Otago Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 240

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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, Superintendent.

VOL. VI.] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1863. [No. 240

PROCLAMATION

Of Governor having assented to certain Ordinances.

By the Honorable John Hyde Harris,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS in the Session of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, held in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the following Bills were passed and presented to the Superintendent for the Governor's assent, and the said Superintendent reserved the same for the signification of the Governor's pleasure thereon:

The Otago Representation Ordinance, 1862,

The Miners' Provincial Representation Ordinance, 1862,

The Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862.

Now therefore, I, the said John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the said Province, do hereby proclaim that the said Bills have been laid before His Excellency Sir George Grey, the Governor of New Zealand, and that His Excellency the Governor has assented to the same.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

TENDERS will be received at the office of his Honor the Superintendent until noon of Tuesday, the 12th of May, for the erection of a Bridge over the Kaitangata Creek.

Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, or at the Court-house, Molyneux.

By order,

JOHN LOGAN,
Clerk to Superintendent.

25th April, 1863.

VUW Te Waharoa — Otago Provincial Gazette 1863, No 240

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🏘️ Proclamation of Governor's Assent to Ordinances

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated27 April 1863
KeywordsProclamation, Governor's Assent, Ordinances, Otago Representation, Miners' Representation, Loan
👩‍💼 Officials

John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago

🏗️ Tenders for Bridge Construction

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated25 April 1863
KeywordsTenders, Bridge Construction, Kaitangata Creek, Provincial Engineer
👩‍💼 Officials

John Logan, Clerk to Superintendent

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