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✨ Agricultural Statistics and Notices

TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

From the New Zealand Gazette.

Customs Department,

(Marine Branch),
Wellington, 1st March, 1871.

THE following account of Land in cultivation and Agricultural Produce thereof, in February, 1871, is published for general information.

C. D. Whitmore,
Superintendent Collector.

IN DISTRICTS.	Estimated area under crops.	Remarks.
	Acres.	Wheat.
		Bushels.
New Plymouth	510	124


Omata	99	—


Inglewood	124	—


Tikorangi	28	20
		435

Waitara	239	168
		4,962½

Grey Town	57	—


Bell Block	28	—


Town of New Plymouth	18	—

In Taranaki	1,015	432

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

John Cameron
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Waitara.

Henry Sewell.

Government Annuities Office,

Wellington, 1st January, 1871.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Government Insurance and Annuity Office under "The Government Annuities Act, 1869" has been opened at the undermentioned Post Office, viz. —

Patea.

W. Gisborne,
Commissioner.

NOTICE

WHEREAS by clauses 5 and 6 of the "Confiscated Lands Regulations," of the 13th April, 1870, it is provided that the Government may make Reserves for Public Purposes out of any Confiscated Lands, of which notice shall be given in the New Zealand Gazette, it is hereby notified that section 3 of Block XIV., in the Township of Carlyle, Patea District, containing thirty (30) poles, is reserved for Educational Purposes, and that the said section is bounded as follows:—

On the North, 125 links, by Leicester Street; on the East, 150 links, by section 4; on the South, 125 links, by section 9; and on the West, 150 links, by section 2, all in Block XIV.

Wellington, 10th March, 1871.

William Fox.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of William Morgan Crompton, Esq., Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons during the months of December, 1870, and January, 1871.

Name of deceased — David Cahill.
Colonial Residence — Patea.
Supposed British or Foreign Residence — Ireland.
Date of Rule or Order — None required.
Value or estimated value of personal Estate — £5.
Time of deceased’s death — 10th June, 1868.
Remarks — Killed by rebel Maoris.

Dated the 31st day of January, 1871.

Wm. M. Crompton,
Curator.

VUW Te Waharoa — Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1871, No 8

The Taranaki Provincial Council building (depicted) was on lower Brougham Street in New Plymouth.

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🌾 Agricultural Statistics for Taranaki Districts

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated1 March 1871
KeywordsAgriculture, Crops, Land Cultivation, Taranaki
👩‍💼 Officials

C. D. Whitmore, Superintendent Collector

🚂 Appointment of Harbour Master for Waitara

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsAppointment, Harbour Master, Waitara
👱🏽 Names

John Cameron, Appointed Harbour Master

👩‍💼 Officials

Henry Sewell

💰 Opening of Government Annuities Office in Patea

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated1 January 1871
KeywordsAnnuities, Insurance, Patea
👩‍💼 Officials

W. Gisborne, Commissioner

🗺️ Reserve of Confiscated Lands for Educational Purposes

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated10 March 1871
KeywordsLand Reserve, Confiscated Lands, Educational Purposes, Carlyle
👩‍💼 Officials

William Fox

🏢 Estate of Deceased Person - David Cahill

Domain🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance
Dated31 January 1871
KeywordsDeceased Estate, Curator, Patea
👱🏽 Names

David Cahill, Deceased

👩‍💼 Officials

William Morgan Crompton, Curator

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