Otago Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 94

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✨ Government Appointments

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pointed by Warrant dated the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Given under my hand, at Government House, at Auckland, this twelfth day of September, in the year of Our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Thomas Gore Browne.

By His Excellency's command,

Fred. Whitaker.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 22nd September 1859.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned Gentlemen to be Principal Returning Officers of the several Provinces set opposite their names.

John Gillies, Esq.,...... Otago.

Henry John Tancred,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 7th October 1859.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Colonel Thomas Rawlings Mould,
Commanding Royal Engineers in New Zealand, to be a Commissioner under the "Boundaries of Provinces Act, 1858," to ascertain and report upon the boundary line between the Province of Canterbury and the Province of Otago, in New Zealand, with a view to having the same defined.

Henry John Tancred.

Printed for the Provincial Government by Daniel Campbell, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

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🏛️ Appointment of Polling Place for Clutha District (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated12 September 1859
KeywordsPolling Place, Clutha District, Inch Clutha
👩‍💼 Officials

Thomas Gore Browne
Fred. Whitaker

🏛️ Appointment of Principal Returning Officers

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated22 September 1859
KeywordsPrincipal Returning Officers, Provinces, Appointments
👱🏽 Names

John Gillies (Esquire), Appointed Principal Returning Officer for Otago

👩‍💼 Officials

Henry John Tancred

🏛️ Appointment of Commissioner for Provincial Boundaries

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated7 October 1859
KeywordsCommissioner, Boundaries of Provinces Act, Canterbury, Otago
👱🏽 Names

Thomas Rawlings Mould (Colonel), Appointed Commissioner for Provincial Boundaries

👩‍💼 Officials

Henry John Tancred

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