THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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do hereby appoint the following places to be polling
places for the Electoral Districts hereinafter specified,
as constituted by "The Representation Act, 1862,"
for the election of members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, namely,-

1. CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH-Town Hall, Christ-
   church.
2. TOWN OF LYTTELTON-Town Hall, Lyttelton.
3. HEATHCOTE-The Road Board Office, Ferry
   Road.
4. AVON-(1.) School House, Papanui; (2.) School
   House, Riccarton.
5. ELLESMERE-Town Hall, Lyttelton.
6. ΚΑΙΑΡΟΙ-(1.) Resident Magistrate's Office,
   Kaiapoi; (2.) Police Office, Rangiora.
7. TIMARU-(1.) Resident Magistrate's Office,
   Timaru; (2.) Mr. Cox's Woolshed, Orari;
   (3.) Residence, Mr. Thomas Moorhouse, Ash-
   burton.
8. AKAROA-(1.) Resident Magistrate's Office,
   Akaroa; (2.) School House, Okain's Bay;
   (3.) School House, Pigeon Bay.
9. CHEVIOT-Road Board Office, Sefton; (2.)
   Survey Office, Oxford; (3.) Mr. Ross's house,
   River Selwyn; (4.) Mr. Knyvett's Woolshed,
   Rakaia District; (5.) Woolshed, St. Leonard's
   Amuri.

Given under my hand, at Government House,
at Wellington, this fourteenth day of
October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
J. C. RICHMOND.

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., &c.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:-

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
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 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
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 polling
places for the districts hereinafter specified for the
election of Members of the Provincial Council of
the Province of Canterbury, namely-

1. CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH-Town Hall, Christ-
   church.

2. TOWN OF LYTTELTON-Town Hall, Lyttelton.

3. AVON-(1.) School House, Papanui; (2.
   School House, Riccarton.

4. HEATHCOTE-(1.) Road Board Office, Ferry
   Road; (2.) School House, Lincoln Road.

5. TOWN OF KATAPOI - Resident Magistrate's
   Office, Kaiapoi.

6. MANDEVILLE-(1.) Resident Magistrate's
   Office, Kaiapoi; (2.) Police Office, Rangiora.

7. RANGIORA-Police Office, Rangiora.

8. OXFORD, Survey Office, Oxford.

9. SEFTON-Road Board Office, Sefton.

10. LINCOLN-School House, Prebbleton.

11. PORT VICTORIA-Residence of C. K. Vigers,
    Esq., Governor's Bay.

12. TOWN OF AKAROA - Resident Magistrate's
    Office, Akaroa.

13. WAINUI-School House, Duvanchelle's Bay.

14. THE BAYS-(1.) School House, Okains Bay;
    (2.) School House, Pigeon Bay.

15. RAKAIA-(1.) Road Board Office, Leeston;
    (2.) Mr. Westenra's Woolshed.

16. ASHBURTON--Residence, Thomas Moorhouse,
    Esq.

17. TOWN OF TIMARU - Resident Magistrate's
    Office, Timaru.

18. GERALDINE-(1.) Resident Magistrate's
    Office, Arowhenua; (2.) Mr. Cox's Wool-
    shed, Orari.

19. WAITANGI-(1.) Resident Magistrate's Office,
    Timaru; (2.) Mr. Studholme's Woolshed,
    Waimate.

20. MOUNT Соок-Mr. E. S. Stericker's Wool-
    shed.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this fourteenth
day of October, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
five.
G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
J. C. RICHMOND.

COMMISSION.

International and Industrial Exhibitions to be held in
Bombay, Paris, and Melbourne, respectively.

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., &c.

TO THEIR HONORS THE SUPERINTENDENTS FOR THE
TIME BEING OF THE PROVINCES IN THE COLONY
OF NEW ZEALAND, GREEING:

WHEREAS THEREAS it has been proposed that an Inter-
National Exhibition of Works of Industry and
Art should be held in Bombay, which Exhibition it
is proposed should be opened on the fourth day of
September, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six.

And whereas it has been proposed that a similar
Exhibition should be held in Paris in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven.

And whereas it has been proposed that a similar
Exhibition should be held in Melbourne in the early
part of the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

And whereas it is expedient that a Commission
should be appointed for the purpose of securing the
proper representation, at such aforesaid Exhibitions
respectively, of the produce, arts, and manufactures
of the Colony of New Zealand.

Now know ye, that I, the Governor, reposing great
trust and confidence in your knowledge and ability