✨ Government Appointments and Notices
W.M. Halse, Esq.,
to be the Judge of the District Court of Taranaki.
Fred. Whitaker.
Attorney-General’s Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
James Ritchie, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the District Court of Taranaki.
Fred. Whitaker.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following person to be
Registration Officer for the Election of Members
of the House of Representatives for the Electoral Districts set opposite his name:
James Ritchie, Esq., Town of New Plymouth
James Ritchie, Esq., Grey and Bell
James Ritchie, Esq., Omata
E. W. Stafford.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 13th January, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following person to be
Returning Officer for the Election of Members
of the House of Representatives for the Electoral Districts set opposite his name:
James Ritchie, Esq., Town of New Plymouth
James Ritchie, Esq., Grey and Bell
James Ritchie, Esq., Omata
E. W. Stafford.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
New Plymouth, 13th January, 1859.
THE following notice respecting the Pencarrow Lighthouse, at the entrance of Port Nicholson, is published for general information.
I. N. Watt,
Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1858.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
PENCARROW LIGHTHOUSE.
Notice is hereby given, that on and after the first day of January next a new light will be exhibited on Pencarrow Head at the entrance of Port Nicholson (Wellington), Cook’s Strait, New Zealand.
The new light will be of the second order (Catadioptric system), with eclipses at intervals of two minutes; it will be 420 feet above high water mark, and visible in ordinary weather at a distance of thirty English miles.
The following are the magnetic bearings and distances of the site of the new Lighthouse.
From Baring Head, N.W. by N., 34 miles.
From Sinclair Head, E. by N. ¼ N., 6¼ miles.
From Outer Rock of Barrett’s Reef, S.E. by E. ¼ E., 1 mile.
From Steeple Rock, S.S.E., 2 miles.
From Cape Campbell, N.N.E. ¼ E., 33 miles.
The Lighthouse is in Latitude 41° 22’ 0” S., Longitude 174° 51’ 15” E.
William Fitzherbert,
Provincial Secretary.
NEW PLYMOUTH: PRINTED AT THE “TARANAKI NEWS” OFFICE.
Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1859, No 1
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Appointment of Judge for Taranaki District Court
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement13 January 1859
Appointments, District Court, Taranaki
- W.M. Halse (Esquire), Appointed Judge of the District Court of Taranaki
- Fred. Whitaker
⚖️ Appointment of Clerk of the District Court of Taranaki
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement13 January 1859
Appointments, Clerk, District Court, Taranaki
- James Ritchie (Esquire), Appointed Clerk of the District Court of Taranaki
- Fred. Whitaker
🏛️ Appointment of Registration Officers for House of Representatives Elections
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration13 January 1859
Appointments, Registration Officers, House of Representatives, Electoral Districts
- James Ritchie (Esquire), Appointed Registration Officer for Town of New Plymouth
- James Ritchie (Esquire), Appointed Registration Officer for Grey and Bell
- James Ritchie (Esquire), Appointed Registration Officer for Omata
- E. W. Stafford
🏛️ Appointment of Returning Officers for House of Representatives Elections
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration13 January 1859
Appointments, Returning Officers, House of Representatives, Electoral Districts
- James Ritchie (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Town of New Plymouth
- James Ritchie (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Grey and Bell
- James Ritchie (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Omata
- E. W. Stafford
🏗️ Notice of Pencarrow Lighthouse
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works7 December 1858
Notice, Lighthouse, Pencarrow, Port Nicholson, Wellington
- I. N. Watt, Provincial Secretary
- William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary