the Superintendent shall signify, either by
speech or message to the Provincial Council,
or by proclamation in the Government
Gazette of the said Province, that such
Bill has been laid before the Governor, and
that the Governor has assented to the same:
And whereas the following Bill intituled
"The Marlborough Education Act,
1870,"
was passed by the Provincial Council of the
Province of Marlborough, but was reserved
for the signification of the Governor’s
pleasure thereon:
Now, therefore, I, ARTHUR PENROSE
SEYMOUR, the Superintendent of the said
Province of Marlborough, do hereby proclaim and declare that the above mentioned
Bill having been duly laid before his Excellency the Governor, and the Governor
having assented to the same, is, under the
provisions of the said recited Act of the
General Assembly, in full force and authority within the Province of Marlborough
from the date of this Proclamation.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the Province of Marlborough, at Blenheim,
this twenty-fifth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.

A. P. SEYMOUR,
Superintendent.

By His Honour’s command,
JAMES BALFOUR WEMYSS,
Provincial Secretary.

In pursuance of the power vested in me
by "The Roads Act, 1870," I,
ARTHUR PENROSE SEYMOUR, the Superintendent of the Province of Marlborough,
do hereby appoint and give notice that
meetings of the voters in the several Road
Electoral Districts within the said Province
shall be holden at noon on the days and at
the places hereinafter mentioned for election
of the members of the first Road Boards of
the counties established under the said act,
that is to say:—

Lower Wairau—Tuesday, 8th November,
at the house of Mr T. Davies, South Bank, Opawa
Omaka—Wednesday, 9th November,
at the house of Mr Gillespie, Maxwell road

Spring Creek—Thursday, 10th November,
at the School House
Upper Wairau—Friday, 11th November, at the School House, Renwick
Wairau Valley—Tuesday, 8th November, at the School House, Wairau Valley
Waihopai—Thursday, 17th November
at Avondale Station
Flaxbourne—Tuesday, 8th November, at Flaxbourne Station
Lower Awatere—Tuesday, 8th November, at Starborough Station
Upper Awatere—Thursday, 10th November, at Upcot Station

Cloudy Bay—Thursday, 10th November,
at the School House, Tua Marina
Tua Marina—Tuesday, 8th November,
at the house of Mr J. Green, Picton road
Grove—Tuesday, 8th November, at the School House, Mahakipawa
Queen Charlotte Sound—Thursday,
17th November, at Captain Kenny’s
old house, Waikawa
North Bank of Wairau—Monday,
14th November, at the house of Mr J. Gibson
Kaikoura—Tuesday, 15th November,
at Brownlie’s Saw Mill
Pelorus Valley—Monday, 14th November, at the house of Mr Bennet
Pelorus Sound—Wednesday, 16th November, at Homewood
Kaikoura Town—Wednesday, 9th November, at the School House, Kaikoura
Kaikoura Suburban—Thursday,
10th November, at the School House, Kaikoura
Kaikoura Rural—Friday, 11th November, at Swyncombe Station

Given under my hand at
Blenheim, this twenty-fifth
day of October, 1870.

A. P. SEYMOUR,
Superintendent.

Printed for the Provincial Government by T. W. MULLISON, Redwood street, Blenheim.
Government Printer for the time being to such Government.