✨ Proclamation and Cattle Brands
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by Proclamation in the New Zealand
Gazette, to divide the Colony into
Counties, Hundreds, Parishes, or such
other divisions as he may deem expedient,
which shall have such limits, and shall
bear and be known by such names or
designations as in and by the said Proclamation
constituting the same shall be
prescribed.
Now, I, the Governor of New Zealand,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the
territory hereinafter described or referred
to shall be, and the same is hereby constituted
a Village, that is to say, All that
territory in the Province of Southland,
containing by admeasurement 499 (Four
hundred and ninety-nine) acres, 2 (Two)
roods, and 25 (Twenty-five) perches,
more or less, bounded on the North and
East by the Ocean and Jacob’s River
Estuary, on the South and East by the
South Eastern, Boundary of Section 8
Block 11, Jacob’s River Hundred on the
South and West by the South Western
Boundary of Sections 3 and 13, Block 11,
and 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Block 1, Jacob’s
River Hundred, and on the North-West
by the North-Western Boundary of
Section 7, Block 1, Jacob’s River Hundred,
containing 499 (Four hundred and
ninety-nine) acres, 2 (Two) roods, and 25
(Twenty-five) perches, more or less:
And I further proclaim and declare
that the said Village shall bear and be
known by the name or designation of the
village of South Riverton.
Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, at
Government House at Auckland, this twenty-fifth day of
February, in the year of Our
Lord, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency’s command,
WILLIAM FOX.
CATTLE BRANDS REGISTERED DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1864.
| DATE. | NAME OF OWNER. | RESIDENCE. | BRANDS
| | | | AND
| | | | DESCRIPTION.
|--------|-----------------|------------------|---------------
| | | |
| February 1 | George Gunn | Hokanui | G
| 2 | James Wilson | New River | W
| 4 | William Smith | Myross Bush | WS
| 5 | George Stevens | Burlington Bush | GS
| 6 | John M’Kinnon | New River | Of
| 8 | Alexander Ross | Myross Bush | R
| 10 | Lewis Longuet | Campbelltown | A_
| 20 | John Sutherland | Seaward Bush | JS
Treasury, Southland,
9th March, 1864.
J. W. KELLS,
Registrar of Brands.
Printed for the Provincial Government by Harnett & Co., Dee-street, Invercargill.
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1864, No 11
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🏛️ Proclamation of South Riverton Village
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration25 February 1864
Proclamation, Village, Southland, South Riverton
- G. Grey, Governor
- William Fox, By His Excellency’s command
🌾 Cattle Brands Registered in February 1864
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources9 March 1864
Cattle Brands, Registration, Southland
8 names identified
- George Gunn, Registered cattle brand
- James Wilson, Registered cattle brand
- William Smith, Registered cattle brand
- George Stevens, Registered cattle brand
- John M’Kinnon, Registered cattle brand
- Alexander Ross, Registered cattle brand
- Lewis Longuet, Registered cattle brand
- John Sutherland, Registered cattle brand
- J. W. Kells, Registrar of Brands