Provincial Government Notices




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. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1862. [No. 173.]

PROCLAMATION OF HUNDREDS.

THE following Correspondence is published for general information.

[Colonial Secretary, to his Honor the Superintendent.]

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 7th January 1862.

Sir,—I enclose for your Honor’s information, a copy of a letter addressed to this office by certain gentlemen named in the margin,* being licensed runholders in the Province of Otago, requesting that further time should be allowed before the proclamation of any future Hundreds, within which they might be allowed to bring forward objections against such proclamation; and also a copy of a letter which the Secretary for Crown Lands has addressed on this subject to the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Dunedin.

In accordance with the terms of the last-named letter, I have to request that whenever in future your Honor shall desire Hundreds to be proclaimed, you will be good enough to intimate such desire to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, as a preliminary step, who has been instructed to give notice forthwith to the runholders interested, with a view to affording reasonable time for a consideration of their claims.

I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Honor’s most obedient humble servant,

HENRY SEWELL.
(In the absence of Mr. Fox.)

His Honor the Superintendent of Otago.

Messrs. E. McGlashan, C. Kettle, J. Fraser, W. Filleul, W. Black, &c.

[Enclosures.]

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 6th January 1862.

Sir,—I do myself the honour to forward to you the copy of a letter addressed to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary by certain gentlemen, licensed runholders in the



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🗺️ Proclamation of Hundreds Correspondence

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
7 January 1862
Hundreds, Proclamation, Runholders, Otago
  • E. McGlashan, Licensed runholder
  • C. Kettle, Licensed runholder
  • J. Fraser, Licensed runholder
  • W. Filleul, Licensed runholder
  • W. Black, Licensed runholder

  • Henry Sewell, Colonial Secretary
  • John L. C. Richardson, Superintendent