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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Daniel Lynch, Esq.
Henry Matson, Esq.
William Griffin, Esq.

For the Suburbs of Auckland,
Frederick Ward Merriman, Esq.
Daniel Pollen, Esq.
Reader Gilson Wood, Esq.
Christopher Atwell Harris, Esq.

For the Southern Division,
William Buckland, Esq.
James Dilworth, Esq.
Henry Lawry Verope, Esq.
Joseph Middlemas, Esq.

For the Pensioner Settlements,
William Powditch, Esq.
Joseph Brennan, Esq.
John Alexander Wilson, Esq.
John Kelly, Esq.

For the Bay of Islands,
James Busby, Esq.
Mr. John Bedggood
have been duly elected.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, November 9th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that a Writ issued for the
election of four Members of the Auckland
Provincial Council for the Northern Division
has been returned with the following cer-
tificate.

E. W. STAFFORD.

I hereby declare that the undermentioned gen-
tlemen were duly nominated as Candidates to
serve as Members of the Provincial Council
for the Northern Division, and that at the
close of the Poll, the numbers of votes
of each was as stated opposite their respective
names-

Allan O'Neill, Esq................ 423
Isaac Rhodes Cooper, Esq....... 427
John Munro, Esq. ............... 433
Walter Lee, Esq.................. 364
James Carlton Hill, Esq. ....... 233
Bernard Reynolds, Esq. ......... 213

I therefore declare that, Allan O'Neill, Esq.,
Isaac Rhodes Cooper, Esq., John Munro, Esq.,
and Walter Lee, Esq., having the largest
number of votes, have been duly elected to
serve as Members of the Provincial Council
for the Northern Division.

I further declare that the votes received at
Mr. Atkyn's Station, Kaipara, were as fol-
lows-

Bernard Reynolds, Esq. ............ 6
(which are included in the 213).

And that the Poll was taken on the proper
day by an individual deputed to receive it by
Mr. Fenton, the duly appointed Deputy Re-
turning Officer for that additional Polling
Place, who was unable to perform that duty in
consequence of meeting with a severe accident
when en route.

I further declare that the individual who
received the voting papers was not authorised
so to do by me, Returning Officer.
(Signed) JAS. JNO. PIERCY,
Resident Magistrate's Court,
29th October, 1857.
Returning Officer.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, November 9th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. EDMUND COOK ;
to be a Clerk in the Post Office at Wellington.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, November 9th, 1857.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

Mr. R. EAGER ;
to be Deputy Postmaster at Otaki.
Mr. N. BEAMISH ;
to be Deputy Postmaster at Turakina.
Mr. H. SYMONS ;
to be Deputy Postmaster at Manawatu.
Mr. T. SCOTT ;
to be Deputy Postmaster at Rangitiki.
These appointments to bear date from the
1st July last.

E. W. STAFFORD.

N O T I C E.

Custom House,
Auckland, October 28, 1857.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Scoria
Building, situated in Lower Queen-street,
the joint property of Messrs. Woodhouse and
Buchanan, and Mr. Charles Davis, has been
approved under the 34th Section of the Cus-
toms Regulations Ordinance, 4th Victoriæ, No.
3, for the reception of Goods under Bond ;
and that the Licenses granted on the 11th
September, 1851, to Messrs. Woodhouse and
Buchanan for a Scoria Cellar has been can-
celled.

WILLIAM YOUNG,
Collector.

MARRIAGE ACT, 1854.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1858.

Registrar-General's Office,
Auckland, 5th November, 1857.

THE attention of the Persons or Person within
the Colony of New Zealand, in whom is
vested Ecclesiastical Authority over any of the
RELIGIOUS BODIES enumerated in "Schedule
D." annexed to an Act of the General Assem-
bly of New Zealand, entitled "The Marriage
Act, 1854," and of all other Persons concerned,
is requested to the following extracts from the
Act aforesaid:-