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authorities, and duties belonging or pertaining to the office of a Justice of the Peace in our said Colony.
And therefore, we command you and each and every of you that to keep the peace and all laws, ordinances, and statutes, and all and singular other the premises you diligently apply yourselves, and that, at certain days and places duly appointed or to be appointed for these purposes, into the premises to make inquiry, and all and singular the premises hear and determine and perform and fulfil them, doing therein what to justice appertains, according to the law and custom of England and of our said Colony.
And we command all our Sheriffs in our said Colony at certain days and places appointed or to be appointed, to be aiding by all lawful means in the performance and due execution of the premises.
In testimony whereof, we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of our Colony to be hereunto affixed.
Witness our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over our Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; at Government House, at Wellington, in New Zealand aforesaid, this fourth day of July, in the thirty-second year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
G. F. Bowen.
Issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
E. W. Stafford.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1868.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty’s name, summoned
The Hon. John Parkin Taylor,
of Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, to the Legislative Council of New Zealand, by Writ of Summons under the Seal of the Colony.
E. W. Stafford.
CUSTOMS. — In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the undermentioned Warehouse, viz:—
Port of Invercargill,
an Iron Building, in the occupation of Mr John M’Pherson, situate on section 16, block 9, in the Town of Invercargill, from the 9th June, 1868; to be a Warehouse for the reception of Goods under Bond.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
J. C. Richmond,
Commissioner.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1868.
THE following Bill passed by the Provincial Council, and reserved by the Superintendent of the Province of Southland for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure thereon, intituled
"Oreti Ferry Leasing Ordinance, 1868,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to withhold his assent to the same.
E. W. Stafford.
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 19
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⚖️ Appointment of Justices of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement4 July 1868
Justices of the Peace, Appointment, Colony of New Zealand
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- E. W. Stafford
🏛️ Summons to the Legislative Council
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration4 July 1868
Legislative Council, Summons, Southland
- John Parkin Taylor (Honourable), Summoned to the Legislative Council
- E. W. Stafford
🏭 Appointment of Customs Warehouse
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry25 June 1868
Customs, Warehouse, Invercargill
- John M'Pherson (Mr), Occupant of the approved warehouse
- J. C. Richmond, Commissioner of Customs
🏛️ Withholding Assent to Provincial Bill
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration27 June 1868
Provincial Council, Bill, Southland
- E. W. Stafford