Otago Provincial Gazette – 1872 – No. 808

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✨ Provincial Proclamation and Road Board Elections

NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. XVI. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1872. No. 808

PROCLAMATION

Of His Excellency the Governor having assented to an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Otago.

By His Honor William Alexander Tolmie, Esq., Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS in the Thirtieth Session of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, the Bill hereinafter mentioned was passed by the said Council — (that is to say) :

A Bill shortly intituled “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance Amendment Ordinance.”

And whereas the said Bill was presented to the Superintendent of the Province of Otago for the assent of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand thereto, and the said Superintendent did upon the said Bill being so presented to him as aforesaid, declare that he reserved the same for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon : And whereas the said Bill has since been laid before His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, and he has been pleased to assent to the same.

Now therefore I, William Alexander Tolmie, Deputy-Superintendent [of the Province of Otago,] do hereby proclaim and declare that the said Bill before-mentioned, that is to say — the “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1872,” has been laid before His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, and that His Excellency has assented to the same.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, in the said Province, this twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

(L.S.)

W. A. TOLMIE,
Deputy-Superintendent.

DISTRICT ROAD BOARD ELECTIONS, 1872.

NOTICE is hereby given that the persons whose names appear hereunder, have been duly elected under the “Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871,” and the “Otago Roads Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1872,” as members for the districts under which, and the Subdivisions of districts opposite to which they stand.

Date of Election. District. Names of Members.

August 13 PENINSULA :
Anderson’s Bay Subdivision William Henry Cutten
Thomas Somerville
James Scott

August 14 Tomahawk Subdivision David Reid
Alexander Mathieson
Alexander Small

August 22 North East Harbor Subdivision Charles Hunter
Alexander Stuart
William Hooper

August 23 Highcliff Subdivision James Waugh
John Mathieson
William Tinnock

August 19 PORTOBELLO.
Portobello Subdivision John McCartney, jun.
John Geary
Alexander Clark

VUW Te Waharoa — Otago Provincial Gazette 1872, No 808

The Otago Provincial Council sat in a number of buildings, including the Dunedin Stock Exchange (depicted) in Princes St

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Proclamation of Governor's Assent to Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance Amendment Ordinance

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated26 August 1872
KeywordsProclamation, Governor's Assent, Municipal Corporations, Ordinance Amendment, Otago
👩‍💼 Officials

William Alexander Tolmie, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago

🏗️ District Road Board Elections Results

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
KeywordsRoad Board Elections, Otago, Peninsula, Portobello, Anderson’s Bay, Tomahawk, North East Harbor, Highcliff
👱🏽 Names

15 names identified

William Henry Cutten, Elected member for Anderson’s Bay Subdivision
Thomas Somerville, Elected member for Anderson’s Bay Subdivision
James Scott, Elected member for Anderson’s Bay Subdivision
David Reid, Elected member for Tomahawk Subdivision
Alexander Mathieson, Elected member for Tomahawk Subdivision
Alexander Small, Elected member for Tomahawk Subdivision
Charles Hunter, Elected member for North East Harbor Subdivision
Alexander Stuart, Elected member for North East Harbor Subdivision
William Hooper, Elected member for North East Harbor Subdivision
James Waugh, Elected member for Highcliff Subdivision
John Mathieson, Elected member for Highcliff Subdivision
William Tinnock, Elected member for Highcliff Subdivision
John McCartney (junior), Elected member for Portobello Subdivision
John Geary, Elected member for Portobello Subdivision
Alexander Clark, Elected member for Portobello Subdivision

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