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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
DANIEL SHEA LAWLOR, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the District of Riverton, for the election of Members of the House of Representatives.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Commissioner’s Order, No. 14
CUSTOMS — In exercise of the power vested in me for this purpose by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, the Commissioner of Customs, do hereby appoint and declare that the undermentioned Port shall be a Port at which persons acting as Agents in the entrance or clearance of ships, goods, or baggage, or any business relating thereto, shall be required to be duly licensed for that purpose namely —
BLUFF HARBOUR.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
J. C. RICHMOND.
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, Dec. 17th 1866.
IT is hereby notified that the land specified below, has been reserved upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, under Clause XVI., of the "Southland Waste Land Act, 1865."
JNO. P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
OREPUKI TOWNSHIP RESERVE.
On Run No. 393, containing 45a. 0r. 28p. Bounded on the N.E., by the Waste Lands of the Crown, a distance of 1300 links: On the S.E., by the pre-emptive right on said run, 1654 links, again on the N.E., by said pre-emptive right 1000 links, again on the S.E., by said pre-emptive right, 3000 links, on the S.W., by the aforesaid pre-emptive right, 1150 links, and the reserved road along high water mark, and on N.W., and W., by high water mark in Tewai Bay.
General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1866.
IN virtue of the power vested in me for that purpose the following appointment has been made in the service of the Colony.
JOHN HALL.
SOUTHLAND.
Richard Wm. Daniel, to be Postmaster at Wairaki, from 1st July, 1866.
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, Dec. 17th, 1866.
IT is hereby notified that the land specified below, has been temporarily reserved under Clause XVI., of the "Southland Waste Land Act, 1865."
JNO. P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
SCHOOL RESERVE.
Containing 5 acres in Section No. 36, Block II., Mabel Hundred. Bounded on the N. by a line running due East, starting at a point on the road through the Mabel Bush. 1050 links south of the Bush Reserve in the aforesaid, Block II.; on the S. by a line running due East, starting at a point on the aforesaid road, 1200 links north of the north-west corner of Section No. 10, in said Block; on the W. by the aforesaid road, and on the East by a meridian line to include the required acreage.
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, December 17th, 1866.
IT is hereby notified that the portions of ground specified as below have been temporarily reserved for the preservation and sale of the timber thereon, under XVIII of the "Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865."
JNO. P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
TIMBER RESERVES.
In the Jacob’s River Hundred, containing about 43 acres, bounded on the E. and N. by Section No. 1, Jacob’s River Hundred, and the road reserves on the west bank of the Waimatuku River, and
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1866, No 24
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🏛️ Appointment of Returning Officer
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration26 November 1866
Returning Officer, Election, Riverton
- Daniel Shea Lawlor (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer
- E. W. Stafford
🏭 Licensing Requirement for Customs Agents
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry31 October 1866
Customs, Licensing, Bluff Harbour
- J. C. Richmond, Commissioner of Customs
🗺️ Orepuki Township Reserve
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey17 December 1866
Land Reserve, Orepuki Township, Southland
- Jno. P. Taylor, Superintendent
🚂 Postmaster Appointment
🚂 Transport & Communications11 October 1866
Postmaster, Appointment, Wairaki
- Richard Wm. Daniel, Appointed Postmaster
- John Hall
🗺️ School Reserve Notification
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey17 December 1866
School Reserve, Land Reservation, Mabel Hundred
- Jno. P. Taylor, Superintendent
🌾 Timber Reserves Notification
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources17 December 1866
Timber Reserves, Land Reservation, Jacob’s River Hundred
- Jno. P. Taylor, Superintendent