✨ Electoral Warrants and Correspondence
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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1863.
Warrant appointing Polling Places.
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY,
Knight Commander of the Most
Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c., &c.
To all to whom these Presents shall come,
Greeting :-
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 Prin-
cipal 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. And whereas by another Act
of the General Assembly, intituled "The Pro-
vincial 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 Pro-
vince shall be conducted in the manner pre-
scribed 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, Sir George Grey, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of
the power and authority in me vested by the
said Acts, do hereby appoint the following
places to be additional Polling Places for the
Districts hereinafter specified, for the Election
of Superintendents and Members of Provincial
Council of the Province of Canterbury,
namely :-
Mount Cook district,-
Mr. Parkerson's Woolshed.
Mr. Clowe's Woolshed.
And I do further appoint the Polling Place
hereinafter specified to be the principal Polling
Place for such District, namely:-
Mr. Parkerson's Woolshed.
Given under my hand, at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, this
twentieth day of August, in
the Year of Our Lord, One
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 24th August, 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs the
publication of the following letter with
its enclosures from Major-General Galloway,
for general information.
ALFRED DOMETT.
Head Quarters, Colonial Forces,
Auckland, 24th August, 1863.
SIR,-I have the honor to forward for the
information of Government the accompanying
letter from the Lieut. General Commanding
the Forces, giving cover to a letter from the
Officer Commanding at Auckland and
Otahuhu,
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NZ Gazette 1863, No 43
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🏘️ Warrant appointing additional Polling Places for Canterbury Province Elections
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government20 August 1863
Polling Places, Elections, Canterbury Province, Governor, Warrant, Provincial Council
- Sir George Grey, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- ALFRED DOMETT, Colonial Secretary
🏛️ Publication of Major-General Galloway's official correspondence
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration24 August 1863
Official correspondence, Major-General Galloway, Publication notice, Colonial Forces
- ALFRED DOMETT
- Major-General Galloway
- Lieut. General Commanding the Forces
- Officer Commanding at Auckland and Otahuhu