✨ Legal and Administrative Notices
and nine (109) on the map of the North-eastern Pastoral Districts of the said Province; bounded towards the north-west by Run numbered two hundred and fifty-five (255); towards the north-east by the remaining portion of Run numbered one hundred and nine (109); towards the south-east by the Moeraki Hundred, and Run numbered eighty (80); and towards the south-west by the remainder of Run numbered one hundred and nine (109).
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; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:
WHEREAS by “The Regulation of Elections Act 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by warrant under his hand, from time to time to appoint polling places for each Electoral District, within or without the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be the principal polling place for the district, and all or any of such polling places at any time to abolish, and to appoint other polling places in lieu thereof: And whereas, by warrant under the hand of the Governor, bearing date the sixteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
The Court House, Clyde,
was appointed the principal polling places for the District of the Gold Fields, for the election of Members of the House of Representatives: And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:
Now, know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the powers and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby abolish the above-named principal polling place for the District of the Gold Fields, for the election of Members of the House of Representatives, and do appoint in lieu thereof
The Court House, Naseby.
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 November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
E. W. STAFFORD.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the fourth day of November, 1868.
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” it is enacted that the fees to be taken in respect of the said Act shall be fixed, varied, and abolished as the Governor in Council shall from time to time direct and appoint, provided that the fees fixed in Schedules E and F to the said Act shall be the fees to be taken until others are fixed by the Governor in Council:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him as aforesaid, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, abolish the scale heretofore fixed and in use of the fees to be taken in respect of “The Resident Magistrates Act 1867,” and doth fix the fees mentioned and specified in the Schedules A and B hereto, and doth hereby, with such advice and consent as aforesaid, direct and appoint that from and after the first day of December next, the fees fixed in the said Schedules A and B hereto shall be the fees to be taken in respect of “The Resident Magistrates Act 1867.”
SCHEDULE A.
| Service of summons or subpoena or order or copy of notice of set-off within 2 miles of the Court-house | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|
| For every extra mile one way | 0 | 3 |
| Bailiff’s fee upon execution of any warrant or going to view tenement upon each view | 1 | 0 |
| Executing any warrant or going to view tenement beyond two miles from Court-house for every extra mile one way | 0 | 4 |
| Poundage on sum levied or received under distress | 1 | 0 |
| For keeping possession per diem any sum not exceeding Auctioneers’ commission on sale of goods taken in execution five per cent. | 5 | 0 |
| Advertising sale, the actual cost. |
SCHEDULE B.
| Filing plaint including plaint note if any | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For sum not exceeding £10 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| For every extra £10 or part thereof up to £50 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Filing notice of set-off according to amount claimed | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Hearing | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Payment of money into Court before judgment according to amount paid in | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Judgment | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Summons to a party | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Summons to a witness (to include name) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Order not being in nature of final judgment | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Adjournment of hearing on application of plaintiff or defendant | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Swearing witnesses exceeding three on either side | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Warrant of distress or for seizure of specific goods (value) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Warrant for delivery of possession of tenement | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Filing agreement (as to jurisdiction) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Filing memorandum of claim by landlord for rent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Order for rehearing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Order giving leave to appeal | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Settling case for appeal not exceeding five folios | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Where case exceeds five folios each additional folio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Swearing or filing affidavit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| For every search | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| For every document required in proceedings and not enumerated | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| For every folio above two of ninety words each | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| For every copy of any such document per folio | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| On every application to the Court not being a hearing | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Filing notice of any such application | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Filing or bond under sections eighty-nine, ninety, and one hundred of Act | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
FORSYTH GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick & Co., of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.
Otago Provincial Gazette 1868, No 582
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Withdrawal of Land from Otago Gold Field
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🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesGold Fields, Land Withdrawal, Otago, Waihemo, Dunback
🏛️ Abolition and Appointment of Polling Places
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration6 November 1868
Polling Places, Elections, Gold Fields, Clyde, Naseby
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
- E. W. Stafford
⚖️ Order in Council on Resident Magistrates Fees
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement4 November 1868
Fees, Resident Magistrates, Legal Services, Schedules
- His Excellency the Governor in Council
- Forsyth Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council