✨ Land Sale and Electoral Appointments
PROCLAMATION.
By His Honor ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, in the Islands of New Zealand.
ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON, Superintendent, intent of the Province of Wellington, do hereby, in pursuance of the Regulations in this behalf, Proclaim and Notify that the several allotments of land situate in the Tupurupuru Block, in the Wairarapa district, in the Province of Wellington, and specified in the Schedule hereto, except such as may be reserved under the provision hereafter mentioned, will be put up for sale by Public Auction, at the Crown Lands Office, in the Town of Wellington, on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, at one o’clock in the afternoon.
Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Wellington, at Wellington, this Sixth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.
By his Honor’s Command,
J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.
SCHEDULE.
TUPURUPURU BLOCK.
| No. of Section | Contents | Upset price |
|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | £ s. d. | |
| 15 | 19 0 0 | 19 0 0 |
| 16 | 15 0 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 17 | 11 0 0 | 11 0 0 |
| 18 | 12 0 0 | 12 0 0 |
Whereas the power of appointing and removing Returning Officers, and also of appointing and establishing Polling Places for the election of the Superintendent or of Members of the Provincial Council of such Province, now, therefore I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the said Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, do hereby delegate to Isaac Earl Featherston, Esquire, the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington in the said Colony, the above recited powers, to be held and exercised by him from time to time as he shall think fit, so long as he shall hold the said office of Superintendent.
Given under my hand, at Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency’s command,
WILLIAM FOX.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, March 7, 1862.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has been pleased to appoint
HENRY ST. HILL, ESQ.,
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral Districts of the City of Wellington, the Hutt, the Wellington Country, and the Wairarapa, for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council of this Province.
J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, March 7, 1862.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has been pleased to appoint
D. S. DURIE, ESQ.,
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Wanganui—Rangitikei, for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council of this Province.
J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, March 8, 1862.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that His Honor the Superintendent has been pleased to appoint the premises of Mr. Alexander Milne, in Rangitikei, to be an additional Polling Place for the Wanganui—Rangitikei district.
J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.
If at any time during the sale it may appear to the Commissioner of Crown Lands beneficial or expedient for the public service to reserve from sale either of the Sections specified in the said Schedule, or vary the order in which they are to be put up, he is hereby authorized to do so.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1862, No 7
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🗺️ Proclamation of Land Sale in Tupurupuru Block
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey6 March 1862
Land sale, Public auction, Tupurupuru Block, Wairarapa, Wellington
- Isaac Earl Featherston, Superintendent
- J. Woodward, Acting Provincial Secretary
🏛️ Delegation of Powers to Superintendent of Wellington
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration26 August 1861
Delegation, Superintendent, Returning Officers, Wellington
- Thomas Gore Browne, Governor
- William Fox, Provincial Secretary
🏛️ Appointment of Returning Officer for Wellington and Wairarapa
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration7 March 1862
Appointment, Returning Officer, Wellington, Hutt, Wairarapa
- Henry St. Hill (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer
- J. Woodward, Acting Provincial Secretary
🏛️ Appointment of Returning Officer for Wanganui-Rangitikei
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration7 March 1862
Appointment, Returning Officer, Wanganui, Rangitikei
- D. S. Durie (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer
- J. Woodward, Acting Provincial Secretary
🏛️ Appointment of Additional Polling Place in Rangitikei
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration8 March 1862
Polling place, Rangitikei, Wanganui
- Alexander Milne (Mr), Premises appointed as polling place
- J. Woodward, Acting Provincial Secretary