Westland Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 24

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✨ Government Notices and Deceased Estates



Hokitika, 20th November, 1871.

House to the junction of Mawhera Quay with Richmond Quay, shall be the legal Landing-place for the lading and unlading of Goods at the Port of Greymouth under The Customs Regulation Act, 1858.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House at Wellington, this thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

HENRY SEWELL,
Commissioner of Customs.

Governor’s Order, No. 98.]

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, 15th November 1871.

THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified that he has appointed

MARTIN KENNEDY, Esq.,
and CORNELIUS DRISCOLL, Esq.,

to be members of the Board of Education for the Greymouth and Hokitika Districts respectively.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

Hokitika, 14th November, 1871.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

W. B. ARCHER, Esq.,
and C. HUNTER, Esq.,

have resigned their appointments as members of the Jones’s Flat Drainage Board.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

Hokitika, 20th November, 1871.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power vested in me by the Gold Mining Lease Regulations, I hereby declare that the Mining Lease, granted to the Star of the South Gold Mining Company at the Five-Mile Beach, Okarito, is forfeited, and the land is now open for occupation.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

Hokitika, 20th November, 1871.

IT is hereby notified for general information that I have appointed

Messrs. JOHN GOW
and HUGH GRAHAM

to be Members of the Jones’ Flat Drainage Board, in the room of Messrs. W. B. Archer and Cowan Hunter, resigned.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of the Curator of Intestate Estates, during the month of October, 1871.

No. Name of Deceased Colonial Residence Birthplace Supposed Age at Death Date of Death Value of Property (unclaimed) Remarks
1 Alexander Ferguson Nicholls’ Point Ayrshire, Scotland 46 16th September 1871 Value of property not yet ascertained
2 Andrew Wilson George Nelson Thomas Morton No order required 13th November 1871 No order
3 Archibald Shaw Inchbonnie, near Greymouth Renfrewshire, Scotland 32 20th October 1871 About £50
4 Duncan McIntyre At sea, off Jackson’s Bay Argyllshire, Scotland 26 1st October 1871 About £20
5 John McNaughton Jones’ Flat, near Greymouth Argyllshire, Scotland 40 29th August 1871 £50
6 No order required No order required No order required No order required 14th September 1871 No order
7 Robert Wilson Five Mile Beach, Okarito Edinburgh 37 4th April 1871 £38 Order applied for
8 James Brown No order Forfarshire, Scotland 54 27th May 1871 £250


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🏭 Annulment of Customs Regulation Order (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
13 October 1871
Customs Regulation, Greymouth, Mawhera Quay
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • Henry Sewell, Commissioner of Customs

🎓 Appointment of Board of Education Members

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
15 November 1871
Board of Education, Greymouth, Hokitika
  • Martin Kennedy (Esquire), Appointed to Board of Education for Greymouth
  • Cornelius Driscoll (Esquire), Appointed to Board of Education for Hokitika

  • A. E. Tennant, County Secretary

🗺️ Resignation from Drainage Board

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
14 November 1871
Drainage Board, Jones's Flat
  • W. B. Archer (Esquire), Resigned from Jones's Flat Drainage Board
  • C. Hunter (Esquire), Resigned from Jones's Flat Drainage Board

  • H. H. Lahman, Governor’s Delegate

🌾 Forfeiture of Mining Lease

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
20 November 1871
Mining Lease, Star of the South Gold Mining Company, Five-Mile Beach, Okarito
  • H. H. Lahman, Governor’s Delegate

🗺️ Appointment to Drainage Board

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
20 November 1871
Drainage Board, Jones's Flat
  • John Gow, Appointed to Jones's Flat Drainage Board
  • Hugh Graham, Appointed to Jones's Flat Drainage Board

  • H. H. Lahman, Governor’s Delegate

🏥 Particulars of Deceased Estates

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Deceased Estates, Curator of Intestate Estates
7 names identified
  • Alexander Ferguson, Deceased, estate under Curator of Intestate Estates
  • Andrew Wilson, Deceased, estate under Curator of Intestate Estates
  • Archibald Shaw, Deceased, estate under Curator of Intestate Estates
  • Duncan McIntyre, Deceased, estate under Curator of Intestate Estates
  • John McNaughton, Deceased, estate under Curator of Intestate Estates
  • Robert Wilson, Deceased, estate under Curator of Intestate Estates
  • James Brown, Deceased, estate under Curator of Intestate Estates