Southland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 31

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✨ Proclamations and Notices

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Justices of the Peace resident in such district, to be yearly held within such district, at some specified time and place, for the purpose of choosing a Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of attendance: And whereas by an Order in Council, bearing date the twenty-second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, His Excellency the Governor did define and establish certain Petty Sessions Districts, including amongst others the districts hereinafter named:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby proclaim and appoint that for each of the districts named in the Schedule hereto a meeting of the Justices of the Peace resident within such district shall be yearly held at the place whereof the name is in the said schedule set opposite to the name of such district, at twelve o’clock noon, on the first Tuesday in the month of December, for the purpose of choosing a Chairman of Petty Sessions and settling a rota of attendance.

SCHEDULE.

Name of District.	Place of Meeting.
Taringatura Downs District	Police Barracks, Lowther
Waiau District	Accommodation House, Easter Bush
Riverton District	Court House, Riverton
Pahia Gold Fields District	Warden’s Court, Orepuki
Mataura District	Police Barracks, Gore
Invercargill District	Police Barracks, Winton

Given under the hand of His Excellency 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 Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House, at Wellington; and issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. Stafford.

God save the Queen!

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in me vested in this behalf by "The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867," I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the second day of November next, the jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrates’ Courts for the

Clutha District, and
Southland District,

respectively, as the same are defined by Proclamation bearing date the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, shall be extended to One Hundred Pounds.

Given under the hand of His Excellency 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 Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House, at Wellington; and issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. Stafford.

God save the Queen!

NOTICE TO FENCE.

To the Owner (supposed to be Mr. Geo. Boyles) of Section 5, Block IX, Jacob’s River Hundred.

TAKE NOTICE that I desire that the boundary or separation fence between Sections 14 and 5, Block IX., Jacob’s River Hundred, be made IMMEDIATELY, or before the 23rd day of November, 1868; and that such fence shall be a post and two-wire fence, with a ditch and bank.

Peter McFarlane,
Invercargill, 9th November, 1868.

VUW Te Waharoa — Southland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 31

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.

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⚖️ Proclamation for Petty Sessions District Meeting (continued from previous page)

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated4 November 1868
KeywordsPetty Sessions Act, Proclamation, Governor, meeting appointment, New Zealand Gazette
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
E. W. Stafford

⚖️ Extension of Resident Magistrates' Courts Jurisdiction

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated28 October 1868
KeywordsResident Magistrates Act, jurisdiction extension, Clutha District, Southland District
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
E. W. Stafford

⚖️ Notice to Fence

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated9 November 1868
KeywordsBoundary fence, Section 5, Block IX, Jacob’s River Hundred
👱🏽 Names

Geo. Boyles (Mr.), Owner of Section 5

👩‍💼 Officials

Peter McFarlane

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