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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Honorable Order of the Bath,
Administrator of the Government
of the Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies, &c., &c., &c.

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 Polling
Places in lieu thereof:

Now know ye, that I, the Administrator of
the Government of the Colony of New Zea-
land, in pursuance of the power and authority
in me vested by the said Act, do hereby
appoint the following place to be a Polling
Place for the Electoral District hereinafter
specified, as constituted by the "Representa-
tion Act, 1860," for the Election of Members
of the House of Representatives, namely,-

Rangitiki-Mr. Francis Robinson's house.

Given under my hand, at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, this
nineteenth day of November, in
the year of Our Lord One Thou-
sand Eight Hundred and Sixty-
one.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

Warrant delegating to Superintendent of
Taranaki the Governor's power to appoint
Returning Officers, &c.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight, Commander of the Most
Honorable Order of the Bath,
Administrator of the Government
of Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand, and its Dependencies,
&c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by the "Provincial Elec-
tions' Act 1858," the Governor is
empowered to delegate to the Superintendent
of any Province the power of appointing and
removing Returning Officers for the Election
of Members of the Provincial Council, and
also of appointing and establishing Polling
Places for the Election of the Superintendent
or of Members of the Provincial Council of
such Province: Now, therefore, I, Sir George
Grey, the Administrator of the Government of
the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of
the said power and authority, do hereby
delegate to

CHARLES BROWN, Esq.,

the Superintendent of the Province of
Taranaki in the said Colony, the above recited
powers, to be held and exercised by him from
time to time as he shall think fit, so long as
he shall hold the said Office of Superintenden'.

Given under my hand, at the Govern-
ment House at Auckland, this
nineteenth day of November, in
the year of our Lord, Qne
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 21st Nov., 1861.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the
Government has been pleased to ap-
point the following gentlemen to be Registrars
of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, for the Districts set opposite their
names as the same are defined in Proclama-
tions bearing date the 19th of November
instant, published in this "Gazette."

JOHN MCGULLAUGH, Mangapai.
RODERICK ROSS, Waipu.
JOHN STEWART RUST, Wangarei.
HARCOURT RICHARD AUBREY, Manaias.

His Excellency has also been pleased to
appoint

JAMES TOWNSEND, junr.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and Registrar
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the
district of Lyttelton.

These appointments to bear date from the
1st January 1862.

WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 21st Nov., 1861.

THE following Bill passed by the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of
Taranaki, intituled,-

"The Public Cemetery Ordinance, 1861,'
which Bill was reserved for the signification
of the Governor's pleasure thereon, having
been laid before the Administrator of the Go-
vernment; His Excellency has been pleased
to assent to the same.

WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 21st November, 1861.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the
Government has been pleased to direct
the publication of the following return of the
results of the firing for the Government Prizes
in New Zealand in the year 1861.

WILLIAM Fox.

NEW ZEALAND COLONIAL FORCES.

Return of the results of the firing for the
Government Prizes in New Zealand in
the year 1861.

Nine rounds were fired by each competitor.

3 rounds at 100 yards.
3 do. 200 do.
3 do. 300 do.