✨ Provincial Council Election Notice
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor’s command,
JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. III.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1856. [No. XXIV.
Province of Canterbury to wit:—
WHEREAS a Writ under the hand of James Edward FitzGerald, Esq., Superintendent of the said Province, bearing date the 4th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, hath been directed to me, Charles Christopher Bowen, Esq., as Returning-officer for the Christchurch Country District, in the said Province, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected, by and from amongst the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in form and manner by law prescribed, One Person to serve as a member of the Provincial Council for the Christchurch Country District, in the place of John Hall, Esq., resigned;
NOW therefore, I, the said Charles Christopher Bowen, Esq., Returning-Officer for the Christchurch Country District, do hereby in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that
A public meeting of the electors of the Christchurch Country District, will be holden at the offices of the Provincial Government in the town of Christchurch, on Monday, the 22nd day of December, inst., at 11 o’clock, a.m., for the purpose of nominating One Person to serve as a member of the Provincial Council, for the Christchurch Country District, and in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Tuesday, the 23rd day of December, in the lobby of the Provincial Council Chamber, at Christchurch; in the Police office at Lyttelton; and at Mr. Black’s store, Kaiapoi. The voting to commence at any time after nine o’clock, a.m., of the said day, and to close at four o’clock, p.m., of the same day...
CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BOWEN,
Returning-Officer.
Government Offices,
Christchurch, 5th December, 1856.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1856, No 24
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🏘️ Notice of Election for Christchurch Country District
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government5 December 1856
Election, Provincial Council, Christchurch, Nomination, Polling
- James Edward FitzGerald (Esquire), Superintendent of the Province
- John Hall (Esquire), Resigned member of the Provincial Council
- Charles Christopher Bowen (Esquire), Returning-Officer for the Christchurch Country District
- Charles Christopher Bowen, Returning-Officer