Westland Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 26

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a line five (5) chains east of and generally parallel to the Railway Reserve.

Exclusive of necessary reserves and gold-workings.

AUCTION SALE OF CROWN LANDS UNDER "THE WESTLAND WASTE LANDS ACT, 1870."

We, the undersigned, Commissioners of the Waste Lands Board of the County of Westland, in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-four of “The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870,” do hereby notify that Monday, the fifth day of February, 1872, at twelve o’clock noon, in the Land Office, Hokitika, is fixed as the time and place when a sale by auction of town, suburban, and rural lands, shall take place.

G. G. FITZGERALD, Chief Commissioner.

C. HOOS,
H. H. LAHMAN,
W. EVANS,
H. W. BARBOR,} Commissioners.

Receiver of Land Revenue.

Land Office, Hokitika,
December 10, 1871.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, December 18, 1871.

THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified for general information, that the Government Offices will be closed on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 25th, 26th, and 27th instants, and on Monday and Tuesday, the 1st and 2nd January, 1872.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, 8th December, 1871.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

FRANK GUINNESS, Esq.,
has resigned his seat as a member of the County Council for the Greymouth Electoral District.

A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary to the Council.

Hokitika, 1st December, 1871.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

HENRY A. GORDON, Esq.,
has been elected Chairman of the Jones’s Flat Drainage Board in the room of W. B. Archer, Esq., resigned.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

Hokitika, 1st December 1871.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

THOMAS LEE, Esq.,
has been appointed Clerk to the Jones’s Flat Drainage Board.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, December 18, 1871.

IN accordance with the provisions of the 67th Section of “The County of Westland Act, 1868,” the County Council will meet for the despatch of business, at the Supreme Court House, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 10th January, 1872, at the hour of 12 noon.

A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary of the Council.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of James Meacham Batham, Esquire, Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons, during the month of November, 1871.

No. Name of Deceased. Colonial Residence. Supposed British or Foreign Residence. Date of Rule or Order. Value or Estimated Value of Personal Estate Time of Deceased’s Death.
1 James Mooney. Murray Creek, Nelson Province. Ireland (exact locality not known.) No order yet obtained. £ s. d. 59 0 0 4th November, 1871.

Dated the 1st day of December, 1871.

J. M. BATHAM, Curator, Westland.

Printed by GEORGE TILBROOK and JOSEPH IVES, authorised Printers for the time being of THE COUNTY OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.




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🗺️ Land Open for Sale under Westland Waste Lands Act (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Westland Waste Lands Act, Grey District

🗺️ Auction Sale of Crown Lands under the Westland Waste Lands Act

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 December 1871
Auction, Land Sale, Westland Waste Lands Act, Hokitika
  • G. G. Fitzgerald, Chief Commissioner
  • C. Hoos, Commissioner
  • H. H. Lahman, Commissioner
  • W. Evans, Commissioner
  • H. W. Barbor, Commissioner
  • Receiver of Land Revenue

🏛️ Government Offices Closure Notice

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
18 December 1871
Government Offices, Closure, Holiday
  • A. E. Tennant, County Secretary

🏘️ Resignation of County Council Member

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
8 December 1871
Resignation, County Council, Greymouth Electoral District
  • Frank Guinness (Esquire), Resigned from County Council

  • A. E. Tennant, Secretary to the Council

🏗️ Election of Drainage Board Chairman

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 December 1871
Election, Drainage Board, Chairman
  • Henry A. Gordon (Esquire), Elected Chairman of Drainage Board

  • H. H. Lahman, Governor’s Delegate

🏗️ Appointment of Drainage Board Clerk

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 December 1871
Appointment, Drainage Board, Clerk
  • Thomas Lee (Esquire), Appointed Clerk to Drainage Board

  • H. H. Lahman, Governor’s Delegate

🏘️ County Council Meeting Notice

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
18 December 1871
Meeting, County Council, Supreme Court House
  • A. E. Tennant, Secretary of the Council

🏢 Deceased Persons' Estates

🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance
1 December 1871
Deceased Estates, Curator, James Meacham Batham
  • James Mooney, Deceased estate under curator

  • J. M. Batham, Curator