Otago Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 201

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✨ Provincial Government Notices

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Deputy Superintendent.

Vol. V.] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1862. [No. 201.

PROCLAMATION

OF A GAOL AT TOKOMAIRIRO.

By the Honorable JOHN HYDE HARRIS, Esquire, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim part of the Lock-up or Watch-house at Tokomairiro, to be a public Gaol:

Now, therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in pursuance of the power in me vested in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare, that the cell enclosure or compartment numbered 2, in the Lock-up or Watch-house at Tokomairiro, shall henceforth be a public Gaol of the colony of New Zealand.

Given under my hand at Dunedin, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, this fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

John Hyde Harris,
Deputy-Superintendent.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

New Zealand, Province of Nelson.
FIXED LIGHT ON BOULDER BANK, BLIND BAY.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that on the night of Monday, the 4th day of August next, and every night thereafter, from the going away of daylight in the evening to the return of daylight in the morning, a Light will be exhibited from the undermentioned Lighthouse, the position and characteristics of which have been specified by John Blackett, Esq., Engineer, and James Smith Cross, Harbor Master, of the Province of Nelson, as follows:

NELSON HARBOR LIGHT, BLIND BAY.

Nelson Lighthouse is situated on the S.W. end of the Boulder Bank, ten miles S.S.W. of Pepin Island, and half a mile N. and by E. of the Powder Magazine.

VUW Te Waharoa — Otago Provincial Gazette 1862, No 201

The Otago Provincial Council sat in a number of buildings, including the Dunedin Stock Exchange (depicted) in Princes St

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

⚖️ Proclamation of a Gaol at Tokomairiro

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated5 August 1862
KeywordsGaol, Proclamation, Tokomairiro, Lock-up, Watch-house
👩‍💼 Officials

John Hyde Harris, Deputy-Superintendent

🚂 Notice to Mariners: Fixed Light on Boulder Bank

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsLighthouse, Nelson Harbor, Boulder Bank, Blind Bay
👩‍💼 Officials

His Honor The Superintendent
John Blackett, Engineer
James Smith Cross, Harbor Master

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