July 1859
Notice Republication
  • John Logan, Clerk to Superintendent

🏛️ Appointment of Revising Officer

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
26 April 1859
Revising Officer, Electoral Districts, Dunedin
  • John Hyde Harris (Esquire), Appointed Revising Officer

  • Henry John Tancred

🗺️ Appointment of Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
26 April 1859
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Appointment
  • William Henry Cutten (Esquire, J.P.), Appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands

  • Henry John Tancred

🏛️ Appointment of Registration Officer

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
31 May 1859
Registration Officer, Electoral Districts, Dunedin
  • John Gillies (Esquire), Appointed Registration Officer

  • Henry John Tancred

🏛️ Appointment of Returning Officer

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
31 May 1859
Returning Officer, Electoral Districts, Dunedin
  • John Gillies (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer

  • Henry John Tancred

🏛️ Appointment of Polling Places

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Polling Places, Electoral Districts, Dunedin
6 names identified
  • Richardson (Doctor), Location for Polling Place
  • Steele (Mr), Location for Polling Place
  • Beale (Mr), Location for Polling Place
  • Fenwick (Mr), Location for Polling Place
  • H. C. Hertslet (Esquire, J.P.), Location for Polling Place
  • James Surman (Mr), Location for Polling Place

  • Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief