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THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1871.
[Extracted from New Zealand Gazette, No. 7, of the 31st January, 1871.]
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by “The Land Transfer Act, 1870,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, as he may think fit, by Proclamation published in The New Zealand Gazette constitute throughout the Colony, or in any part thereof, Land Registrars’ Districts for the purposes of the said Act; and declare by what local name each such district shall be designated:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said recited Act, do hereby constitute that portion of territory known as the Deeds Registration District of Westland to be a Land Registrar’s District on and from the twenty-eighth day of February next, and do hereby declare that such district shall be designated “The Westland Land Registration District.”
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; and issued under the seal of the Colony, at Wellington this thirty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
W. GISBORNE.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
[Extracted from New Zealand Gazette, No. 7, of the 31st January, 1871.]
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Building, at Wellington, this tenth day of January, 1871.
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM GISBORNE, COLONIAL SECRETARY, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by “The Payments to Provinces Act, 1870,” it is enacted that in each year during the seven years ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony the sum of fifty thousand pounds, which shall be divided among and paid to the several Provinces and the County of West-
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🗺️ Proclamation of Westland Land Registration District
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey31 January 1871
Land Transfer Act, Westland, Land Registrar's District
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- W. Gisborne
🏛️ Order in Council regarding Payments to Provinces
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration10 January 1871
Payments to Provinces Act, Consolidated Revenue, Provinces
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
- The Honourable William Gisborne, Colonial Secretary