Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 15

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✨ Provincial Government Notices

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to audit the accounts of such Commissioners.

G. CUTFIELD,
Superintendent.

NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS.

Superintendent's Office,
New Plymouth, 25th July, 1857.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by the "Roads and Bridges Ordinance, 1857," I, the Superintendent of the Province of New Plymouth, Do hereby appoint that the several Rates imposed under the authority of the said Ordinance on the lands within the districts and hereinafter particularised, shall be paid by two equal instalments to the Provincial Treasurer, at his office, on the 15th day of August, and the 14th day of November next.

G. CUTFIELD.
Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

District.	Rate.
Town	Half per cent. on value of lands.
First	Sixpence per acre.
Second	Sixpence per acre.
Third	One Shilling per acre.
Fourth	Sixpence per acre.
Fifth	Ninepence per acre.
Sixth	Sixpence per acre.
Seventh	One Shilling per acre.
Eighth	Threepence per acre.
Ninth	One Shilling per acre.

Superintendent's Office,
New Plymouth, 27 July, 1857.

IT is notified for general information that a Writ for the Election of a Member of the Provincial Council in the room of ROBERT PARRIS, resigned, having been issued in accordance with the provisions of an Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand, the Returning Officer for the said district has returned the said Writ with a certificate to the effect that GEORGE YATES LETHBRIDGE, of New Plymouth, Butcher, has been duly elected to serve as member of the Provincial Council for the Grey and Bell district.

G. CUTFIELD,
Superintendent.

NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 27th July, 1857.

NOTICE.—Objections to the sums for which Ratepayers may be assessed under the "Roads and Bridges Ordinance, 1857," can only be heard and determined on the days respectively notified for that purpose by the Commissioners for the several districts.

I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary

WAIWAKAIHO FERRY.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 28th July, 1857.

THE Superintendent has appointed

DANIEL BISHOP

to be Ferry keeper at the Waiwakaiho Ferry in the place of Hoani te Ata; the appointment to date from the 31st inst.

I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 28th July, 1857.

THE Superintendent has appointed
RICHARD BROWN, Esq.
WILLIAM MORGAN CROMPTON, Esq.
WILLIAM CUTFIELD KING, Esq.
JOHN CASH NEILD, Esq. and
JAMES CROWE RICHMOND, Esq.

to be a Commission to enquire into and consider what system of Education should be adopted for the Province.

I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.

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

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🏘️ Imposition of road rates and appointment of Road Commissioners and Auditors for the Sixth District (continued from previous page)

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated25 July 1857
KeywordsRoads and Bridges, Sixth District, Road Commissioners, Auditors, Rates, New Plymouth
👩‍💼 Officials

G. Cutfield, Superintendent

🏘️ Notice to Ratepayers regarding payment of road rates

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated25 July 1857
KeywordsRoads and Bridges, Rates, Payment, New Plymouth, Provincial Treasurer
👩‍💼 Officials

G. Cutfield, Superintendent

🏘️ Election of Member of the Provincial Council for Grey and Bell district

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated27 July 1857
KeywordsElection, Provincial Council, Grey and Bell district, New Plymouth, Representative Constitution
👱🏽 Names

Robert Parris, Resigned as member of Provincial Council
George Yates Lethbridge, Elected member of Provincial Council

👩‍💼 Officials

G. Cutfield, Superintendent

🏘️ Notice regarding objections to rate assessments

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated27 July 1857
KeywordsRoads and Bridges, Rates, Assessment, Objections, New Plymouth
👩‍💼 Officials

I. N. Watt, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Appointment of Ferry keeper at Waiwakaiho Ferry

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated28 July 1857
KeywordsWaiwakaiho Ferry, Ferry keeper, Appointment, New Plymouth
👱🏽 Names

Daniel Bishop, Appointed Ferry keeper
Hoani te Ata, Former Ferry keeper

👩‍💼 Officials

I. N. Watt, Provincial Secretary

🎓 Appointment of Commission to enquire into system of Education

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Dated28 July 1857
KeywordsEducation, Commission, New Plymouth, Provincial Government
👱🏽 Names

Richard Brown (Esquire), Appointed to Education Commission
William Morgan Crompton (Esquire), Appointed to Education Commission
William Cutfield King (Esquire), Appointed to Education Commission
John Cash Neild (Esquire), Appointed to Education Commission
James Crowe Richmond (Esquire), Appointed to Education Commission

👩‍💼 Officials

I. N. Watt, Provincial Secretary

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