Southland Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 18

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✨ Government Appointments and Legislative Notices



Superintendent’s Office,
Southland,
26th March, 1862.

IT is hereby notified that I have appointed Matthew Scott, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Province of Southland.

J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland,
28th March, 1862.

IT is hereby notified that I have appointed Thomas Watson, Esq., Thomas Morell MacDonald, Esq., and Duncan M’Arthur, Esq., and that the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland has elected

William H. Calder, Esq.,
Nathaniel Chalmers, Esq., and
William Francis Tarleton, Esq.,
to be Members of the Education Committee, to carry out the provisions of the “Education Ordinance, 1862.”

J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, March 27, 1862.

A PRELIMINARY MEETING of the Education Committee of the Province of Southland will be held at this office on Saturday, 5th April, at two o’clock p.m.

J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.

(Republished from New Zealand Gazette, No. 13, March 7, 1862.)

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 5th March, 1862.

IT is hereby notified that the Speaker of the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland has reported that, in pursuance of the “Provincial Audit Act, 1861,” he has duly appointed

Henry M’Culloch
to be Auditor of Public Accounts of the Province of Southland, and

Alexander Ferguson Morris
to be Deputy Auditor of Public Accounts of that Province; those gentlemen having been nominated by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Southland to those respective offices.

Henry Sewell,
In the absence of Mr. Fox.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 7th March 1862.

THE following Bills, passed by the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland, intituled—

“Fencing Ordinance, 1862,”
“Ferries Ordinance, 1862,”
“Audit Ordinance, 1862,”
“Dog Nuisance Ordinance, 1862,”
“Cattle Trespass Ordinance, 1862,”
“Auction Ordinance, 1862,”
“Education Ordinance, 1862,”
“Appropriation Ordinance, 1862,”
“Licensing Amendment Ordinance, 1862,”
“Sheep Ordinance, 1856, Amendment Ordinance, 1862,”
“Immigration and British Agent Ordinance, 1861,”

which Bills were reserved for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon, having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to assent to the same.

H. Sewell,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Attorney General’s Office,
Auckland, 6th March 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Donald Hankinson, Esq., Southland
FitzWilliam Wentworth, Esq., Southland
Theophilus Heale, Esq., Invercargill
Alexander M’Nab, Esq., Southland
Daniel Shea Lawlor, Esq., Riverton
Freeman Jackson, Esq., Southland
Peter M’Kellar, Esq., Southland
Robert Stuart, Esq., Southland
Henry Young, Esq., Southland

to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.

Henry Sewell.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 6th March 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. Christopher Francis de Sales O’Toole, to be Sub-Collector of Customs at the Port of Bluff Harbour, in the Province of Southland.

Reader Wood.

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🏘️ Appointment to Executive Council of Southland

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
26 March 1862
Appointment, Executive Council, Southland
  • Matthew Scott (Esquire), Appointed Member of Executive Council

  • J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent

🏘️ Appointment and Election to Education Committee

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
28 March 1862
Appointment, Election, Education Committee, Southland
6 names identified
  • Thomas Watson (Esquire), Appointed Member of Education Committee
  • Thomas Morell MacDonald (Esquire), Appointed Member of Education Committee
  • Duncan M’Arthur (Esquire), Appointed Member of Education Committee
  • William H. Calder (Esquire), Elected Member of Education Committee
  • Nathaniel Chalmers (Esquire), Elected Member of Education Committee
  • William Francis Tarleton (Esquire), Elected Member of Education Committee

  • J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent

🏘️ Preliminary Meeting of Education Committee

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
27 March 1862
Meeting, Education Committee, Southland
  • J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent

🏘️ Appointment of Auditor and Deputy Auditor

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
5 March 1862
Appointment, Auditor, Deputy Auditor, Southland
  • Henry M’Culloch, Appointed Auditor of Public Accounts
  • Alexander Ferguson Morris, Appointed Deputy Auditor of Public Accounts

  • Henry Sewell, In the absence of Mr. Fox

🏘️ Assent to Provincial Ordinances

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
7 March 1862
Ordinances, Assent, Southland
  • H. Sewell, In the absence of the Colonial Secretary

⚖️ Appointment of Justices of the Peace

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
6 March 1862
Appointment, Justices of the Peace, Southland, Invercargill, Riverton
9 names identified
  • Donald Hankinson (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • FitzWilliam Wentworth (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Theophilus Heale (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Alexander M’Nab (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Daniel Shea Lawlor (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Freeman Jackson (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Peter M’Kellar (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Robert Stuart (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Henry Young (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace

  • Henry Sewell

🏭 Appointment of Sub-Collector of Customs

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
6 March 1862
Appointment, Sub-Collector, Customs, Bluff Harbour, Southland
  • Christopher Francis de Sales O’Toole (Mr), Appointed Sub-Collector of Customs

  • Reader Wood