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Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1856 – No. 5

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✨ Provincial Ordinances and Notices

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Liquor to be drunk in any Licensed House
occupied by him or its appurtenances.

Provided that nothing in this Ordinance contained shall extend to prohibit
the sale or supply of any such liquor by any
person now or at any time hereafter holding
any such license as aforesaid to Travellers,
or to Persons boarding and lodging in any
House licensed for the sale of such liquor,
or to prohibit the purchase of any such
liquor from on board any vessel in the Road-
stead of New Plymouth, or the sale of any
such liquor for shipment on board any such
vessel.
Any person contravening in any res-
pect any of the provisions of this Ordinance
shall for every such offence forfeit and pay
a sum not exceeding £20.
In the construction of this Ordinance
the words "sell" and "sale" shall in-
clude barter and every other mode of dis-
posal for valuable consideration. And no
person resident within 20 miles of the Town
of New Plymouth shall for the purposes of
this Ordinance be deemed a Traveller.
This Ordinance shall come into oper-
ation on the 1st day of May 1856.

Passed the Provincial Council the eighth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and fifty six.

I, NEWTON WATT,
Speaker.

Assented to on behalf of the Governor the
eleventh day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six.

CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office,
New Plymouth, 12th April, 1856.

NOTICE—I have appointed
RICHARD CHILMAN, Esquire,
Provincial Treasurer, to be Provincial Se-
cretary during my absence from the Pro-
vince.

CHARLES BROWN.
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office,
New Plymouth, 12th April, 1856.

NOTICE—From and after this date,
persons applying personally at this
Office are requested to do so between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

Land Claims' Office,
New Plymouth, 9th April, 1856.

THE undermentioned Government Scrip
for New Plymouth Land Claims re-
ported in the New Zealand Government
Gazette, No. 6, 23rd February, 1856, is
now ready for issue at this office :—

No of Claim.	Name of Claimant.	Amt. of Scrip.
486 to 489	Edward Chilman	£1102 10
493 to 495
491 492	Charles Bulkeley	75 0
496 497	James Evans	75 0

W. HALSE,
Commissioner.

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

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🏛️ Ordinance to restrict the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated11 April 1856
KeywordsProvincial Ordinance, New Plymouth, Liquor Licensing, Sunday Trading, Publicans
👩‍💼 Officials

Newton Watt, Speaker
Charles Brown, Superintendent

🏛️ Appointment of Provincial Secretary

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated12 April 1856
KeywordsAppointment, Provincial Secretary, Provincial Treasurer, New Plymouth
👱🏽 Names

Richard Chilman (Esquire), Appointed Provincial Secretary

👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Brown, Superintendent

🏛️ Office hours for Superintendent's Office

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated12 April 1856
KeywordsOffice hours, Superintendent's Office, New Plymouth
👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Brown, Superintendent

🗺️ Issue of Government Scrip for Land Claims

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated9 April 1856
KeywordsLand Claims, Government Scrip, New Plymouth
👱🏽 Names

Edward Chilman, Claimant for Government Scrip
Charles Bulkeley, Claimant for Government Scrip
James Evans, Claimant for Government Scrip

👩‍💼 Officials

W. Halse, Commissioner

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