Southland Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 40

Page 185

✨ Proclamations and Postal Notices

[Re-published from the New Zealand Gazette, February 7th, 1863.]

A PROCLAMATION

Constituting a certain Public Gaol in the Province of Southland.

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., &c., &c.

WHEREAS power is vested in the Governor of New Zealand by Proclamation to declare any House, Building, Enclosure, or Place to be a Public Gaol:

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor as aforesaid, do hereby declare and proclaim that the portion of the building recently erected upon Block XII., Campbelltown, in the Province of Southland, which is on the West side, and is subdivided into four cells and corridor, shall be used as a Public Gaol.

Given under my hand at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this sixth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

By His Excellency’s command,

ALFRED DOMETT.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

[Re-published from the New Zealand Gazette, February 14th, 1863.]

POSTAL.

Superintendents and Chief Officers of Police to receive Letters on the Public Service free.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 9th February, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise The Superintendents of Provinces and the Chief Officer of Police in each Province to receive Official Letters and Packets free of postage, in terms of the Proclamation of the 12th February, 1862.

READER G. WOOD,
For the Postmaster-General.

Printed for the Provincial Government by SMALLFIELD & BAIN, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

VUW Te Waharoa — Southland Provincial Gazette 1863, No 40

Built in 1864 as a Masonic lodge, this building was purchased by the Southland Provincial Council as their council chambers in 1866. It still stands today.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

⚖️ Proclamation of Public Gaol in Southland

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated6 February 1863
KeywordsProclamation, Public Gaol, Southland, Campbelltown
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Grey, Governor
Alfred Domett

🚂 Free Postage for Provincial Superintendents and Chief Officers of Police

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated9 February 1863
KeywordsPostage, Official Letters, Superintendents, Chief Officers of Police
👩‍💼 Officials

Reader G. Wood, For the Postmaster-General

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