Dunedin Town Board

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Department CodeDTBSuccessor DepartmentDunedin City CouncilDate Rage1855-1865DescriptionThe Dunedin Town Board was constituted in 1855 and was succeeded by the Dunedin City Council in 1865.

Records include minutes 1855-1865, outwards correspondence 1856-1862 & 1864-1865. Rate book 1857-62 - this covers the area within the Town Belt and is arranged according to the legal description of the property. It has been transcribed and indexed by NZSG. Copies of the transcript are available at the Dunedin City Council Archives, Otago Settlers Museum and the Hocken Library.

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Dunedin City Council

Town Clerk's Department

First entry in Dunedin Town Board Letterbook, 1856
To Mr John Duncan, Butcher, Dunedin.

Sir, I am instructed by the Town Board of Dunedin, to communicate to you the following Resolution of the Board viz " That it is not advisable to have a Slaughter House, within the limits of a Town".

I am further instructed to inform you, that the present Slaughter House in Dunedin, will be shut up on and after the 12th day of March next.

I have the honor to be Sir
Malcolm Graham
Clerk to the Board

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