Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 5

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PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.

New Zealand Government Gazette.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

Vol. XVIII.] NEW PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1870. [No. 5.

Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, April 20, 1870.

I HEREBY appoint

ELIZABETH BOSWORTH
to be Matron for the Gaol of New Plymouth.

Fred. A. Carrington,
Superintendent.

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, 1870.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE Wm. Fox, THE PREMIER,
PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Supreme Court Act, 1868,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to divide the Colony into Judicial Districts for the purposes of the said Act, and the limits of such districts from time to time to alter as occasion may require; and that there shall be held Circuit Courts for the despatch of civil and criminal business of the Court before one of the Judges thereof, at such places and times as the Governor in Council may from time to time appoint:

And whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the Colony of New Zealand was divided into three districts, called respectively the Northern, Southern, and Middle Districts, and it was thereby appointed that Circuit Courts should be holden for the said districts respectively on certain days and at certain places in the said Proclamation mentioned:

And whereas on the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the Governor in Council appointed that Circuit Courts should be held at New Plymouth, in the Province of Taranaki, in the Northern District, on certain days:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the several appointments of the times and places for the holding of the Circuit Courts, so made as aforesaid, and to appoint other times and places in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by “The Supreme Court Act, 1868,” doth hereby declare that on and after the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the



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⚖️ Appointment of Gaol Matron

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
20 April 1870
Appointment, Matron, Gaol, New Plymouth
  • Elizabeth Bosworth, Appointed Matron for the Gaol of New Plymouth

  • Fred. A. Carrington, Superintendent

⚖️ Order in Council regarding Judicial Districts

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
28 March 1870
Order in Council, Judicial Districts, Supreme Court Act, Circuit Courts
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • The Honourable Wm. Fox, The Premier