Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 14

Page 59

✨ Land Regulations and Road Commissioners



  1. Non commissioned Officers and Privates of
    her Majesty’s army, or of the Royal Marines,
    who being or having been on service in the colo-
    ny, shall obtain their discharge, or who may
    have obtained their discharge since the 1st Janu-
    ary, 1857 (such Privates being discharged with
    good conduct certificates) and shall become set-
    tlers in the Province, shall in the purchase of
    land be allowed a remission of the purchase mo-
    ney according to the following scale, viz. —

Sergeants — — — — — — £80
Corporals — — — — — — 60
Privates — — — — — — 40
the purchases will, however, be subject to the
like conditions so far as regards residence of the
purchaser, clearing of the land, and issue of the
Crown Grant, as in the case of purchases made
by commissioned Officers, and prior to the issue
of any Crown Grant for land purchased by any
non commissioned Officer or Private under these
Regulations he shall show to the satisfaction of
the Commissioner of Crown Lands that he has
not obtained a similar remission in any other pro-
vince or district of New Zealand.

  1. The purchasers of Land under these Regu-
    lations respecting Naval and Military Settlers
    will, for the purposes of local rates, taxes, and
    impositions in every case be deemed to be the
    owners thereof and as if the fee simple of the
    land vested in them from the purchase thereof.

ROADS AND BRIDGES.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
New Plymouth, 19th July, 1859.

THE following Abstract or Balance Sheet of the Commissioners of the following District is pub-
lished for the information of the Ratepayers.

J. C. RICHMOND,
Provincial Secretary.

BALANCE SHEET OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TOWN DISTRICT, 1858-9.

Dr.

To balance from preceding year £ s. d.
42 7 5
Fees handed over by Commissioners 10 13 9
Cash on account of rates 115 14 11
Government Grant 59 5 1
In Provincial Treasury 85 15 3
£313 16 5

Cr.

By payment for revising Rate List £ s. d.
3 0 0
Labour 78 18 0
Cartage 30 18 1½
Gravel 11 8 9
Culverts and Drains 51 3 0
On account of Earthwork 37 5 9
Of Bridges 16 10 0
For Curb Stones 3 7 6
Materials and tools 5 16 7½
Smith’s work 2 0 11
Printing 5 17 3
Account book 0 3 0
Commissioners’ fees 12 6 4
Balance unexpended on May 20 55 1 2
£313 16 5

Contingent liabilities—

Contracts and works not completed... 33 0 0
Queen street Bridge... 5 0 0

Balance unappropriated... 17 1 2

                     55 1 2

R. BROWN,
G.Y. LETHBRIDGE,
F. U. GLEDHILL,
Commissioners.

I hereby certify that I have examined the above account, with the vouchers, and find the
same to be correct,

(Signed) S. FORD, Auditor.

NEW PLYMOUTH: PRINTED AT THE “TARANAKI NEWS” OFFICE.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Amended Land Regulations (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land purchase, remission, military settlers, regulations

🏗️ Balance Sheet of the Road Commissioners for the Town District

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
19 July 1859
Roads, bridges, financial statement, New Plymouth
  • R. Brown, Commissioner
  • G.Y. Lethbridge, Commissioner
  • F. U. Gledhill, Commissioner

  • J. C. Richmond, Provincial Secretary
  • S. Ford, Auditor