New Zealand Gazette – 1859 – No. 6

Page 45

✨ Provincial Election Polling Places



Numb. 6.
45

The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1859.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of
the most Honourable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over
Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of
the same, &c., &c.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME
GRFETING :

WHEREAS by an Act of the General As-
sembly intituled "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 ap-
point other Polling Places in lieu thereof: AND
WHEREAS by another Act of the General As-
sembly intituled "The Provincial Elections
Act, 1858," it is enacted that, subject to certain
provisions therein contained, every Election of
the Superintendent or of a Member of the
Provincial Council of a Province shall be
conducted in the manner prescribed by
"The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,"
aforesaid, and all the provisions of the said
last mentioned Act shall apply to the Elections
of Superintendents and Members of Provincial
Councils.

NOW KNOW Ye that I, Thomas Gore
Browne, the Governor of the said Colony, in
pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested by the said Acts, do hereby appoint the
undermentioned places to be Polling Places
for the respective Districts hereinafter specified
for the Election of Members of the Provincial
Council of the Province of Hawke's Bay,
namely,—

For the Napier District—The School-house,
Hastings street, Napier.
For the Napier Country District—Mr. Alex-
ander's Farm, Puketapu; Mr. J. McCarthy's
Residence, Petane; and Mr. McLean's
Wool-shed, Maraehakaho.
For the Clive District—Mr. J. B. Ferguson's
Store, Clive.
For the Te Aute District—Rev. Samuel
Williams' Barn, Te Aute; and Mr. Tiffen's
Wool-shed, Otamatiti.
For the Waipukuran District—Mr. H. R.
Russell's Wool-shed, Waipukurau; and
Lamb's Accommodation House, Porangahau.
For the Mohaka District—Mr. R. Riddel's
Residence, Mohaka; and Messrs. Spooner
and Mitchell's Store, Wairoa.

And I do further appoint the several
Polling Places hereinafter specified to be the
Principal Polling Places for their respective
Districts, namely,—

For the Napier District—The School-house,
Hastings-street, Napier.
For the Napier Country District—Mr. Alex-
ander's Farm, Puketapu.
For the Clive District—Mr. J. B. Ferguson's
Store, Clive.
For the Te Aute District—Rev. Samuel
Williams' Barn.



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🏘️ Proclamation appointing Polling Places for Hawke's Bay Provincial Council Election

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
8 February 1859
Polling Places, Hawke's Bay, Provincial Council, Election, Proclamation, Napier District, Te Aute
11 names identified
  • Alexander (Mr.), Polling place location
  • J. McCarthy (Mr.), Polling place location
  • McLean (Mr.), Polling place location
  • J. B. Ferguson (Mr.), Polling place location
  • Samuel Williams (Reverend), Polling place location
  • Tiffen (Mr.), Polling place location
  • H. R. Russell (Mr.), Polling place location
  • Lamb, Accommodation House owner
  • R. Riddel (Mr.), Polling place location
  • Spooner, Store owner
  • Mitchell, Store owner

  • Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Governor