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point, and that two-thirds of the Members of every such Council should be elected by the Inhabitants of the Province, as thereinafter provided, and that it should be lawful for the Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand, until provision should be made by law in that behalf, by Proclamation to be published in the New Zealand Government Gazette, to constitute within every such Province convenient Electoral Districts, and to appoint and declare the number of Members to be elected for each such District, and to make provision for the registration and revision of lists of all persons qualified to vote at the Elections to be holden within such Districts, and for the appointing of Returning Officers, and for the issuing, executing, and returning the necessary Writs for such Elections, and for taking the Poll thereat, and for determining the validity of all disputed Returns, and otherwise for ensuring the orderly, effective, and impartial conduct of such Elections; and by the said recited Ordinance power was given to the Governor-in-Chief by Proclamation to declare certain places to be "Towns" for the purposes of the said Ordinance:

AND WHEREAS, in pursuance of the said Ordinance a Proclamation was issued by the Governor-in-Chief upon the 3rd day of June last, by which it was Proclaimed of and concerning the Province of New Munster that the said Province should be divided into Electoral Districts:

AND WHEREAS, by the said Proclamation, provision was made in the Province of New Munster for the registration and revision of lists of all persons qualified to vote at the Elections to be holden within such Districts, and for the appointment of Returning Officers, and for the issuing, executing, and returning the necessary Writs for such Elections, and for taking the Poll thereat, and for determining the validity of all disputed Returns, and otherwise for ensuring the orderly, effective, and impartial conduct of such Elections:

And whereas, by the said Proclamation of the third day of June last, the Governor-in-Chief did not appoint and declare the number of members to be elected for the several Electoral Districts:

Now THEREFORE, I, the Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand, in pursuance and by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the said recited Ordinance, and under and by virtue of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, Do HEREBY Proclaim, declare, direct, and appoint that as to and concerning the Province of New Munster, as follows; that is to say:

Number of Members of Council.

1. That the Legislative Council of the said Province shall consist of Thirty-three Members.

Number of Members for each District.

2. That the number of Members to be elected to serve for the several Electoral Districts in the said Province, shall be as follows viz.:

Wellington.

1. For the City of Wellington, Three Members.
2. For the Wellington Country, One Member.
3. For the Hutt, Two Members.
4. For the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, One Member.
5. For the Whanganui and Rangitikei, One Member.

Nelson.

1. For the Town of Nelson, Two Members.
2. For the Waimea, Two Members.
3. For the Motueka and Massacre Bay, One Member.
4. For the Wairau, One Member.

Canterbury.

1. For the Town of Christchurch, One Member.
2. For the Christchurch Country, Two Members.
3. For the Town of Lyttelton, One Member.
4. For the Akaroa, One Member.

Otago.

1. For the Town of Dunedin, One Member.
2. For the Dunedin Country, Two Members.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand, at Government House, at Wellington, in the Province of New Munster, in the Islands aforesaid, this ninth day of August, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-two.

G. GREY,
Governor-in-Chief.

By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Civil Secretary.

God Save the Queen!