Proclamations and Appointments




NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. X. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1866. No. 423
[WITH SUPPLEMENT.]

PROCLAMATION

Extending the Limits of the Mount Ida Gold Field, in the Province of Otago.

By His Honor Thomas Dick, Esquire, Superintendent of the said Province.

WHEREAS it is desirable to alter and extend the Limits of the Mount Ida Gold Field, in the Province of Otago; Now therefore I, Thomas Dick, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue of the powers delegated to me by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, under and by virtue of the "Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865," do hereby proclaim and declare, that all that area of land hereinafter described shall henceforth be included within and form part of the Mount Ida Gold Field; that is to say, All that area situate in the north-eastern District of the said Province of Otago, bounded by a line commencing at the summit of Kakanui Peak, and proceeding thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Runs numbered respectively 255 and 109 to Mount Fortune, thence along the south-eastern boundary of Run numbered 109 aforesaid to the Taieri Gold Field, thence by the eastern boundaries of the Taieri and present Mount Ida Gold Fields to the summit of Kakanui Peak, the starting point.

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

(L.S.) Thomas Dick,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
H. J. Miller,
Provincial Secretary.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF CROMWELL.

Appointment of Henry Leslie to prepare the Citizens’ Roll for the Incorporated Town of Cromwell.

WHEREAS the Town of Cromwell was, by Proclamation dated the first day of May last, and published in the Otago Government Gazette, No. 418, incorporated by the name of the "Corporation of the Town of Cromwell," and certain provisions of the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," were by such Proclamation extended to and declared applicable to and within the Municipality thereby created: And whereas by the 117th section of the said "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," it is amongst other things enacted that for the purposes of the first elections, under the said Ordinance, of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for any town or place to which the provisions of the said Ordinance, or any of them, should be extended, as therein provided, the Superintendent of Otago for the time being should appoint some fit and proper person to prepare the Citizens’ Roll for such town and places, the expense of which should be borne and paid by the Council of the town or place elected thereunder, for which any such Citizens’ Roll should be prepared: And whereas Henry Leslie of Cromwell, has been represented to me to be a fit and proper person to prepare the Citizens’ Roll for the said Incorporated Town of Cromwell—Now therefore I, Thomas Dick, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," do nominate and appoint the said Henry Leslie to be the person to prepare the Citizens’ Roll for the said Incorporated Town of Cromwell.

As witness my hand this fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

Thomas Dick,
Superintendent.

FAST DAY IN DUNEDIN.—Thursday, 14th June current, being the usual Presbyterian Fast Day in Dunedin, the Provincial Government Offices there will not be opened.

H. J. Miller,
Provincial Secretary.

6th June, 1866.



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🗺️ Extension of Mount Ida Gold Field Limits

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
5 June 1866
Gold Field, Mount Ida, Otago, Land Boundaries
  • Thomas Dick, Superintendent
  • H. J. Miller, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Appointment of Henry Leslie to Prepare Citizens’ Roll

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
5 May 1866
Municipal Corporation, Cromwell, Citizens’ Roll, Election
  • Henry Leslie, Appointed to prepare Citizens’ Roll

  • Thomas Dick, Superintendent

🏘️ Fast Day in Dunedin

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
6 June 1866
Public Holiday, Presbyterian Fast Day, Dunedin
  • H. J. Miller, Provincial Secretary