Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 2

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✨ Cemetery Accounts and Crown Grants



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Wanganui Public Cemetery.

JAMES GARLAND WOON, Treasurer, in account with the TRUSTEES for Year ending 31st December, 1875.

DR.

£ s. d.
1875. Jan. 2. To balance from last year ... 7 5 3
Jan. to Dec. To Fees received for burial sites (four at £4 10s. each) ... 18 0 0
To Fees received by Sexton for 76 burials, at 2s. each ... 7 12 0
Feb. 19. To Interest on £50, at 7 per cent. from Mananger Equitable Building Society for twelve months ... 3 10 0
Sept. 10. To cash from Manager of Equitable Building Society, being repayment of £50 invested, with interest added to date 52 7 7
£88 14 10

CR.

£ s. d.
1875. Various. By cash paid for labor, timber, gravelling walks, fencing, &c., as per receipted bills, vouchers 45 0 2
Nov. 23. By cash for making, painting, lettering three notice boards, as per account ... 5 0 0
Oct. 19. By cash for postage and duty stamps ... 0 2 6
Oct. 31. By balance ... 38 12 2
£88 14 10

I certify the above to be a true and correct account.
JAS. G. WOON,
Hon. Treasurer, Cemetery Trustees.

Audited and found correct,
ALEX. BURGESS, } Auditors.
LLOYD JONES, }

Wanganui, 5th January, 1876.

Crown Grants.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1875.

THE undermentioned Deeds of Grant having been duly executed, are now ready for delivery at this Office, under the authority of the "Crown Grants Act, 1866," and the "Crown Grants Amendment Act, 1867."

A fee of sixpence is chargeable on each Crown Grant for every month during which it shall remain in this office after the expiration of three months from the date of this notice.

In cases where it is impossible for the party entitled to receive the Grant to attend in person, it will be delivered to the bearer of an authority according to the subjoined form, certified by a magistrate, or by a solicitor of the Supreme Court.

FORM OF AUTHORITY REFERRED TO.

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.
I hereby authorise A. B. of
to receive the Deed of Grant in my favor for (Signature.)
Witness—
(Signature of a Magistrate or of a Solicitor of the Supreme Court.)

PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.

No. of Grant. Grantee. Locality. Contents.
A. R. P.
4335 John Holley ... ... ... Wanganui, Left Bank 63 0 0
4336 John Heath ... ... ... Tukapu ... ... 119 2 0
4337 " " ... ... ... Horokiwi Road ... 256 0 0
4338 Anne Swainson ... ... ... Wellington... ... 1 0 0

JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.



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🏘️ Wanganui Public Cemetery Financial Account

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
5 January 1876
Cemetery, Financial Account, Burial Fees, Wanganui
  • James Garland Woon, Treasurer of Wanganui Public Cemetery
  • Alex Burgess, Auditor of Wanganui Public Cemetery
  • Lloyd Jones, Auditor of Wanganui Public Cemetery

  • JAS. G. WOON, Hon. Treasurer, Cemetery Trustees
  • ALEX. BURGESS, Auditor
  • LLOYD JONES, Auditor

🗺️ Crown Grants Ready for Delivery

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
15 December 1875
Crown Grants, Land Deeds, Wellington Province, Wanganui, Tukapu, Horokiwi Road
  • John Holley, Granted land in Wanganui, Left Bank
  • John Heath, Granted land in Tukapu and Horokiwi Road
  • Anne Swainson, Granted land in Wellington

  • JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Commissioner of Crown Lands