✨ Appointments and Postal Notices
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland,
27th January 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
James Meadows, and
John Cheyne,
to be Pilots at the New River.
William Fox.
(Republished from the New Zealand Gazette, Feb. 7, 1862.)
Warrant defining District under “The Coroner’s Act, 1858.”
By His Excellency Sir George Grey,
Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c.
WHEREAS by the “Coroners’ Act, 1858,” the Governor is empowered in the manner therein mentioned to appoint fit persons to be Coroners of the several districts of the Colony of New Zealand, and from time to time to define the districts within which such Coroners shall respectively have jurisdiction; and every such definition to revoke or amend, and the limits of such districts to alter as occasion may require: Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the said power and authority, do hereby define the District of
SOUTHLAND,
in the Province of Southland, to be all the territory comprised within the limits of the Province of Southland, exclusive of the buildings used as the Provincial Gaol, the Lunatic Asylum, and the Provincial Hospital, and their respective precincts.
Given under my hand at the Government House at Auckland, this third day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
G. Grey.
By His Excellency’s Command,
William Gisborne.
Attorney-General’s Office,
Auckland, 5th February 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
William Caton Esq. MD to be Coroner for the District of Southland, as defined by Warrant in this Gazette.
Henry Sewell.
POSTAL.
General Post Office,
Auckland, 5th February 1862.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise the following officers of the Government of the Colony to frank official Letters and Packets:—
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Colonial Secretary
Attorney-General
Colonial Treasurer
Commissioner of Customs
Minister for Native Affairs
Postmaster-General
Secretary for Crown Lands
Speaker of the Legislative Council
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Auditor of Public Accounts
Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
Registrar-General of Deeds
Governor’s Private Secretary
Under-Secretary of the Colony
Assistant Law Officer
Assistant Treasurer
Native Secretary
Chief Land Purchase Commissioner
Deputy Adjutant-General of Militia and Volunteers
Clerk of the General Assembly
Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court
District Judges
Civil Commissioners in Native Districts
Resident Magistrates
Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs
Registrars of the Supreme Court
Coroners
Collectors and Sub-Collectors of Customs
Sub-Treasurers
Postmasters
Commissioners of Crown Lands
Commissioners of Land Claims
Receivers of Land Revenue
Registrars of Deeds
Registration Officers
Returning Officers
Revising Officers
Registrars and Deputy Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.
Caledon Wales.
Printed for the Provincial Government by Harnett & Co., Dee-street, Invercargill.
Southland Provincial Gazette 1862, No 16
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🚂 Appointment of Pilots at New River
🚂 Transport & Communications27 January 1862
Pilots, Appointment, New River
- James Meadows, Appointed Pilot at New River
- John Cheyne, Appointed Pilot at New River
- William Fox
⚖️ Warrant Defining District under The Coroner's Act, 1858
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement3 February 1862
Coroner's Act, District Definition, Southland
- Sir George Grey, Governor
- William Gisborne
⚖️ Appointment of Coroner for Southland
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement5 February 1862
Coroner, Appointment, Southland
- William Caton (Esquire, MD), Appointed Coroner for Southland
- Henry Sewell
🏛️ Authorization for Franking Official Letters and Packets
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration5 February 1862
Franking, Official Letters, Government Officers
- Caledon Wales