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PROCLAMATION.
By His Honor Isaac Earl Featherson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the Islands of New Zealand.
WHEREAS by an Act of the Provincial Council of the Province of Wellington, Session III. No. 4, intituled “An Act to consolidate the Law relating to District Highways,” it was enacted among other things that the Superintendent might from time to time by Proclamation divide the Province or any part thereof into Districts—and might in like manner sub-divide, alter, or re-unite the same.
And whereas it is expedient to Proclaim the portion of the Province hereinafter mentioned to be a District for the purposes of the said Act.
Now therefore I, Isaac Earl Featherson, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington; in virtue of the power and authority vested in me in this behalf,
Do hereby Proclaim and Declare that the portion of the Ohariu District comprising the following Sections, namely:—numbers thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, and thirty-seven shall form and constitute a District for the purposes of the “District Highways’ Act, 1856,” and shall be called the “Ohariu Highways’ District.”
Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Wellington, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
I. E. Featherson,
Superintendent.
By His Honor’s command,
William Fitzherbert,
Provincial Secretary.
RETURN of Immigration and Emigration at the Port of Wellington, for the Quarter ended the 30th June, 1859.
| Places | Immigration | Emigration |
|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | |
| Males | Females | |
| From and to | ||
| United Kingdom | 53 | 32 |
| New South Wales | 2 | 1 |
| Victoria | 94 | 21 |
| Ports of New Zealand | 207 | 78 |
| Totals | 356 | 132 | 56 | 59 | 603 | 362 | 121 | 44 | 36 | 563 |
Custom House, Wellington,
5th July, 1859.
William Seed,
Emigration Officer.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1859, No 23
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🏛️ Proclamation of Ohariu Highways' District
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration28 September 1859
Highways, District, Proclamation, Wellington
- Isaac Earl Featherson, Superintendent
- William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary
🛂 Return of Immigration and Emigration
🛂 Immigration5 July 1859
Immigration, Emigration, Statistics, Wellington
- William Seed, Emigration Officer