✨ Government Appointments and Land Notices
Resignation of Lieut. Simmonds.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 22nd June, 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of
Lieutenant HORACE SIMMONDS
of the “Taranaki” Rifle Volunteers.
ALFRED DOMETT.
H. R. Richmond, Esquire, appointed Crown Lands Commissioner and Land Claims Commissioner at New Plymouth.
Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 22nd June, 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
HENRY ROBERT RICHMOND, Esq., J.P.
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands under the “Crown Lands Act, 1862.” and Commissioner of Land Claims under the “New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants Ordinance,” Sess. xi., No. 15, vice W. Halse, Esq., resigned.
ALFRED DOMETT.
Sub-Treasurers in various Provinces to receive Petitions under “Patents Act, 1860.”
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 24th June, 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Sub-Treasurers in the various Provinces (except Auckland, where Dr. Knight holds the appointment,) to receive petitions from persons desirous of obtaining Letters Patent under the Patents Act, 1860.
ALFRED DOMETT.
H. R. Richmond, Esq., appointed Receiver of Land Revenue.
Treasury, Auckland,
26th June, 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
HENRY ROBERT RICHMOND, Esq., J.P.,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Province of Taranaki, vice William Halse, Esq., resigned. This appointment to date from the 1st July, 1863.
READER WOOD.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 6th July, 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the publication, for general information, of the following conditions upon which land situated between Omata and Tataraimaka, in the Province of Taranaki, will be granted to settlers.
ALFRED DOMETT.
NEW ZEALAND.
Conditions upon which land situate between Omata and Tataraimaka, in the Province of Taranaki, will be granted to settlers:—
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Settlements will be surveyed and marked out at the expense of the Government.
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Each settlement will comprise not less than 100 town allotments and 100 farm sections.
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A stockade on the most eligible site in each settlement will be erected at the expense of the Government.
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A town will be laid out around or as near as conveniently may be to the stockade in one acre allotments.
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Farms will be laid out around, or as near as conveniently may be to the town, in sections of 50 acres each.
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Every settler under these conditions will be entitled to one town allotment and one farm section.
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1863, No 17
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🛡️ Resignation of Lieutenant Simmonds
🛡️ Defence & Military22 June 1863
Resignation, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers, Auckland
- Horace Simmonds (Lieutenant), Resignation accepted
- Alfred Domett
🗺️ Appointment of H. R. Richmond as Crown Lands Commissioner and Land Claims Commissioner
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey22 June 1863
Appointment, Crown Lands Commissioner, Land Claims Commissioner, New Plymouth
- Henry Robert Richmond (Esquire, J.P.), Appointed Crown Lands Commissioner and Land Claims Commissioner
- W. Halse (Esquire), Resigned from Crown Lands Commissioner and Land Claims Commissioner
- Alfred Domett
🏭 Sub-Treasurers appointed to receive petitions under Patents Act
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry24 June 1863
Appointment, Sub-Treasurers, Patents Act, Petitions
- Dr. Knight, Holds appointment in Auckland
- Alfred Domett
💰 Appointment of H. R. Richmond as Receiver of Land Revenue
💰 Finance & Revenue26 June 1863
Appointment, Receiver of Land Revenue, Taranaki
- Henry Robert Richmond (Esquire, J.P.), Appointed Receiver of Land Revenue
- William Halse (Esquire), Resigned from Receiver of Land Revenue
- Reader Wood
🗺️ Publication of conditions for land grants between Omata and Tataraimaka
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey6 July 1863
Land Grants, Settlers, Omata, Tataraimaka, Taranaki
- Alfred Domett