Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 9

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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, Provincial Secretary.

VOL. V ] MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1858. [ No. 9.

Notice to Land Purchasers.

THE following Rural Sections will be offered for Sale by Auction, at the Office of the Chief Land Commissioner, at Wellington, on Thursday, the 20th May, 1858, at noon.

No. of Sect.	Locality.	Contents.	Upset Price per Acre.	Remarks.
	A. R. P.	£ s. d.
	Watts’ Peninsula	115 0 0	1 1 0	5 acres allowed
	Kai Warra Warra	108 0 0	1 0 0	for ...
41	Harbour District	120 0 0	0 10 0	Roads.
	Horokiwi Valley	100 0 0	0 10 0	No allowance for Roads

WILLIAM FOX,
Chief Land Commissioner.

Chief Land Commissioner’s Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1858.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1858.

THE following Address delivered by His Honor the Superintendent to the Provincial Council on the 1st April, Instant, is published for general information.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Provincial Council,

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of an Address from the Council, and a Copy of an Act passed by the Executive Council without appointing a Solicitor to the Province, to which I am requested to assent on behalf of His Excellency the Governor.

I regret that I should consider it my duty to refuse to give my assent to this Bill.

The honorable Member for the City, Mr. Wakefield, in his late communications with me has avowed the intention of a majority of the Council to pass an Act to combine in one person the offices of Treasurer and Secretary. The result of such intended Act, coupled with that now under consideration, would be to concentrate in that one person (as far as the requirements of the law would go) the whole of the responsible officers of the Executive Government, while practically the Superintendent would, in financial and legal matters, be acting on the information and advice of persons not even members of the Council, and in no way responsible to it or to the Constituencies of the Province.

The system of Responsible Government inaugurated by me four years ago, with the full consent, and under legislation, of the Provincial Council, obliged the Superintendent to act by and with the advice of a Secretary, Treasurer, and Solicitor; and with the advice of a distinct pledge—which I then bound myself (analogous to the long established custom which binds the Imperial Government in reference to the same matter)—I made it a necessary condition of...

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1858, No 9

The Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted) were shared with Parliament after 1865

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🗺️ Notice of Land Sale by Auction

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated15 April 1858
KeywordsLand sale, Auction, Wellington, Rural sections
👩‍💼 Officials

William Fox, Chief Land Commissioner

🏛️ Publication of Superintendent's Address to Provincial Council

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated2 April 1858
KeywordsProvincial Council, Superintendent's Address, Legislative Assent
👱🏽 Names

Wakefield (Honorable Member for the City), Referenced in Superintendent's Address

👩‍💼 Officials

William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary

🏛️ Superintendent's Address to Provincial Council

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated1 April 1858
KeywordsProvincial Council, Legislative Assent, Responsible Government
👱🏽 Names

Wakefield (Honorable Member for the City), Referenced in Superintendent's Address

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