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By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.
Warrant Appointing a Principal Polling Place.
To all to whom these Presents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly intituled "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by warrant, under his hand, from time to time to appoint polling places for each electoral district within or without the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be the principal polling place for the district; and all or any of such polling places at any time to abolish, and to appoint other polling places in lieu thereof. And Whereas by another Act of the General Assembly, intituled "The Provincial Elections Act, 1858," it is enacted that subject to certain provisions therein contained, every election of the Superintendent, or of a Member of the Provincial Council of a Province, shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858," aforesaid; and all the provisions of the last mentioned Act shall apply to the elections of Superintendents, and Members of Provincial Councils.
Now know ye that I, SIR GEORGE GREY, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Acts, do hereby appoint the following place to be the principal polling place for the District of Rakaia, for the election of Superintendents, and Members of the Provincial Council of the said District, namely:-
ROAD BOARD OFFICE, LEESTON.
Given under my hand at the Government House, at Wellington, this Twenty-second day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency’s command,
J. C. RICHMOND,
Colonial Secretary.
G.G. Gazette, No. 86, Sept 11, 1865.
Samuel Beswick, Esq., Appointed Coroner.
Attorney General’s Office,
Wellington, August 28, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
SAMUEL BESWICK, ESQ.,
of Hokitika, in the Province of Canterbury, to be Coroner, having jurisdiction within the said Colony.
HENRY SEWELL.
G.G. Gazette, No. 86, Sept. 11, 1865.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 52
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🏛️ Appointment of Principal Polling Place for Rakaia
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration22 August 1865
Polling place, Rakaia, Election, Provincial Council
- Sir George Grey, Governor
- J. C. Richmond, Colonial Secretary
⚖️ Appointment of Coroner for Hokitika
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement28 August 1865
Coroner, Hokitika, Canterbury, Appointment
- Samuel Beswick (Esquire), Appointed Coroner
- Henry Sewell