✨ Provincial and Government Notices
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 5th March, 1867.
IT is hereby notified that
P. L. FRANCIS, Esq.,
has resigned the office of Cattle Inspector for the Province of Southland.
JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 5th March, 1867.
IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for the election of one Member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland, for the District of Invercargill, has been returned with a certificate to the effect that
John ROSS, Esq.,
has been duly elected.
JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 5th March, 1867.
IT is hereby notified that I have appointed
H. G. ERICKSEN, Esq.,
to be Chief Inspector of Sheep for the Province of Southland. This appointment to date from the 4th March, 1866.
JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
On the 1st of April next, the Flagstaff at Steep Head will be removed, and after that date all signals intended for vessels in the offing will be hoisted on the Inner Flagstaff.
J. B. GREIG,
Harbor Master.
Harbor Office,
Invercargill, 7th March, 1867.
G. GREY, Governor.
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
By virtue of the power vested in me by “The Marine Act, 1862,” I do hereby fix the following Lighthouse Dues to be paid in respect of all vessels trading to the West Coast of the Middle Island of New Zealand, viz:—
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Sailing vessels from beyond the Colony of New Zealand, coming from any port to the eastward of New Zealand, per register ton ... 0 6
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Steam vessels, not coasters, from beyond the Colony of New Zealand, coming from any port to the eastward of New Zealand, per register ton ... 0 4
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Every steamer, any sailing vessel, employed in the coasting trade, from any port in Stewart Island, or the Middle Island, to the eastward of Solander Island on the South, and Separation Point on the North, or from any point on the East Coast of the North Island, from Kapiti Island on the South, to Auckland on the North, per register ton ... 0 1
Provided that any such coasting vessel, or vessel from beyond seas, calling at more than one port on the West Coast on the same voyage, shall only be charged Light Dues at the first port.
The above dues shall be levied on entering inwards only, and are to be collected by the proper officers immediately under receipt of the Gazette containing this notice.
Given under the hand of 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, at Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury, this fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JOHN HALL
Native Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1867.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ISAAC NEWTON WATT, Esquire,
to be a person to ascertain the wishes of the Natives to their reserves being brought under the operation of “The Native Reserves Act, 1856.”
E. W. STAFFORD
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1867, No 8
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🌾 Resignation of Cattle Inspector
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources5 March 1867
Resignation, Cattle Inspector, Southland
- P. L. Francis (Esquire), Resigned as Cattle Inspector
- John P. Taylor, Superintendent
🏘️ Election of Provincial Council Member
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government5 March 1867
Election, Provincial Council, Invercargill, Southland
- John Ross (Esquire), Elected as Member of Provincial Council
- John P. Taylor, Superintendent
🌾 Appointment of Chief Inspector of Sheep
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources5 March 1867
Appointment, Chief Inspector of Sheep, Southland
- H. G. Ericksen (Esquire), Appointed Chief Inspector of Sheep
- John P. Taylor, Superintendent
🚂 Notice to Mariners
🚂 Transport & Communications7 March 1867
Notice, Mariners, Flagstaff, Steep Head
- J. B. Greig, Harbor Master
🚂 Lighthouse Dues for West Coast Trade
🚂 Transport & Communications4 February 1867
Lighthouse Dues, West Coast, Middle Island, Marine Act
- G. Grey, Governor
- John Hall
🪶 Appointment to Ascertain Native Wishes on Reserves
🪶 Māori Affairs8 February 1867
Appointment, Native Reserves Act, Wellington
- Isaac Newton Watt (Esquire), Appointed to ascertain Native wishes on reserves
- E. W. Stafford