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Other Authorities
Provincial Museum - Committee of Management appointed (9 April 1868, OPGG, 1868, p. 123)
- a portion of the New Post Office Building to be set aside for this purpose
- including Superintendent, Provincial Secretary, Dunedin Mayor, for the time being, and others
Responsible Minister
Not researched 1865->76
Notes
This agency documentation is prepared as part of a project on the archives of the Otago Provincial Government, 1853-1876. The emphasis is therefore on the provincial period, and material outside that period has not been researched.
It has not been established beyond doubt that the Board of Trustees was the same body as the Committee of Management, or that either was in fact a separate agency in the archival sense, but it is not practicable to do further research to settle these questions.
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Otago Provincial Council. Ordinances, 1854-1876
Otago Provincial Council. Votes and Proceedings, 1854-1876 - especially Departmental Reports etc, in Appendices
New Zealand Statutes, 1854-1876
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Agency
AART
1865 ‑
Other
Appointment of Trustees for purpose of organising a Provincial Museum (18 July 1865, OPGG, 1864, p. 161)
Dunedin, Otago
The Board of Trustees was responsible for the establishment and control of the Museum. When Frederick Hutton was appointed Curator in 1873, he was responsible to the Committee of Management.
Date Disestablished: Not researched (after 1876)
Other Authorities
Provincial Museum - Committee of Management appointed (9 April 1868, OPGG, 1868, p. 123)
- a portion of the New Post Office Building to be set aside for this purpose
- including Superintendent, Provincial Secretary, Dunedin Mayor, for the time being, and others
Responsible Minister
Not researched 1865->76
Notes
This agency documentation is prepared as part of a project on the archives of the Otago Provincial Government, 1853-1876. The emphasis is therefore on the provincial period, and material outside that period has not been researched.
It has not been established beyond doubt that the Board of Trustees was the same body as the Committee of Management, or that either was in fact a separate agency in the archival sense, but it is not practicable to do further research to settle these questions.
Otago Provincial Government Gazette, 1853-1876
Otago Provincial Council. Ordinances, 1854-1876
Otago Provincial Council. Votes and Proceedings, 1854-1876 - especially Departmental Reports etc, in Appendices
New Zealand Statutes, 1854-1876
Provincial Museum - Committee of Management appointed (9 April 1868, OPGG, 1868, p. 123)
Superintendent appoints F W Hutton as Provincial Geologist and Curator, and appoints Committee of Management of Otago Museum (22 October 1873, OPGG, 1873, p. 394)
Note: This Agency does not have any related Series, so we cannot search for related items
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