Westland Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 12

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✨ Provincial Appointments and District Changes

PROVINCE OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.

proclaimed under clause three of the said Act, and any other persons to be nominated as Commissioners for the purpose by His Excellency the Governor:

Now, therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor of the said Colony, do hereby nominate the persons named in the second column of the Schedule hereto attached to be the Licensing Commissioners within the districts in the first column of the said Schedule, placed opposite their names.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

DANIEL POLLEN.

SCHEDULE.

DISTRICT.	COMMISSIONERS.
Town of Greymouth	Caleb Whitefoord, J.P.
	John Greenwood
	David Lundon
	Ditto
Coaldale	Ditto
Paroa	Ditto
Arnold	Ditto
Clifton	Ditto
Greenstone	Caleb Whitefoord, J.P.
	John Greenwood
	David Lundon
Waimea	FitzHerbert Dermott, J.P.
	Edward Patten, J.P.
	William Charles Roberts, J.P.
	Ditto
Kanieri	Ditto
Town of Hokitika	Ditto
Totara	Alexander Groves
	Duff, J.P.
	FitzHerbert Dermott, J.P.
Town of Ross	Edward Patten, J.P.
	Ditto
Waitaha	Robert Joseph Lanauze, J.P.
	Frank Bird
	Joseph Borroughs
Town of Okarito	Ditto
Weheka	Ditto
Haast	Ditto

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 17, March 26, 1874].

Sheriff’s District of the County of Westland altered to “The District of Westland South.”

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Sheriffs Act, 1858,” it is enacted that after the passing of the said Act it shall be lawful for the Governor, and for no other person, to appoint fit persons to be Sheriffs within the Colony, who shall hold their office during pleasure;
and that it shall be lawful for the Governor, and for no other person, to define the districts within which the jurisdiction of the several Sheriffs shall be exercised, and the limits of such district from time to time to alter as occasion may require: And whereas by Warrant, bearing date the ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, the boundaries of the Sheriff’s District of the County of Westland were defined: And whereas it is expedient that the name of the said district should be altered:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority in me vested in this behalf, do hereby declare that the said Sheriff’s District of the County of Westland, as the same is defined as aforesaid, shall be and remain a district within which a Sheriff shall exercise jurisdiction, and shall be called by the name of “The District of Westland South.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

G. MAURICE O’RORKE.

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 20, April 9, 1874].

Delegation under “The Prisons Act, 1873,” to Superintendent of Westland.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the fifty-first section of “The Prisons Act, 1873,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may, under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony...

VUW Te Waharoa — Westland Provincial Gazette 1874, No 12

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

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

⚖️ Appointment of Licensing Commissioners

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated12 March 1874
KeywordsLicensing Act, Licensing Courts, Commissioners, Westland
👱🏽 Names

10 names identified

Caleb Whitefoord (J.P.), Licensing Commissioner for Greymouth and Greenstone
John Greenwood, Licensing Commissioner for Greymouth and Greenstone
David Lundon, Licensing Commissioner for Greymouth and Greenstone
FitzHerbert Dermott (J.P.), Licensing Commissioner for Waimea and Totara
Edward Patten (J.P.), Licensing Commissioner for Waimea and Ross
William Charles Roberts (J.P.), Licensing Commissioner for Waimea
Alexander Groves Duff (J.P.), Licensing Commissioner for Totara
Robert Joseph Lanauze (J.P.), Licensing Commissioner for Waitaha
Frank Bird, Licensing Commissioner for Waitaha
Joseph Borroughs, Licensing Commissioner for Waitaha

👩‍💼 Officials

Sir James Fergusson, Governor
Daniel Pollen

⚖️ Change of Sheriff's District Name

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated11 March 1874
KeywordsSheriffs Act, District Renaming, Westland South
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir James Fergusson, Governor
G. Maurice O'Rorke

⚖️ Delegation under The Prisons Act

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
KeywordsPrisons Act, Delegation, Superintendent of Westland
👩‍💼 Officials

Sir James Fergusson, Governor

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