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Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority vested in me in that behalf do hereby appoint the said Thomas BIRCH, Esq., to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
Given under the hand of his Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House at Wellington, this sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.
From the New Zealand Gazette, August 12, 1868, No. 48.
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 10th August, 1868.
IT is hereby notified that in conformity with clause 3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Act 1865," the names of the following persons have been sent in to this office by the Town Clerks, as having been elected Mayors for the places set opposite their names, viz.:
JAMES WILLIAM ROBERTSON, Queenstown.
ROBERT FINLAY, Alexandra.
WILLIAM HENRY WHITTER, Cromwell.
JAMES ELDER BROWN, Milton.
HORACE BASTINGS, Lawrence.
THOMAS TAYLER, Port Chalmers.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 10th August, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint GEORGE BAILEY, Esq. to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the district of Nokomai and Switzers, as the same is defined in proclamation of twenty-fourth day of June, 1868, and published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 35, of the twenty-ninth day of June, 1868.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Colonial Secretary’s Office, (Judicial Branch,) Wellington, 12th August, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint GEORGE THOMAS FENWICK, Esq., of Otepopo, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.
E. W. STAFFORD.
THE GAZETTE (with Supplement) is published every Wednesday morning, and Notices for Insertion must be received at the Publisher’s Office not later than 2 p.m. on the Tuesday preceding. Advertisements received after that hour will be charged 1s. per line. Any irregularity in the receipt of those Gazettes which are given gratis by the Government should be reported at once to the Provincial Secretary.
Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by MILLS, DICK & Co., of Dunedin, New Zealand Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.
Otago Provincial Gazette 1868, No 565
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Appointment of Thomas Birch as Justice of the Peace
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement6 August 1868
Appointment, Justice of the Peace, Government House
- Thomas Birch (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of New Zealand
- E. W. Stafford
🏘️ Election of Mayors in Otago
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government10 August 1868
Election, Mayors, Otago Municipal Corporations Act 1865
6 names identified
- James William Robertson, Elected Mayor of Queenstown
- Robert Finlay, Elected Mayor of Alexandra
- William Henry Whitter, Elected Mayor of Cromwell
- James Elder Brown, Elected Mayor of Milton
- Horace Bastings, Elected Mayor of Lawrence
- Thomas Tayler, Elected Mayor of Port Chalmers
- E. W. Stafford
⚖️ Appointment of George Bailey as Deputy Registrar
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement10 August 1868
Appointment, Deputy Registrar, Marriages, Births, Deaths
- George Bailey (Esquire), Appointed Deputy Registrar of Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Marriages
- E. W. Stafford
⚖️ Appointment of George Thomas Fenwick as Justice of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement12 August 1868
Appointment, Justice of the Peace, Otepopo
- George Thomas Fenwick (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- E. W. Stafford