Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 12

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shall be due and payable to the Provincial
Treasurer at his Office in the Town of New
Plymouth on Monday the 6th day of August next. And the second and last instalment of one half of the said Rate shall be
due and payable to the said Treasurer at
his said Office on Monday the 3rd day of
September next.

CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office,
13th July, 1855.

WAIWAKAIHO FERRY.

IN exercise of the powers in me vested for
this purpose by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the
Province of New Plymouth, intituled, "An
Ordinance to establish and regulate Ferries"
I, the Superintendent of the said Province,
with the approval of the Provincial Council
thereof, hereby establish a Public Ferry for
Passengers and Sheep, on the River Waiwakaiho, at the place where the Devon
road crosses the said River—such Ferry to
be called the "Waiwakaiho Ferry."

And in further exercise of the said powers
I, the said Superintendent, with the approval of the said Council hereby fix the following dues to be taken at the Waiwakaiho
Ferry (videlicet)—

PASSENGERS.
Passengers . . . . 2d. each
Single Passenger . . . . 4d.

SHEEP.
Any number not exceeding four . . . 4d. for
[the whole
Any number exceeding four . . 1d. per head

And in further exercise of the said powers
I, the said Superintendent, hereby appoint

WIREMU TE AHOAHO

to be Ferry-keeper at the Waiwakaiho
Ferry.

CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office,
13th July, 1855.

WAIWAKAIHO FERRY.

IN exercise of the powers in me vested for
this purpose by an Ordinance of the
Superintendent and Provincial Council of
the Province of New Plymouth, intituled
"An Ordinance to establish and regulate
Ferries" I, the Superintendent of the said
Province, with the approval of the Provincial Council thereof, hereby make the
following Regulation for the Waiwakaiho
Ferry.

Any person who shall wilfully destroy,
damage, remove, or interfere with any rope,
chain, punt, boat, canoe, or other article or
thing belonging to the said Ferry shall forfeit any sum not exceeding forty shillings
to be sued for by any person authorised in
that behalf by the Superintendent by writing under his hand.

CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office,
13th July, 1855.

CUSTOMS SALE.

THE following goods will be sold by
Public Auction at the Bonding Warehouse, on Friday the 27th day of July,
1855, at noon, for duty and Warehouse
rent (under No. 3, 4, Vic., Sec. 48) unless
cleared for home consumption or exportation previous to the above date :—

AT S. VICKERS'S—

L. R. ± 7, 8, 9. Three baskets Manufactured Tobacco, Foreign, containing 169
lbs., ex Eclair, Marks, @ Auckland, there
Warehoused 19th day of May, 1852.

Also, and at the same time—

The undermentioned condemned Goods—

A Copper Boiler, and
A quantity of Old Copper.

W. LEECH,
Collector.

Custom House,
14th July, 1855.

Printed by G. W. WOOEN for the Provincial Government.

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The Taranaki Provincial Council building (depicted) was on lower Brougham Street in New Plymouth.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Notice to Ratepayers of the First District regarding payment of rates (continued from previous page)

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated13 July 1855
KeywordsRatepayers, First District, New Plymouth, Public Works, Rates
👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Brown, Superintendent

🚂 Establishment of Waiwakaiho Ferry and appointment of ferry-keeper

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated13 July 1855
KeywordsWaiwakaiho Ferry, Ferry-keeper, New Plymouth, Passengers, Sheep
👱🏽 Names

Wiremu Te Ahoaho, Appointed Ferry-keeper

👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Brown, Superintendent

🚂 Regulation for the Waiwakaiho Ferry regarding penalties for damage

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated13 July 1855
KeywordsWaiwakaiho Ferry, Regulations, Penalties, Damage to property
👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Brown, Superintendent

🏭 Notice of Customs sale by public auction

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated14 July 1855
KeywordsCustoms Sale, Public Auction, Bonding Warehouse, Tobacco, Copper
👱🏽 Names

S. Vickers, Location of goods for sale

👩‍💼 Officials

W. Leech, Collector

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