✨ Municipal Financial Statements and Notices
PROPERTY OF JAMES BUCHANAN, THE ABOVE-NAMED DECEASED
Namely—Section twenty-four, irregular block, West Taieri District; and section twenty-three, block one, Lower Harbour West District; and containing together sixty-three acres, three roods, and twenty-two poles, or thereabout, have or have not become the property of Her Majesty the Queen, by way of escheat,
will be held by me, the Sheriff of the District of the Province of Otago, in pursuance of the above-mentioned Act, on Tuesday, the seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court-house, Dunedin.
And notice is hereby further given, that any person claiming any title or interest to or in the said lands, or any of them, either as heir-at-law of the said James Buchanan, or otherwise, may appear and give evidence at such inquest in support of their, his, or her claims or claim.
Dated at Dunedin this nineteenth day of April, 1870.
I. NEWTON WATT,
Sheriff.
4t—42s
WE, the undersigned, hereby give notice that the Partnership heretofore carried on between us as Sheep Farmers and Graziers on Run No. 194, Otago, under the style of “ M’Kellar and Jackson,” has by mutual consent been dissolved.
Dated this 22nd day of March, 1870.
DAVID M’KELLAR.
CHAS. W. JACKSON.
Witness to both signatures—
ALEX. M’NILL, J.P.,
Ardlussa, Southland.
3t.—15s
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN:
Statement of estimated Rents, Profits, Receipts, and Outlay and Expenditure for the ensuing year—Dr.
| Income | £ s. d. |
|---|---|
| Rents | 1,200 0 0 |
| Cemetery dues | 250 0 0 |
| Licenses | 300 0 0 |
| Mayor’s Court | 1,000 0 0 |
| Market | 200 0 0 |
| Town Belt | 250 0 0 |
| Deficiency | 12,286 0 0 |
| Total | £15,486 0 0 |
| Cr. Expenditure | £ s. d. |
|---|---|
| Interest | 2,380 0 0 |
| Sinking Fund for Loans | 306 0 0 |
| Lighting | 3,000 0 0 |
| Day labor and forage | 2,000 0 0 |
| Advertising and contingencies | 1,000 0 0 |
| Salaries | 2,300 0 0 |
| D. F. Brigade, cost account | 180 0 0 |
| Cemetery extension | 350 0 0 |
| Sundry creditors to be paid | 1,000 0 0 |
| Very necessary works | 3,000 0 0 |
| Total | £15,486 0 0 |
J. M. MASSEY,
Town Clerk.
Dunedin, 13th April, 1870.
13s6d.
MUNICIPALITY OF ALEXANDRA.—Statement of probable Income and Expenditure for the year 1870–:
| Income | £ s. d. |
|---|---|
| Estimated rates | 120 0 0 |
| Licenses, rents, &c. | 5 0 0 |
| Government subsidy on rates | 120 0 0 |
| Total | £245 0 0 |
| Expenditure | £ s. d. |
|---|---|
| Salaries | 50 0 0 |
| Stationery, advertising, &c. | 20 0 0 |
| Sundries | 20 0 0 |
| Public works | 155 0 0 |
| Total | £245 0 0 |
Signed—Robert Finlay,
Mayor.
Council Chamber,
Alexandra, 8th April, 1870.
STATEMENT of Accounts, Port Chalmers Cemetery, for year ending December 31, 1869:—
| Income | £ s. d. |
|---|---|
| By Balance in hand | 17 0 |
| Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1869 | 23 16 6 |
| Total | £40 17 0 |
| Expenditure | £ s. d. |
|---|---|
| Thomson Bros. | 0 10 6 |
| Balance to credit Cemetery | 40 6 6 |
| Total | £40 17 0 |
Geo. L. Asher,
Town Clerk.
Examined and found correct—
Signed, W. E. Fender, Auditors.
W. M. Kirtle.
Town Hall, Port Chalmers,
January 25, 1870.
APPROXIMATE Estimate of Income and Expenditure, year 1870, Corporation of the Town of Port Chalmers:—
| Income | £ s. d. |
|---|---|
| Dr. To Rents Municipal Estate | 100 0 0 |
| Rates | 400 0 0 |
| Bye laws, licenses, &c. | 75 0 0 |
| Subsidy on rates | 200 0 0 |
| Cemetery | 50 0 0 |
| Total | £825 0 0 |
| Deficiency | 205 0 0 |
| Total | £1,030 0 0 |
| Expenditure | £ s. d. |
|---|---|
| By Salaries and day labor | 220 0 0 |
| Printing and stationery | 10 0 0 |
| Public works, repairs, &c. | 800 0 0 |
| Total | £1,030 0 0 |
George L. Asher,
Town Clerk.
Town Hall, Port Chalmers,
March 29, 1870.
(From the New Zealand Gazette, April 12th, 1870, No. 19.)
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, 1870.
Present:
The Honourable Wm. Fox, the Premier, Presiding,
AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by “The Otago Settlements Act 1869,” it is enacted that the Superintendent of the Province of Otago may at any time after the passing of the said Act, upon a Resolution to that effect being passed by the Provincial Council of the said Province.
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1870, No 664
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Escheat Act Notice for James Buchanan
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Escheat Act, James Buchanan, West Taieri, Inquest
- James Buchanan, Deceased
- I. Newton Watt, Sheriff
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Partnership, Dissolution, Sheep Farmers, Graziers, Otago
- David M’Kellar, Partner
- Chas. W. Jackson, Partner
- Alex. M’Nill (J.P.), Witness
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- J. M. Massey, Town Clerk
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Financial Statement, Income, Expenditure, Alexandra
- Robert Finlay, Mayor
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Financial Statement, Income, Expenditure, Cemetery, Port Chalmers
- Geo. L. Asher, Town Clerk
- W. E. Fender, Auditor
- W. M. Kirtle, Auditor
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- George L. Asher, Town Clerk
- G. F. Bowen, Governor