✨ Military Appointments and Proclamations
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APPOINTMENTS
in the New Zealand Militia,
viz.:
Robert Parris, to be Captain (unattached), date of commission, 11th June, 1863.
Thomas Good, to be Captain (unattached), date of commission, 11th June, 1863.
William Smith Atkinson, to be Captain (unattached), date of commission, 11th June, 1863.
Wellington Carrington, to be Captain (unattached), date of Commission, 11th June, 1863.
ALFRED DOMETT.
A PROCLAMATION
Extending the Jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at New Plymouth.
By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.
Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the said recited Act, and of an Order in Council dated the seventeenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, authorising the issue of Proclamations under the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the provisions of the said recited Act, and especially the powers conferred by sections two and three thereof, shall be exercised to the limit of Jurisdiction of one hundred pounds in the Resident Magistrate’s Court at New Plymouth; and I do further proclaim and declare that this proclamation shall take effect on and from the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony this twenty-second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
G. Grey,
By His Excellency’s command,
Alfred Domett.
God save the Queen!
WHEREAS by the “Resident Magistrates’ Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1862,”
it is enacted that every case of a claim for debt or damages such as might at the passing of the said Act be lawfully tried in a Resident Magistrate’s Court where the debt or damages claimed do not exceed Twenty pounds may be tried in any Resident Magistrate’s Court with respect to which this Act shall be in operation when the debt or damages claimed do not exceed Fifty pounds.
And it is provided that the Governor may, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Colony, declare that the limit of Jurisdiction of any such Court shall be extended to one hundred pounds, and such limit of Jurisdiction shall be in such cases extended accordingly.
ERRATA.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 18th June, 1863.
In the Gazette No. 19, dated 23rd May, 1863, page 191, the date of Capt. Webster’s (Taranaki Rifle Volunteers,) commission, should be 11th May, 1863, instead of 14th May.
Also,—
The date of Lieut. Simmonds’, (Taranaki Rifle Volunteers,) commission, should be 11th May, 1863, instead of 15th May.
Alfred Domett.
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1863, No 17
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Appointment of Captains Parris, Good, Atkinson, and Carrington
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🛡️ Defence & Military11 June 1863
Captains, New Zealand Militia, Appointments
- Robert Parris, Appointed Captain (unattached)
- Thomas Good, Appointed Captain (unattached)
- William Smith Atkinson, Appointed Captain (unattached)
- Wellington Carrington, Appointed Captain (unattached)
- Alfred Domett
⚖️ Proclamation Extending Jurisdiction of Resident Magistrate’s Court at New Plymouth
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement22 June 1863
Jurisdiction, Resident Magistrate’s Court, New Plymouth, Proclamation
- Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- Alfred Domett
📰 Errata Notice for Gazette No. 19
📰 NZ Gazette18 June 1863
Correction, Commission Dates, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers
- Capt. Webster, Commission date corrected to 11 May 1863
- Lieut. Simmonds, Commission date corrected to 11 May 1863
- Alfred Domett