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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON).
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 may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor's command,
ALFRED DOMETT, Provincial Secretary.

VOL. IX. NELSON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1861. No. 13.


By his Honor JOHN PERRY ROBINSON,
Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand, &c., &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 to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province the power of appointing and removing Returning Officers, and of 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 3rd day of August, 1861, did delegate to me the said John Perry Robinson, as Superintendent of the said Province of Nelson, the above recited powers.

Now, therefore, I the said John Perry Robinson, Superintendent of the said Province, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested, do hereby appoint

JOHN SHARP, Esquire,
Principal Returning Officer for the said Province of Nelson.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this Twenty-fifth day of October, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

J. P. ROBINSON,
Superintendent.

Attested,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Provincial Secretary.


By his Honor JOHN PERRY ROBINSON,
Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand, &c., &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 to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province the power of appointing and removing Returning Officers, and of 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 3rd day of August, 1861, did delegate to me



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🏘️ Appointment of Principal Returning Officer for the Province of Nelson

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
25 October 1861
Appointment, Returning Officer, Nelson, Provincial Elections
  • John Sharp (Esquire), Appointed Principal Returning Officer

  • John Perry Robinson, Superintendent
  • Alfred Domett, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Proclamation regarding delegation of powers for Provincial Elections

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Provincial Elections, Returning Officers, Polling places, Delegation of powers
  • John Perry Robinson, Superintendent
  • Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Governor