Southland Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 19

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✨ Government Proclamations

G. GREY, GOVERNOR.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in me vested for this purpose under and by virtue of “The Volunteer Act, 1865,” I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby nominate and appoint the undermentioned officers to be the persons, within their respective Provinces or districts, to receive the arms, accoutrements, and other articles, supplied to any officer, non-commissioned officer, or volunteer of any corps, which has been disbanded in terms of the eighteenth section of the said Act:—

IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND.

The Officer Commanding or Adjutant of the Militia and Volunteers.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, at the Government House, at Auckland, this sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

JOHN HALL,
(in the absence of the Commissioner of Customs.)

G. GREY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,” I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby approve of the undermentioned ports, viz.:—

Auckland,
Wellington,
Nelson,
Greymouth,
Hokitika,
Lyttelton,
Dunedin,
Invercargill, and
Bluff Harbour,

to be ports for the importation and warehousing of Opium.

G. GREY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council made on the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the Province of Southland was constituted and established under “The New Provinces Act, 1858;” and it is provided by the Constitution Act, that it shall be lawful for the Governor of New Zealand, by proclamation or otherwise, to dissolve the Provincial Council of any Province, whenever he shall think it expedient so to do:

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the said power, do, by this proclamation, dissolve the Provincial Council of the said Province of Southland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

IT is hereby notified that CROWN GRANTS in favor of the undermentioned persons are now ready for delivery at the Land Office...

VUW Te Waharoa — Southland Provincial Gazette 1867, No 19

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

🛡️ Appointment of Officers for Disbanded Volunteer Corps

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated16 June 1867
KeywordsAppointment, Volunteer Corps, Disbandment, Southland
👱🏽 Names

George Grey (Sir), Appointed Officers for Disbanded Volunteer Corps

👩‍💼 Officials

G. Grey, Governor
John Hall, (in the absence of the Commissioner of Customs)

🏭 Approval of Ports for Opium Importation and Warehousing

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
KeywordsPorts, Opium, Importation, Warehousing
👩‍💼 Officials

G. Grey, Governor

🏛️ Dissolution of the Provincial Council of Southland

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated6 July 1867
KeywordsDissolution, Provincial Council, Southland
👱🏽 Names

George Grey (Sir), Dissolved Provincial Council of Southland

👩‍💼 Officials

G. Grey, Governor
E. W. Stafford

🗺️ Notification of Ready Crown Grants

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsCrown Grants, Land Office

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