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NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

(Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.)

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 72, intituled "An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," the several Provinces of Auckland, New Zealand, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago are thereby established, and it is enacted that for each of the said Provinces there shall be a Superintendent and Provincial Council.

And whereas by the said Act it is further enacted that every Provincial Council shall continue for the period of four years from the day of the return of the Writs for choosing the same and no longer: Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor of New Zealand, by Proclamation or otherwise, to dissolve the same whenever he shall think it expedient so to do.

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do, by this Proclamation, dissolve the Provincial Council of the said Province of Nelson accordingly.

Given under the hand of his Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

WHEREAS by "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 places in lieu thereof: And whereas, by warrant under the hand of the Governor, certain places were appointed polling places for the Electoral Districts in the Province of Nelson, for the Election of Superintendent and Members of the Provincial Council thereof: And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:

Now know ye, that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby abolish all existing polling places for the Electoral Districts in the Province of Nelson for the Election of Superintendent and Members of the Provincial Council thereof, and do appoint in place thereof—

For the City of Nelson District.
The Provincial Hall.
The Oddfellow's Hall.

For the Suburban North District.
The Hill-side School-room.

For the Waimea East District.
The Institute, Richmond.
The School-room, Stoke.

For the Waimea South District.
The School-room, Spring Grove.
The School-room, Upper Wakefield.
The Library Motueka Valley.

For the Waimea West District.
The Southern School-room, Waimea West.
The School-room, Upper Moutere.

For the Motueka District.
The Institute, Motueka.
The School-room, Riwaka.
The School-room, Lower Moutere.

For the Golden Bay District.
The Court-house, Collingwood.
The Police Station, Slate River.
The School-house, Clifton.
The School-house Takaka.

For the Amuri District.
The Court-house, Waiaua.

For the Buller District.
The Court-house, Westport.
The Store of Mr. John Braithwaite, Caledonia
Old Terrace.
The Old Court-house, Addison's.

For the Charleston District.
The Court-house, Charleston.
The Court-house, Brighton.

For the Grey District.
The Court-house, Cobden.
The Police Camp, Ahaura.
The Police Camp, Napoleon Hill.

And I do also hereby abolish the existing polling places for the Electoral Districts in the Province of Nelson for the Election of Superintendent and Members of the Provincial Council thereof, as do appoint in place thereof—

For the City of Nelson District.
The Provincial Hall.

For the Suburban North District.
The Hillside School-room.

For the Waimea East District.
The Institute, Richmond.

For the Waimea South District.
The School-room, Spring Grove.

For the Waimea West District.
The Southern School-room.

For the Motueka District.
The Institute.

For the Golden Bay District.
The Court-house, Collingwood.

For the Amuri District.
The Court-house, Waiaua.

For the Buller District.
The Court-house, Westport.

For the Charleston District.
The Court-house, Charleston.

For the Grey District.
The Court-house, Cobden.

Given under the hand of his Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

W. GISBORNE.