THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
273
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 "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:

And whereas the office of H. B. Huddles-
ton, C.E., Trafalgar Street, Nelson, Province
of Nelson, was appointed a Polling Place for
the Districts of the Town of Blenheim, the
Lower Wairau, Queen Charlotte's Sound,
Tua Marina, Pelorus, Upper Wairau, Wairau
Valley, Awatere, and Clarence, for the Elec-
tion of Members of the Provincial Council of
the Province of Marlborough: And where-
as it is expedient to abolish the same:

Now know ye, that I, Sir GEORGE GREY,
the Governor of the said Colony, in pursu-
annce of the power and authority in me vested
by the said Act, do hereby abolish the above-
named Polling Place for the Districts of the
Town of Blenheim, the Lower Wairau, Queen
Charlotte's Sound, Tua Marina, Pelorus,
Upper Wairau, Wairau Valley, Awatere, and
Clarence, for the Election of Members of the
Provincial Council of the said Province.

Given under my hand, at the Govern-
ment House, at Auckland, this
fourteenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox

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.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the Native
Lands Act, 1862, that it shall be
lawful for the Governor from time to time by
Commission or Order in Council to constitute
a Court or Courts for the purpose of ascer-
taining and declaring who, according to
native custom, are the proprietors of any
lands, and the estate or interest held by them
therein, and for the purpose of granting to
such proprietors certificates of their title to
such lands; and it is further provided that
every such Court shall be under the Presi-
dency of a European Magistrate, and shall
have and exercise such powers as the Gover-
nor may from time to time appoint, Now, I,
Sir George Grey, the Governor as aforesaid,

in pursuance and exercise of the said recited
power and authority, do hereby appoint John
Rogan, Esq., of Kaipara, Justice of the Peace
and Resident Magistrate, Wiremu Tipene, of
Kaipara, and Matikikuha, of Kaipara, to be
a Court under the said Act in and for the
Native Land District of Kaipara South, under
the Presidency of the said John Rogan, to
have, exercise, and be subject to all such
powers, duties, and responsibilities as are
competent for or may be exercised by or
declared respecting a Court constituted under
the said Act.

Given under my hand at Government
House, at Auckland, and issued
under the Seal of the Colony of
New Zealand, this twenty-first
day of April, in the year of our
Lord, Oue thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

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.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the Native
Lands Act, 1862, that it shall be lawful
for the Governor from time to time by Com-
mission or Order in Council to constitute a
Court or Courts for the purpose of ascertain-
ing and declaring who, according to native
custom, are the proprietors of any lands, and
the estate or interest held by them therein,
and for the purpose of granting to such
proprietors certificates of their title to such
lands; and it is further provided that every
such Court shall be under the Presidency of
a European Magistrate, and shall have and
exercise such powers as the Governor may
from time to time appoint, Now, I, Sir George
Grey, the Governor as aforesaid, in pursuance
and exercise of the said recited power and
authority, do hereby appoint John Rogan,
Esq., of Kaipara, Justice of the Peace and
Resident Magistrate, Te Keene, of Orakei,
and Tamati Reweti, of Kaipara, to be a Court
under the said Act in and for the Native
Land District of Kaipara North, under the
Presidency of the said John Rogan, to have,
exercise, and be subject to all such powers,
duties, and responsibilities as are competent
for or may be exercised by or are declared re-
specting a Court constituted under the said Act.

Given under my hand, at the Govern-
ment House at Auckland, and
issued under the Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, this
twenty-first day of April in the
year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM FOx.