Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 49

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✨ Proclamations and Election Notices



THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

OF THE

PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

WILLIAM DOUGLAS HALL BAILLIE,
Superintendent.

Vol. IV.] FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1863. [No. 49.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honour WILLIAM DOUGLAS HALL BAILLIE, Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough, in the Colony of New Zealand, &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Provincial Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor of the Colony to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province the power of appointing and removing Returning Officers, and also of appointing and establishing Polling Places for the Election of Superintendent or of Members of the Provincial Council of such province:

And whereas His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, C.B., Governor of the said Colony, by warrant under his hand, bearing date the first day of October, 1861, did delegate to me, the said William Douglas Hall Baillie, as Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough, the above recited powers.

And whereas Mr. W. Collie has resigned the appointment of Returning Officer for the Districts of Blenheim and Lower Wairau.

Now, therefore, I, the said William Douglas Hall Baillie, Superintendent of the said province, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested, do hereby appoint

JOSHUA GREEN, Esquire,

to be Returning Officer for the Electoral Districts of Blenheim and Lower Wairau, in the said Province.

Given under my hand, at Picton, this Fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

W. D. H. BAILLIE,
Superintendent.

ELECTION NOTICE.

ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CLARENCE.
In the Province of Marlborough, New Zealand.

IN pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” and also of another Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Provincial Elections Act, 1858,” I, WILLIAM JAMES BAILLIE, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Clarence, in the said province, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a Writ, bearing date the Twenty-third day of January, 1863, issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, an Election will be held for the return of two qualified persons to serve as Members of the Provincial Council of the said province, for the said Electoral District.



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🏛️ Proclamation of Returning Officer Appointment

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
5 February 1863
Appointment, Returning Officer, Blenheim, Lower Wairau, Resignation
  • W. Collie, Resigned as Returning Officer
  • Joshua Green (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer

  • William Douglas Hall Baillie, Superintendent

🏛️ Election Notice for Clarence District

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Election, Provincial Council, Clarence District, Writ
  • William James Baillie, Returning Officer