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honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the colony of New Zealand, &c., &c., bearing date the Fourteenth day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven, hath been directed to me, George Arthur Emilius Ross, Esquire, as Returning Officer for the Rakaia District, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, a legally qualified person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council for the said Rakaia District. Now, therefore, I, the said George Arthur Emilius Ross, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited Writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the Rakaia District, will be held in the Woolshed, Waireka Station, on Monday, the 2nd day of November next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating a person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council for the said Rakaia 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 3rd day of November next, at the following polling places, viz.:

At Mr. E. Chapman's station on the Rakaia, and at the woolshed, Waireka station, on the Wai-aniwa-niwa Creek.

The voting to commence at any time after 9 o'clock, a.m., of the same day.

GEORGE A. E. Ross,
Returning Officer.
Waireka, Rakaia District,
Sept. 11, 1857.

NOTICE.

Province of Canterbury to Wit.

TIMARU DISTRICT.

WHEREAS a Writ, under the hand of Thomas Gore Browne, Esquire, Companion of the most honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over the colony of New Zealand, &c., &c., bearing date the fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, hath been directed to me, Belfield Woollcombe, Esquire, as Returning Officer for the District of Timaru, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, a legally qualified person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council for the said district of Timaru: Now, therefore, I, the said Belfield Woollcombe, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the Timaru District, will be holden at the Resident Magistrate's office, Timaru, on Friday, the 6th day of November next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating a person to serve as a member of the Provincial Council for the said Timaru District; and, in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Monday, the 9th day of November next, at the following polling places, viz.,

At Mr. Macdonald's station, at the residence of Mr. John Hayhurst,
and at the office of the Resident Magistrate, Timaru,

The voting to commence at any time after 9 o'clock, A.M., of the said 9th day of November, and to close at 4 o'clock, P.M., of the same day.

BELFIELD WOOLLCOMBE,
Returning Officer.
Government Offices, Christchurch,
September 1, 1857.

NOTICE.

Province of Canterbury to Wit.

ASHLEY DISTRICT.

WHEREAS a Writ, under the hand of Thomas Gore Browne, Esquire, Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, &c., &c., bearing date the Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, hath been directed to me, James Townsend, jun., as Returning Officer for the Ashley District, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, one legally qualified person to serve as Member of the said Provincial Council for the Ashley District. Now, therefore, I, the said James Townsend, jun., Returning Officer for the said Ashley District, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited Writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the said Ashley District will be holden at Mr. Torlesse's Woolshed, Fernside, Mairaki Downs, on Monday the 2nd day of November next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating one person to serve as Member of the Provincial