(For the current top-level subdivision of Otago in New Zealand, see Otago) Otago (help· info) is one of the regions of New Zealand and lies in the south-east of the South Island. ...

The Otago Province was a province of New Zealand until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. (For the current top-level subdivision of New Zealand, see Regions of New Zealand) Provinces in New Zealand were used from 1841 until the Abolition of the Provinces Act came into force on November 1, 1876. ...

Area

The capital of the province was Dunedin. Southland Province split from Otago in 1861, but became part of the province again in 1870. Dunedin (ÅŒtepoti in Maori) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ...

Anniversary Day

New Zealand law provides an anniversary day for each province.

Superintendents

• 1853 William Cargill
• 1860 James Macandrew (1st time)
• 1861 John Larkins Cheese Richardson
• 1863 John Hyde Harris
• 1865 Thomas Dick
• 1867 James Macandrew (2nd time)

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Railways

The Province built the Port Chalmers Branch under the auspices of the Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway Company Limited, and was built to the recently adopted national gauge of 1067 mm (3 feet 6 inches), and it was the first line in the country with that gauge to open, on 1 January 1873. The first locomotive to run on the line was the E class Josephine, a double Fairlie steam locomotive, whose local popularity ensured she was retained beyond her retirement from service on the railways in 1917 and is preserved today in the Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin. The Port Chalmers Branch was the first railway line built in Otago, New Zealand, and linked the regions major city of Dunedin with the port in Port Chalmers. ... Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Fairlie locomotive built for Burma Railways by the Vulcan Foundry Co. ... Great Western Railway No. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Otago Settlers Museum is a regional history museum in Dunedin, New Zealand covering the territory of the old Otago Province, New Zealand from the Waitaki River south. ... Dunedin (ÅŒtepoti in Maori) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ...

When the Southland province amalgamated with Otago in 1870, the latter acquired the former province's railways - which were built to the standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 feet 8.5 inches).

Legislation

• Otago Harbour Trust Leasing Ordinance 1862
• Education Reserves Ordinance 1864
• Education Reserves Ordinance 1865
• Harbour Reclaimed Lands Sale and Leasing Ordinance 1868
• University of Otago Ordinance 1869
• Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute Ordinance 1870
• Oamaru Racecourse Reserve Management Ordinance 1870
• University of Otago Endowment Ordinance 1870
• Blueskin Market Reserve Ordinance 1871
• Invercargill Athenaeum Reserve Management Ordinance 1871
• Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Reserve Management Ordinance 1871
• Lawrence Athenaeum and Mining Institute Ordinance 1872
• Lawrence Athenaeum and Mining Institute Reserves Management Ordinance 1872
• Oamaru Town Reserves Management Ordinance 1872
• Cromwell Athenaeum Ordinance 1873
• Dempsey Trust Ordinance 1873
• Invercargill Athenaeum Reserves Management Ordinance 1873
• Riverton Athenaeum Ordinance 1873
• Winton Racecourse Reserve Management Ordinance 1873
• Caledonian Society of Otago Incorporation Ordinance 1874
• Roslyn Institute Ordinance 1874
• Arrowtown Athenaeum Ordinance 1875
• Invercargill Athenaeum Reserve Management Ordinance 1875
• Riverton Athenaeum Reserves Management Ordinance 1875
• University of Otago Lands Trust Ordinance 1875

Source

• A page containing a map of the old provincial boundaries is available here.
• List at Rulers site with provincial superintendents

Provinces of New Zealand 1853-1876

Auckland | Canterbury | Hawke's Bay | Marlborough | Nelson | Otago | Southland | Taranaki | Wellington | Westland Image File history File links Nzflag_nz. ... (For the current top-level subdivision of New Zealand, see Regions of New Zealand) Provinces in New Zealand were used from 1841 until the Abolition of the Provinces Act came into force on November 1, 1876. ... (For the current top-level subdivision of Canterbury in New Zealand, see Canterbury, New Zealand) The Canterbury Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...