Westland Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 9

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✨ Miscellaneous Notices



Term for which lease is required.—Fifteen years.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 15, of the 6th, March, 1873.]

Precise locality.—The race is situated in the County of Westland, and commences at a dam in Maori Creek, in the New River District; thence extending in a westerly direction crossing the New River, Stony Creek, and Yankee Creek, and terminating at a point near the A. E. track and near to Yankee Creek, a distance of nearly ten miles from the commencing point. The race takes the waters of the New River and the other creeks which it crosses in its course. The locality, course of race, and other particulars, are more particularly shown in the plan lodged with this application in the Warden’s Office, Greymouth.

Greymouth, March 6, 1873.

Coroner Appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, February 28th, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY WIDENHAM MAUNSELL, Esq.,

of Hokitika, to be a Coroner within the Colony.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Coroner Resigned.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, February 28th, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

T. H. GARLAND, Esq.,

of Hokitika, of his appointment as a Coroner.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Advertisements in The County of Westland Gazette

will be charged for according to the following scale:

For every 72 words and under, 6s.
Tabular matter double the above rate.

In all cases where figures are required each figure counts as a word.

All advertisements must be sent to the County Chairman’s Office, and at the same time pre-payment (by money-order when necessary) according to the above rates must be made.

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 February, 1873.

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. Remarks.
1 Fassnidge, John Hokitika England None required £ s. d. December 10, 1872
41 0 0
2 Friend, Henry Hokitika London, England None required 30 0 0 February 14, 1873 Drowned in Hokitika River.

Dated the twenty-eighth day of February, 1873.

J. M. BATHAM,
Curator for Westland District.



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🌾 Application for a Water-Right License by New River Water-race Company (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
6 March 1873
Water-right, License, New River Water-race Company, Greymouth

⚖️ Appointment of Coroner

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
28 February 1873
Appointment, Coroner, Hokitika
  • Henry Widenham Maunsell (Esquire), Appointed Coroner

  • John Bathgate

⚖️ Resignation of Coroner

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
28 February 1873
Resignation, Coroner, Hokitika
  • T. H. Garland (Esquire), Resigned as Coroner

  • John Bathgate

🏘️ Advertisement Rates in The County of Westland Gazette

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Advertisement, Rates, Westland Gazette

⚖️ Estates of Deceased Persons

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
28 February 1873
Deceased, Estates, Hokitika
  • John Fassnidge, Deceased
  • Henry Friend, Deceased, drowned in Hokitika River

  • James Meacham Batham, Curator for Westland District