✨ Military and Government Notices
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)
Published by Authority,
VOL. KI.] MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1864. No. 10.
Wellington, Wairarapa and Castle Point Militia District Order.
Militia and Volunteer Orderly Room,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1864.
THE Provincial Prize Firing is put off from March 14, to April 1, 1864, and the firing of each Company must be completed on or before Saturday, 30th April, 1864.
E. Gorton, Major,
Commanding Militia and Volunteers,
Wellington, Wairarapa and Castle Point Districts.
General Government Notices.
£100 Reward, and a Free Pardon.
Attorney General’s Office,
Auckland, February 23, 1864.
THE Government of New Zealand will pay a reward of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS to any person who shall give such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of any Offender or Offenders guilty of murdering Mr. Robert Stillingfleet Rayner, of Rangitikei.
His Excellency the Governor will also grant a Free Pardon to any person implicated in the above murder who shall give the required information.
Frederic Whitaker.
Wanganui Militia Regulations.
BY virtue and in exercise of the authority in me vested by the "Militia Act, 1858," and the "Militia Act Amendment Act, 1860," I, Sir George Grey, K.C.B., the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make and issue the following orders for the Regulation of the Wanganui Regiment of Militia.
The Wanganui Militia District shall be divided into two Divisions, namely, the Wanganui Division and the Rangitikei Division.
The Wanganui Division shall comprise all parts of the old Wanganui District except the portion hereinafter described...
The boundaries of the Rangitikei Division shall be as follows, viz.:— On the north-west the boundary line between Rangitikei and Turakina Districts, as laid down in the maps of the Surveys of the Provincial Government of Wellington; on the north-east the boundary of the land purchased from the Natives; on the east Rangitikei River; and on the west and south-west the sea.
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The Militiamen resident in each such Division shall constitute a Battalion.
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Each Battalion shall be divided into three classes.
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The first class shall consist of all unmarried men and all widowers without children between the ages of sixteen years and forty years, both inclusive, who shall be called the first-class service men. The second class shall consist of all married men and widowers with children, between the same ages, who shall be called second class service men. And the third class shall consist of all men between the ages of forty years and fifty-five years, who shall be called the reserve men.
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The men of each class shall be formed by the senior officer of each Battalion into one or more Company or Companies, having regard in such formation to secure as far as possible contiguity of residence of the men in each Company.
G. Grey,
Government House, Auckland,
5th February, 1864.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1864, No 10
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🛡️ Wellington, Wairarapa and Castle Point Militia District Order
🛡️ Defence & Military2 March 1864
Militia, Volunteer, Firing, Wellington, Wairarapa, Castle Point
- E. Gorton, Major, Commanding Militia and Volunteers
⚖️ Reward and Free Pardon for Information on Murder
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement23 February 1864
Reward, Pardon, Murder, Robert Stillingfleet Rayner, Rangitikei
- Robert Stillingfleet Rayner, Victim of murder
- Frederic Whitaker
🛡️ Wanganui Militia Regulations
🛡️ Defence & Military5 February 1864
Militia, Wanganui, Rangitikei, Regulations, Divisions, Classes
- Sir George Grey, K.C.B., Governor of the Colony of New Zealand