✨ Provincial Appointments and Order in Council
Superintendent's Office,
Southland, 18th Feb., 1867.
IT is hereby notified that I have appointed
SAMUEL NICHOL, Esq.,
to be Station Agent at the Bluff.
JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
Superintendent's Office,
Southland, 13th Feb., 1867.
IT is hereby notified that I have appointed
JAMES HARVEY, Esq.,
to be Provincial Solicitor for the Province of Southland.
JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
Superintendent's Office,
Southland, 18th Feb., 1867.
IT is hereby notified that I have appointed
JOHN BLACKLOCK, Esq.,
to be Provincial Secretary for the Province of Southland. This appointment to date from the 19th March, 1866.
JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of January, 1867.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by “The Marine Act, 1866,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, from time to time, delegate all or any of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act unto any person or persons, for any period, and subject to any regulations, restrictions, or stipulations which may be specified in such Order, and every such delegation may from time to time alter or revoke:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Bath, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, do, by this Order, delegate unto
JOHN PARKIN TAYLOR, Esq.,
Superintendent of the Province of Southland, such of the powers vested in me as Governor by section seven of the said Act as enable me to erect, superintend, and maintain harbor-marks, lights, and beacons, now or hereafter to be placed within the limits of any port in the Province of Southland, or the approaches thereto, subject however to such directions as may from time to time be issued by the Colonial Marine Engineer, as to the size, position, and color of such harbor-marks, lights, and beacons; and to appoint and suspend or remove Port or Harbour Masters, and other officers of ports or harbors within the Province of Southland; and to define and regulate the conduct and duties of Port or Harbor Masters, and other persons employed in carrying out the objects of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” and of “The Marine Act, 1866,” within the said Province; and also, within the said Province, the powers vested in me by clauses ten, eleven, fifteen, and thirty-seven of the said last-mentioned Act, and the power vested in me by clause sixteen of the said last-mentioned Act, to exempt from pilotage within all or any of the ports of the Province of Southland such Colonial trading vessels trading to the ports of such Province only as to him shall seem proper to be so exempted; to have and exercise the said powers hereby delegated to the said John Parkin Taylor, Esq., so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and no longer, subject nevertheless to such regulations as may from time to time be made by the Governor in Council under authority of clause fifty-one of the said last-mentioned Act.
FOSTER GOBING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1867, No 7
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🏘️ Appointment of Station Agent at the Bluff
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government18 February 1867
Appointment, Station Agent, Bluff, Southland
- Samuel Nichol (Esquire), Appointed Station Agent at the Bluff
- John P. Taylor, Superintendent
🏘️ Appointment of Provincial Solicitor for Southland
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government13 February 1867
Appointment, Provincial Solicitor, Southland
- James Harvey (Esquire), Appointed Provincial Solicitor for Southland
- John P. Taylor, Superintendent
🏘️ Appointment of Provincial Secretary for Southland
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government18 February 1867
Appointment, Provincial Secretary, Southland
- John Blacklock (Esquire), Appointed Provincial Secretary for Southland
- John P. Taylor, Superintendent
🏛️ Order in Council Delegating Powers to Southland Superintendent
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration10 January 1867
Order in Council, Delegation of Powers, Marine Act, Southland, Harbor-marks, Lights, Beacons
- John Parkin Taylor (Esquire), Delegated powers under Marine Act
- G. Grey, Governor
- Foster Gobing, Clerk of the Executive Council