Roads and Bridges Notices




ROADS AND BRIDGES ORDINANCE, 1858.

NOTICE

Imposing Minimum Rates in, and Appointing Commissioners and Auditors for,
2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 9th Districts.

Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, January 17, 1866.

WHEREAS by Notices dated 9th November, 1865, and published in the Government Gazette of the Province of Taranaki, No. 30, 11th November, 1865, the month for convening General Meetings of the Electors of (amongst others) the Second, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Districts, constituted under “The Roads and Bridges Ordinance, 1858,” was altered from May to November, and General Meetings of the Electors of the said Districts were duly appointed to be held on certain days in the month of November, 1865, and the Minimum Rate for the said Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Districts was altered from Six Pence to Three Pence per acre; and whereas no General Meetings of the Electors of the said Second, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Districts, or any of them, were held before the first day of January, 1866: Now therefore I, Henry Robert Richmond, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said Ordinance, do hereby impose on all Lands within any of the said Districts, the Minimum Rate applicable to such District, being the rate placed opposite to the number of such District in the following Schedule; and I hereby appoint to be Commissioners for the said Districts respectively for the year 1865-6, the persons whose names appear in the following Schedule in the column headed Commissioners, and opposite to the numbers of the said Districts respectively, and I hereby appoint to be Auditors for the said Districts respectively, for the year 1865-6, the persons whose names appear in the following Schedule in the column headed Auditors, and opposite to the numbers of the said Districts respectively:—

SCHEDULE.

Number of District. COMMISSIONERS. AUDITORS. Rate per Acre.
Second............. J. S. Smith, S. Matthews, H. E. Armitage, Barriball. Fy. Tamblyn, Junr. Six Pence.
Fifth............... J. Looney, W. M. Burton, F. Brooking. W. Tatton, T. Veale. Six Pence.
Sixth................ P. Elliot, James Honeyfield, Adol. Kingdon. T. Marr, G. Curtis. Three Pence.
Eighth............... W. Bayly, Junr., Jas. Pearse, J. W. Shepperd. W. Greenwood, T. Oxenham. Three Pence.
Ninth................ W. M. Crompton, J. Berridge, T. Allen. H. Wright, Joseph Colesby. Three Pence.

H. R. Richmond,
Superintendent.

NOTICE

Publishing Names of Commissioners and Auditors elected, and the Rates per acre imposed at the General Meetings of the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 10th, and 11th Road Districts, for the year 1865-6.

Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, January 17, 1866.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that at General Meetings of the Electors of the First, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Tenth, and Eleventh Districts, constituted under the “Roads and Bridges Ordinance, 1858,” which were duly held in accordance with the provisions of the said Ordinance, the persons whose names...



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🏗️ Appointment of Commissioners and Auditors for Road Districts

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
17 January 1866
Commissioners, Auditors, Roads and Bridges Ordinance, Taranaki, Minimum Rates
25 names identified
  • J. S. Smith, Appointed Commissioner for Second District
  • S. Matthews, Appointed Commissioner for Second District
  • H. E. Armitage, Appointed Commissioner for Second District
  • Barriball, Appointed Commissioner for Second District
  • Fy. Tamblyn (Junior), Appointed Auditor for Second District
  • J. Looney, Appointed Commissioner for Fifth District
  • W. M. Burton, Appointed Commissioner for Fifth District
  • F. Brooking, Appointed Commissioner for Fifth District
  • W. Tatton, Appointed Auditor for Fifth District
  • T. Veale, Appointed Auditor for Fifth District
  • P. Elliot, Appointed Commissioner for Sixth District
  • James Honeyfield, Appointed Commissioner for Sixth District
  • Adol. Kingdon, Appointed Commissioner for Sixth District
  • T. Marr, Appointed Auditor for Sixth District
  • G. Curtis, Appointed Auditor for Sixth District
  • W. Bayly (Junior), Appointed Commissioner for Eighth District
  • Jas. Pearse, Appointed Commissioner for Eighth District
  • J. W. Shepperd, Appointed Commissioner for Eighth District
  • W. Greenwood, Appointed Auditor for Eighth District
  • T. Oxenham, Appointed Auditor for Eighth District
  • W. M. Crompton, Appointed Commissioner for Ninth District
  • J. Berridge, Appointed Commissioner for Ninth District
  • T. Allen, Appointed Commissioner for Ninth District
  • H. Wright, Appointed Auditor for Ninth District
  • Joseph Colesby, Appointed Auditor for Ninth District

  • Henry Robert Richmond, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki

🏗️ Publication of Commissioners and Auditors for Road Districts

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
17 January 1866
Commissioners, Auditors, Roads and Bridges Ordinance, Taranaki, General Meetings
  • Henry Robert Richmond, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki