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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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
by another Act of the General Assembly, 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 con-
ducted in the manner prescribed by "The Regulation
of Elections Act, 1858," aforesaid, and all the pro-
visions 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 the Superintendent and
Members of the Provincial Council for the Province
of Taranaki-
For the districts of Grey and Bell,-Tikorangi
Redoubt
For the Omata district,-the Omata Stockade
Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this eighth day
of August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
J. C. RICHMOND.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1865, No 29
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Warrant appointing polling places under the Regulation of Elections Act.
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🏘️ Provincial & Local Government8 August 1865
Polling places, Taranaki Province, Provincial Council Election, Tikorangi Redoubt, Omata Stockade
- Sir George Grey, Governor
- J. C. Richmond