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OTAGO
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
JOHN L. C. RICHARDSON, Superintendent.
VOL. IV.]
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1861.
[No 146.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER
APPOINTED TO EXAMINE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE
PROVINCE OF OTAGO,
AND THE
EVIDENCE TAKEN BY HIM THEREON.
IMMIGRATION PER "GALA," £1712.
JAMES MACANDREW & CO. entered into a Contract with the Provincial Government for the conveyance of Immigrants from Glasgow to Otago, and employed Messrs. Gladstone & Co., of Glasgow, as their Agents for the execution of the Contract.
Several vessels with Immigrants were despatched by the Agents. The last vessel under the Contract was the "Gala," which sailed from Glasgow in the month of November 1859. The owners of that vessel were James Watson and others; and the Freight, to be paid in the Colony, was £1712.
On the 14th December 1859, Messrs. Gladstone & Co. issued to the commander of the "Gala" the following authority--"Referring to your charter for the conveyance of Immigrants for us from Glasgow to Otago, and in accordance with the power given us by the charter party, we desire that you receive payment for the balance of the Passage Money, due in Otago, in cash, and not by drafts upon us." And on the 19th of the same month, Messrs. Gladstone & Co. sent written instructions to Messrs. James Macandrew & Co. to settle the balance of the Freight in cash.
It would seem that James Watson and others, having accepted the order of the 14th December, now deal with Messrs. Macandrew & Co. as principals; accordingly, it is found that they have given Mr. E. B. Cargill a power of attorney to receive from James Macandrew & Co. their claims on account of the "Gala," while Messrs. Gladstone & Co. have ceased to make any further claims.
On the arrival of the "Gala" at Otago, the sum of £1712 was issued out of the Provincial
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1861, No 146
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💰 Report of the Commissioner appointed to examine the public accounts of the Province of Otago
💰 Finance & RevenuePublic Accounts, Otago, Immigration, Gala, James Macandrew, Financial Audit
- James Macandrew, Entered into contract for conveyance of immigrants
- James Watson, Owner of the vessel Gala
- E. B. Cargill (Mr), Given power of attorney to receive claims
- John L. C. Richardson, Superintendent