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New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 84, 19 May 1843, Page 2

WELLINGTON CHURCH BUILDING FUND. A GENERAL MEETING of the Subscribers to the Wellington Church Building Fund will be hcdden nt'the Court House on Monday morning next, thr»22nd r inst., at eleven o’clock precisely. H. S. KNOWLES, Hon. Secretory. Wellington, 18 May, 1843.

PROCLAMATION. By HisExcellekcy WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAftt), iHaqUiM) the Officer Administering the GoWrftincht in and oxer Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, ttbd ihce*Admit i al‘Qf the same, &c. &c. &c. Seal qfthe Colony . by&h Gr&tihhbe enacted by the Gover'W of NbW: Sfedlhh&j wdth the advice and consent of the Legislative Conhcil thereof, Session 11, No. 17, intituled, u ‘Ah Ordinance to impose a Tax Upon Itaupo Houses,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for His Exceilenby the Governor from time to time by Proclamation, to declare the provisions thereinafter contained, to be in force in any Town, or part of any Town, the boundaries whereof respectively shall be defined by such proclamation ; and whereas it is further enacted by the aforesaid Ordinance, that on a day to be named in rfuch Proclamation, not being less than six calendar months' from the date thereof, and on the same day of every succeeding year, there shall be levied in respect of every building constructed wholly, or in part, of raupo, nikau, toitoi, wiwi, kakaho, straw, or thatch of any description, and situate within the boundaries so defined, the sum of twenty pounds. And whereas it is further enacted, that no person shall erect, or caifise to be erected, any such building as aforesaid, in any Town in which the provisions of this Ordinance shall be declared to be in force, and that every person shall, for so offending, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds, to be recovered in a summary way. Now therefore-I, the Officer administering the Government of New Zealand aforesaid, in pursuance of the authority, by the said in part recited Ordinance, in me vested, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the first day of October next, the Borough of Wellington, and the whole of the said Borough, that is to say, all lands comprised within the line set forth in the Surveyor’s plan, as the outside boundaries of the Public Reserve, in the plan of the Town of Port Nicholson, approved by His Excellency the Governor, excepting the Pah Te Aro, and the Pah Pipetea, as at present occupied by the natives, shall come within the operation of the said Ordinance. Given under my hand, at Government House, Auckland, this thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND, The Officer Administering the Government, By His Excellency’s Command, (For the Colonial Secretary), WILLIAM CONNELL. God save the Queen !

TO CLOSE CONSIGNMENTS. A VARIETY of Merchandize will be sold' by public auction, at Mr. Fitzherbert’s Stpres, on Saturday'nefct, at 12 o’clock ; Consisting of— Several tons Sugar, French Brandy, Cheshire Cheeses, Manilla Rope, Beef, Biscuit, Buttons, Broad Cloth, Glue, Cedar, Hollow Ware, Shirts, Trowsers, and Jackets, 1 ton Black Oil, 1 do. Potatoes, 2 hhds. Ale. TERMS AT SALE. May 19, 1843.

IN THE SUPREME COURT. Between Wilmam Barnard Rhodes, Plaintiff; And Firmin Victor Martin, Defendant; AND Between Kenneth Bethune and George Hunter the younger, Plaintiffs; And Firmin Victor Martin, Defendant. BY virtue of a Writ of Execution against the Goods and Chattels of the above-named Defendant, the Sheriff will cause to be sold by public auction, on Monday the 22d instant, at one o’clock precisely, on the Premises, unless these Executions be previously stayed—The whole of the unexpired term and interest of the aforesaid Defendant, of and in certain Lands and Tenements known as the Bower Farm at Ohiro, with the Dwelling Houses, and Buildings, and other Erections thereupon. HENRY ST. HILL, Sheriff. Wellington, May 18, 1843,

MR. JOHN HARRIS, Builder, respectfully informs the Gentry, and Public generally, that having disposed of his Bru.k-field to Mr. Wilson of Manners Street, trusts they will favor his successor ■with that patronage he has hitherto received. All persons indebted to Mr. Harris are requested to pay the amount of their respective debts on or before the Ist of June next; and all persons having any claim on him, are requested to furnish their accounts for liquidation before that time. Apply at Mr. Harris’ Brickfield, Willis Street. May. 9, 1843.