Provincial Council and Gold Field Appointments




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MEETING OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

PROCLAMATION

By his Honor John Larkins Cheese Richardson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, New Zealand.

WHEREAS by Proclamation in the Provincial Government Gazette, dated the 24th day of October last, I did thereby fix and proclaim that the Sixteenth Session of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago aforesaid, should be holden within the Provincial Council Hall, Dunedin, in the said Province, or in such other place within Dunedin aforesaid as should be intimated in a future Proclamation, and should commence upon Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day of November, 1862, at twelve o’clock, noon.

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me in that behalf, I do hereby proclaim that the said Session of the said Council of the said Province shall be holden within the First Church, Dunedin (Dr. Burns’), upon Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day of November current, at twelve o’clock noon, and the Members of the said Council are hereby warned to give their attendance at such time and place accordingly.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, (L.S.) this twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
Superintendent.


Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 21st Nov., 1862.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed

William Buchanan, Esquire,
to be an Assistant to the Receiver of all Fees for Miners’ Rights, for Business and other Licenses, and all Fines, Fees, and other Revenue whatsoever arising out of and accruing from the Dunstan Gold Field, and any future extension thereof. And also to take charge of and safely keep in the chest or safe to be provided for that purpose all such bags and parcels of Gold as any of the Miners or other persons at the said Gold Field may require to be sent to Dunedin, and deliver the same to the Commander of the Escort appointed for the conveyance thereof to Dunedin.

By order,

THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.


Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 22nd Nov., 1862.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed

John Mackay, Esquire,
to be a Receiver for all Fees for Miners’ Rights, for Business and other Licenses, and all Fines, Fees, and other Revenue whatsoever arising out of and accruing from the Tuapeka Gold Field, and any future extension thereof. And also to take charge of and safely keep in the chest or safe to be provided for that purpose all such bags and parcels of Gold as any of the Miners or other persons at the said Gold Field may require to be sent to Dunedin, and deliver the same to the Commander of the Escort appointed for the conveyance thereof to Dunedin.

By order,

THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.


Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 22nd Nov., 1862.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has accepted the resignation of

William Baldwin, Esquire,
as a Warden and Judge of the Wardens’ Court on the Otago Gold-fields.

By order,

THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.


Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 22nd Nov., 1862.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed

John Mackay, Esquire,
to be a Mining Registrar for the Tuapeka Gold Field.

By order,

THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.


Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 22nd Nov., 1862.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that

Mr. A. Q. Henriques,
Assistant to the Receiver at Waipori, has been transferred in the same capacity to the Tuapeka Gold Field.

By order,

THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1862, No 217





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Proclamation of Provincial Council Meeting

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 November 1862
Provincial Council, Meeting, Dunedin, First Church, Proclamation
  • John Larkins Cheese Richardson, Superintendent of the Province of Otago

🌾 Appointment of Assistant to Receiver for Dunstan Gold Field

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
21 November 1862
Gold Field, Receiver, Appointment, Dunstan, Dunedin
  • William Buchanan (Esquire), Appointed Assistant to Receiver for Dunstan Gold Field

  • Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary

🌾 Appointment of Receiver for Tuapeka Gold Field

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 November 1862
Gold Field, Receiver, Appointment, Tuapeka, Dunedin
  • John Mackay (Esquire), Appointed Receiver for Tuapeka Gold Field

  • Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary

⚖️ Resignation of Warden and Judge

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
22 November 1862
Resignation, Warden, Judge, Otago Gold-fields
  • William Baldwin (Esquire), Resigned as Warden and Judge of the Wardens’ Court

  • Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary

🌾 Appointment of Mining Registrar for Tuapeka Gold Field

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 November 1862
Gold Field, Mining Registrar, Appointment, Tuapeka
  • John Mackay (Esquire), Appointed Mining Registrar for Tuapeka Gold Field

  • Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary

🌾 Transfer of Assistant to Receiver

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 November 1862
Gold Field, Receiver, Transfer, Tuapeka, Waipori
  • A. Q. Henriques (Mr), Transferred from Waipori to Tuapeka Gold Field as Assistant to Receiver

  • Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary