✨ Provincial Notices and Announcements
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON).
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE,
PROVINCIAL SECRETARY.
VOL. XVII. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1870. No. 25
Flax Commission.
Provincial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, Dec. 29, 1870.
THE following notice issued at the suggestion of the flax Commissioners is published for general information.
A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE,
Provincial Secretary.
Flax Commission,
Wellington, 8th Dec., 1870.
SIR,—Referring to the 8th Resolution of the House of Representatives affirming the desirability of exhibiting samples of Flax in Wellington during the next session of the Assembly, the Commissioners beg to recommend that the Government should request Superintendents of Provinces to procure samples for this purpose, and would suggest that a notice to the following effect should be inserted in the General and Provincial Government Gazettes:—
"The House of Representatives having resolved that their should be an Exhibition in Wellington during the next session of the Assembly of all varities of Flax fibre prepared in the Colony, Manufacturers are invited to forward to the Flax Commissioners, through the Superintendent of their Province, samples of the Fibre, Rope, Sacking, or any other material, prepared by them from the New Zealand Flax. The samples of Fibre should not be less than 20lbs. in weight, and 10 or 15 fathoms of each kind of rope will be sufficient. It is desirable that a statement of the processes and estimated cost of manufacture should accompany the samples."
I have, &c.,
JAMES HECTOR,
Chairman.
The Hon.
The Colonial Secretary, &c.,
Wellington.
Foxton School.
Provincial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st Dec., 1870.
NOTICE has been given to this office that at a meeting of the Ratepayers of the above district, the following persons were elected a Committee for the ensuing year, viz.:—
Mr. Fry
,, Robinson, Treasurer
,, C. Symons
,, G. Nye
,, Marshall
,, Davidson
,, F. Taylor
,, B. Smith, Chairman
Also, that Mr. Henry Wilson was appointed Collector of rates for 1871.
A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE,
Provincial Secretary.
Erratum.
IN Gazette No. 23, of 18th November, 1870, in the South Makirikiri Road Notice, for “Alexr. Simpson and Chas. J. Freith, Auditors,” and Chas. J. Freith, Collector,” read “Alexr. Simpson and John Glasgow, Auditors,” and “A. Chapman, Collector.”
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1870, No 25
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🌾 Flax Commission Notice
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources29 December 1870
Flax, Exhibition, Samples, Fiber, Rope, Sacking
- A. Follett Halcombe, Provincial Secretary
🌾 Flax Exhibition Recommendation
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources8 December 1870
Flax, Exhibition, Assembly, Samples, Fiber, Rope, Sacking
- James Hector, Chairman
🎓 Foxton School Committee Election
🎓 Education, Culture & Science31 December 1870
School Committee, Ratepayers, Foxton, Treasurer, Collector
9 names identified
- Fry (Mr), Elected to School Committee
- Robinson (Mr), Elected Treasurer of School Committee
- C. Symons (Mr), Elected to School Committee
- G. Nye (Mr), Elected to School Committee
- Marshall (Mr), Elected to School Committee
- Davidson (Mr), Elected to School Committee
- F. Taylor (Mr), Elected to School Committee
- B. Smith (Mr), Elected Chairman of School Committee
- Henry Wilson (Mr), Appointed Collector of rates
- A. Follett Halcombe, Provincial Secretary
📰 Erratum in Gazette No. 23
📰 NZ GazetteCorrection, Gazette, Road Notice, Auditors, Collector
- Alexr. Simpson, Correction in Gazette
- Chas. J. Freith, Correction in Gazette
- John Glasgow, Correction in Gazette
- A. Chapman, Correction in Gazette