Southland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 14

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✨ Customs and Land Notices

CUSTOMS NOTICE.—The undermentioned persons have been duly licensed to act as Custom House Agents at the Port of Bluff Harbor, for the period set opposite their respective names:—

Thomas Brodrick, year ending 17th Sept., 1868.
Richard Onyon, " 21st Feb., 1869.
Lewis Longuet, " 13th April, 1869.
James Weddell, " "
Samuel Nichol, " "

C. F. O’Toole,
Deputy Commissioner.

Custom House, Bluff Harbor,
17th April, 1868.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 18th May, 1868.

It is hereby notified that I have reserved for sale under clause 16 of The Southland Waste Lands Act 1865, sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, & 23, block XIX., Invercargill Hundred, for an endowment for a College, forming a total of 149 acres 1 rood 38 poles.

John P. Taylor,
Superintendent.

BYE-LAWS PROPOSED BY THE WARDENS OF THE NEW RIVER HUNDRED, AT A MEETING HELD ON THE 10th APRIL, 1868.

1st. That no cattle of any description be depastured on the New River Hundred without a license, provided always that cattle and horses of bona fide travellers on their journey, when turned out, if not considered trespassers, if not longer than three nights in the same neighborhood.

2nd. That cattle shall be impounded forthwith belonging to persons not having taken out their depasturing license for the current year.

3rd. That no sheep or small cattle of any description be depastured on the New River Hundred.

4th. That no entire horse over twelve months old be depastured on the New River Hundred, without special permission of the Wardens. Any person contravening this clause, shall be fined the full sum of five pounds sterling.

5th. That no bull over nine months old be depastured on the New River Hundred without special permission of the Wardens. Any person contravening this clause, shall be fined the full sum of five pounds sterling.

6th. That all license-holders do register their brands, or the brands of their cattle or horses, within two months from the date of the election of Wardens, with the Warden living nearest to them.

7th. That the Wardens will not be responsible for any cattle they may impound not bearing brands according to the Cattle Branding Ordinance.

8th. That all stray cattle be impounded.

9th. That no person shall be allowed to depasture more than twenty-five head of cattle for every section of land of one hundred acres in his occupation, and proportionally for sections of larger or smaller size.

10th. That the penalty for any breach of the foregoing bye-laws, be any sum not exceeding five pounds sterling, to be recovered in a summary way, according to the tenth division of the 67th clause of the Land Regulations.

WILLIAM LAWRENCE,
Chairman.

Sanctioned on behalf of Waste Land Board.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Chief Commissioner.

24th April, 1868.

BYE-LAWS PASSED BY THE WARDENS OF THE OTERAMIKA HUNDRED, 4th MAY, 1868.

I. No cattle of any description shall be depastured except by License Holders.

II. No sheep shall be depastured on the uninclosed lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — Southland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 14

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

🏭 Licensing of Custom House Agents

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated17 April 1868
KeywordsCustoms, Licensing, Custom House Agents, Bluff Harbor
👱🏽 Names

Thomas Brodrick, Licensed as Custom House Agent
Richard Onyon, Licensed as Custom House Agent
Lewis Longuet, Licensed as Custom House Agent
James Weddell, Licensed as Custom House Agent
Samuel Nichol, Licensed as Custom House Agent

👩‍💼 Officials

C. F. O’Toole, Deputy Commissioner

🗺️ Reservation of Land for College Endowment

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated18 May 1868
KeywordsLand Reservation, College Endowment, Invercargill
👩‍💼 Officials

John P. Taylor, Superintendent

🏘️ Bye-Laws for New River Hundred

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated24 April 1868
KeywordsBye-Laws, Cattle Depasturing, Licensing, New River Hundred
👩‍💼 Officials

William Lawrence, Chairman
Walter H. Pearson, Chief Commissioner

🏘️ Bye-Laws for Oteramika Hundred

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated4 May 1868
KeywordsBye-Laws, Cattle Depasturing, Licensing, Oteramika Hundred

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