Westland Provincial Gazette – 1872 – No. 13

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✨ Land Sale and Deceased Estates

Lands Act, 1870," I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby authorise the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto, to Thomas Whilliams Bruce, at the rate of ten shillings per acre.

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the County of Westland, situated between the Teremakau River and Lake Brunner, to the eastward of the Hohonu Range, containing two thousand five hundred acres, more or less, bounded on the northward by a straight line; on the westward by the Orangipuku River and straight lines; on the southward by straight lines; and on the eastward by the Poerua Lake, by a branch of the Orangipuku River, and by straight lines; and comprising all the open land known as the Big Paddock and Little Paddock, exclusive of roads and other necessary reserves, and subject to survey and gold-workings.

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 at Wellington, this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 19, of the 24th April, 1872.]

BY virtue and in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by “The County of Westland Act, 1868,” and of every power and authority in this behalf enabling me, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the following additional Polling Place for the Electoral District hereinafter named, being a district described in the Fourth Schedule to the said Act, that is to say—

OKARITO DISTRICT.

House near McGoldrick’s Hotel, Saltwater.

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 at Wellington, this twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

W. GISBORNE.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of James Meacham Batham, Esq., Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons, during the month of April, 1872.

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	Mulvani, Edward	Greymouth	Dromore, County Antrim, Ireland.	Not yet obtained	£ s. d. 300 0 0	1872, 4th April
2	Millere, Paul	Hokitika	Unknown	None required	1 0 0	13th April
3	Croft, Samuel	Maori Gully, near Greymouth	London, England	do.	10 0 0	19th April

Dated the first day of May, 1872.

J. M. BATHAM,
Curator for Westland District.

VUW Te Waharoa — Westland Provincial Gazette 1872, No 13

The Westland Provincial Council was based at Hokitika and met at the Supreme Court House (depicted) from 1868-1875.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Exercise of Powers under Westland Waste Lands Act (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated15 April 1872
KeywordsLand sale, Westland, Thomas Whilliams Bruce
👱🏽 Names

Thomas Whilliams Bruce, Authorised to purchase land

👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
W. Gisborne

🏛️ Appointment of Additional Polling Place for Okarito District

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated22 April 1872
KeywordsPolling place, Okarito District, Westland
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
W. Gisborne

⚖️ Particulars of the Estates of Deceased Persons

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated1 May 1872
KeywordsDeceased estates, Curator, Westland District
👱🏽 Names

Edward Mulvani, Deceased, estate under curator
Paul Millere, Deceased, estate under curator
Samuel Croft, Deceased, estate under curator

👩‍💼 Officials

James Meacham Batham, Curator for Westland District

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