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authority enabling me in this behalf, proclaim and appoint Wednesday, the 2nd August, to be the day for holding the elections of members of the Kakanui Road Board for the Lambton, Lambourne, and Incholme subdivisions of the Kakanui Road District.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this eighteenth day of July, 1876.

(L.S.)

GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent of Otago.


PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

HIS HONOR the DEPUTY-SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Mr. James Stewart Shanks

and

Mr. Finlay McKay

to be Trustees of the sums set apart as a Sinking Fund by the Tutarau Road Board.

D. MACKELLAR,
For Provincial Secretary.
19th July, 1876.


WARRANT.

IN conformity to the 29th section of the “Gold Fields Act, 1866,” and to the Regulations made under that Act and the Gold Fields Act Amendment Acts of 1867, 1868, and 1869, for the granting of leases for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing and lodged with the Warden at Queenstown on or before the 11th day of August, 1876.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office, at Queenstown.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this 20th day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent of Otago.


SCHEDULE.

Ah Tau, on behalf of Ah Tau & Co., for two acres of land more or less, as the same may be found after survey to be within the pegs and trenches of the applicants, being section 85, block XIX, Shotover District.


HIS HONOR the DEPUTY-SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Charles Nicholson,
James Kitto,
William James,
William White,
John Sillars,
Robert McLeod,
Robert Patrick

to be Managers of the Moa Flat Cemetery.

JOHN DAVIE,
For Provincial Secretary.


HIS HONOR the DEPUTY-SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Alexander Grant, Esquire, Traffic Manager at Dunedin,

to be Acting General Manager of the Railways in the Province of Otago during the temporary absence from the colony of the General Manager, William Conyers, Esquire.

D. MACKELLAR,
For the Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 25th July, 1876.


WARRANT.

NOW all men by these presents that I, George Turnbull, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in pursuance and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, shortly intituled “The Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865,” do hereby remove

Walter Henry Pearson, Esquire,

from being Chief Commissioner, and

The Honourable Sir John Larkins Cheese Richardson,

John Francis Dundas,

John W. Mitchell,

George Lumsden, and

William Wood, Esquires,

from being Commissioners of the Invercargill Waste Lands Board, constituted under the said Act.

Given under my hand at Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, this 25th day of July, 1876.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent.


WARRANT.

NOW all men by these presents that I, George Turnbull, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in pursuance and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, shortly intituled “The Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865,” do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint

Walter Henry Pearson, Esquire,

to be Chief Commissioner, and

Thomas Denniston, Esquire,
George Lumsden, Esquire,
The Honourable Major Sir John Larkins Cheese Richardson,
Andrew Toshack, Esquire, and
William Wood, Esquire,

to be Commissioners of the Invercargill Waste Lands Board, constituted under the said Act.

Given under my hand at Dunedin, in the said Province, this 25th day of July, 1876.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent.


NOTICE

In accordance with the provisions of Sections 47 and 50 of the Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872,

HEREBY appoint Monday, the 7th day of August, as at 10 o’clock a.m., as the day upon which I will decide the following applications if unopposed, and notify objections, if any, and those sections covered by more than one application will be decided by auction between the respective applicants at 2 o’clock p.m. at the same time and place:—

W. S. D. Trotter, section 17; W. S. D. Trotter, section 14; Robert Cunningham, section 17; Robert Cunningham, section 11; William Gordon, section 16; William Gordon, section 15; Patrick McNamee, section...



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🏘️ Proclamation for Election Day Appointment

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
18 July 1876
Election, Kakanui Road Board, Otago
  • GEO. TURNBULL, Deputy-Superintendent of Otago

🏘️ Appointment of Trustees for Sinking Fund

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
19 July 1876
Trustees, Sinking Fund, Tutarau Road Board
  • James Stewart Shanks (Mr), Appointed Trustee
  • Finlay McKay (Mr), Appointed Trustee

  • D. MACKELLAR, For Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Notice of Intention to Grant Gold Mining Lease

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
20 July 1876
Gold mining lease, Crown Lands, Shotover District
  • Ah Tau, Applicant for gold mining lease

  • GEO. TURNBULL, Deputy-Superintendent of Otago

🏘️ Appointment of Cemetery Managers

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Managers, Moa Flat Cemetery
7 names identified
  • Charles Nicholson, Appointed Manager
  • James Kitto, Appointed Manager
  • William James, Appointed Manager
  • William White, Appointed Manager
  • John Sillars, Appointed Manager
  • Robert McLeod, Appointed Manager
  • Robert Patrick, Appointed Manager

  • JOHN DAVIE, For Provincial Secretary

🚂 Appointment of Acting General Manager of Railways

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 July 1876
Railways, Acting General Manager, Otago
  • Alexander Grant (Esquire), Appointed Acting General Manager

  • D. MACKELLAR, For the Provincial Secretary

🗺️ Removal of Commissioners from Waste Lands Board

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
25 July 1876
Waste Lands Board, Removal, Invercargill
6 names identified
  • Walter Henry Pearson (Esquire), Removed as Chief Commissioner
  • John Larkins Cheese Richardson (Honourable Sir), Removed as Commissioner
  • John Francis Dundas, Removed as Commissioner
  • John W. Mitchell, Removed as Commissioner
  • George Lumsden (Esquire), Removed as Commissioner
  • William Wood (Esquire), Removed as Commissioner

  • GEO. TURNBULL, Deputy-Superintendent

🗺️ Appointment of Commissioners to Waste Lands Board

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
25 July 1876
Waste Lands Board, Appointment, Invercargill
6 names identified
  • Walter Henry Pearson (Esquire), Appointed Chief Commissioner
  • Thomas Denniston (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner
  • George Lumsden (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner
  • John Larkins Cheese Richardson (Honourable Major Sir), Appointed Commissioner
  • Andrew Toshack (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner
  • William Wood (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner

  • GEO. TURNBULL, Deputy-Superintendent

🗺️ Notice of Decision on Land Applications

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land applications, Auction, Otago Waste Lands Act
  • W. S. D. Trotter, Applicant for sections 17 and 14
  • Robert Cunningham, Applicant for sections 17 and 11
  • William Gordon, Applicant for sections 16 and 15
  • Patrick McNamee, Applicant for section...