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PROVINCE OF TARANAKI
New Zealand Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
Vol. XX. NEW PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1872. [No. 8.]
THANKSGIVING DAY FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES’ RECOVERY.
Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, April 30, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor having issued a Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette inviting the Clergy of all denominations and all Her Majesty’s subjects in the Colony to observe Tuesday, the 9th May, as a Day of Thanksgiving for the recovery of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, I hereby notify that the Public Offices will be closed accordingly, and the day observed as a Day of Thanksgiving and as a Public Holiday throughout the Province.
Fred. A. Carrington,
Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, May 3, 1872.
THE Superintendent having been informed that certain parties have shot Pheasants in this place, hereby gives notice that the provisions of the Protection of Animals Acts, 1867 and 1868, will be strictly enforced from this date. Under those Acts, any person killing a Pheasant or any other imported Game is liable to a fine of £10, or in default to be imprisoned for one month.
Fred. A. Carrington,
Superintendent.
PROVINCIAL SURVEYOR’S REPORT.
Survey Office,
New Plymouth, May 2, 1872.
SIR,—I have the honor to forward the subjoined Report on the condition of the department under my charge.
The work performed has been of a very general nature, principally the setting out of lines of road, surveying alterations, endeavoring to correct the old surveys, and supervision of contracts.
Unfortunately, for want of extra assistance, the adjustment of surveys of this Province by triangulation, and a proper theodolite survey of the country, which was commenced two years ago, has not been continued, so that the difficulties experienced, both by this department and the public through numberless inaccuracies consequent upon a magnetic survey of such an extent, still exist, and are increasing both in number and magnitude. I, therefore, trust that the Government will consider this matter, and provide this department with the necessary assistance for the fully carrying out of this important work. For further information on this subject, I beg to refer your Honor to my report to you on the 3rd February, 1871, and letter dated 5th October of the same year, in both of which I have entered into the matter more fully, and suggested a course which, if adopted, will not only have the effect of correcting the old work, but would form a basis for the correct survey of lands acquired by the Government in the future.
The work in the office is greatly in arrear, and is becoming daily more so, as it is impossible to execute the many demands upon it without assistance—I have, &c.
Thomas Humphries,
Chief Provincial Surveyor.
His Honor the Superintendent,
Taranaki.
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1872, No 8
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🏛️ Thanksgiving Day for Prince of Wales' Recovery
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration30 April 1872
Thanksgiving Day, Prince of Wales, Public Holiday
- Wales (Prince of), Recovery celebrated
- Fred. A. Carrington, Superintendent
🏛️ Protection of Pheasants and Imported Game
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration3 May 1872
Pheasants, Protection of Animals, Game, Fines
- Fred. A. Carrington, Superintendent
🗺️ Provincial Surveyor's Report
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey2 May 1872
Survey, Roads, Triangulation, Land Acquisition
- Thomas Humphries, Chief Provincial Surveyor