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Colonial Secretary\'s Office,
Auckland, 3rd January 1861.
IT is hereby notified for general information that the firing for the Prizes voted by the Legislature of New Zealand, for the best shots amongst the Militia and Volunteer Forces, will take place simultaneously throughout each Militia District, on the 24th May next.
The best shot will receive the sum of £140, and a Champion Badge, which will be challengeable in each succeeding year.
The ranges for the firing will be 100 yards, 200 yards, and 300 yards respectively. Should two or more persons score an equal number of points, the ties will be shot off at 400 yards.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Colonial Secretary\'s Office,
Auckland, 3rd January 1861.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR has been pleased to appoint
JOHN LOUDEN,
To be a Pilot at the Otago Heads.
E. W. STAFFORD.
(From the New Zealand Gazette, January 23, 1861.)
Attorney-General\'s Office,
Auckland, 21st January 1861.
IT being considered desirable to bring into operation the "Petty Sessions Act, 1858," in those Districts in which there are no Resident Magistrates, the Government would feel obliged to Justices of the Peace residing in such Districts, if they would forward to this office any information or suggestions as to constituting the Districts in which they reside Petty Sessional Districts under the authority of the above-mentioned Act.
FRED. WHITAKER.
Treasury, Auckland,
15th January 1861.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR has been pleased to appoint
JOHN B. BENNETT, Esq.,
To be Registrar of Joint Stock Companies under "The Joint Stock Companies Act 1860."
C. W. RICHMOND.
(From the New Zealand Gazette, February 2, 1861.)
AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND,
The 1st day of February 1861.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly, intituled the "Arms Act, 1860," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to declare by order in Council to be published in the New Zealand Gazette, that from and after a day to be named in such order, the said Act shall be in force in any province within the Colony, and the same shall be in force accordingly: Provided always that the same shall be brought into force within every Province of the Colony before the first day of March 1861 :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order that the said Act shall be in force in all the Provinces of the Colony on the twentieth day of February instant.
F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of Executive Council.
Printed for the Provincial Government, by DANIEL CAMPBELL, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1861, No 135
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🛡️ Announcement of prizes for Militia and Volunteer Forces
🛡️ Defence & Military3 January 1861
Militia, Volunteer Forces, Prizes, Shooting competition
- E. W. Stafford, Colonial Secretary
🚂 Appointment of Pilot at Otago Heads
🚂 Transport & Communications3 January 1861
Appointment, Pilot, Otago Heads
- John Louden, Appointed as Pilot at Otago Heads
- E. W. Stafford, Colonial Secretary
⚖️ Notice regarding the implementation of the Petty Sessions Act 1858
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement21 January 1861
Petty Sessions Act, Resident Magistrates, Districts
- Fred. Whitaker, Attorney-General
💰 Appointment of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies
💰 Finance & Revenue15 January 1861
Appointment, Registrar, Joint Stock Companies
- John B. Bennett (Esquire), Appointed Registrar of Joint Stock Companies
- C. W. Richmond, Colonial Treasurer
🏛️ Order in Council applying the Arms Act 1860 to all Provinces
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration1 February 1861
Arms Act, Order in Council, Colony-wide application
- F. G. Steward, Clerk of Executive Council