260
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Government House, at Wellington, this
nineteenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six.
E. W. STAFFORD.

G. GREY, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections
Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be law-
ful 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 warrant under the hand of the
Governor, bearing date the sixth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,

Mr. H. S. Tiffen's Woolshed, Greenmeadows,
was appointed a principal polling place for the Napier
Country District, for the election of Members of the
Provincial Council of the Province of Hawke's Bay:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:
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 Act,
do hereby abolish the above-named principal polling
place for the Napier Country District, for the elec-
tion of Members of the Provincial Council of the
Province of Hawke's Bay, and do appoint in lieu
thereof—

Mr. H. S. TIFFEN'S WOOLSHED, Meanee.

Given under the hand of 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, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
nineteenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1866.

NOTICE.-Whereas a person of the name of
GEORGE DOBSON, Civil Engineer in the service
of the Provincial Government of Canterbury, has
mysteriously disappeared in the neighbourhood of
Grey River, Province of Canterbury: Notice is here-
by given that, should the said George Dobson have
been murdered, His Excellency the Governor will
grant a Free Pardon to anyone implicated in such
murder, except the actual murderer, who shall give
such information as will lead to the apprehension
and conviction of the murderer or murderers.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN LAVIN, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the election of Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Hawke's
Bay, for the Electoral District of Mohaka.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Deputy

Returning Officers for the election of Members of
the Provincial Council of the Province of Hawke's
Bay, for the Electoral Districts set opposite their
names respectively :—

JOHN BALDWIN REDWARD, Esq., Porangahan;
ALFRED JOHN COOPER, Esq., Mohaka;
JOSEPH WITHEROW, Esq., Waimarama;
WILLIAM RATHBONE, Esq., Te Aute;
GEORGE WILLIS, Esq., Waipukurau.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EBENEZER BAKER, Esq.,
to be Deputy Returning Officer for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives for the
Districts of Porirua, City of Wellington, and the
the Hutt.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 21st June, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE,
of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury,
Esquire, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony
of New Zealand.
E. W. STAFFORD.

ROBERT CHAPMAN, Esq., Official Administrator
of Intestate Estates at Otago, in Account with
the Estate of WILLIAM ALCOCK, deceased, intestate.

1864. DR. £ s d
      Feb. 24. By cash found on person 21 0 0
      By cash from Bank of New
      South Wales, proceeds sola of
      exchange 300 0 0
      By cash, proceeds of deposit
      receipt 150 0 0
      Apl. 22. By cash, proceeds sale of watch
      and chain 3 1 6
      £474 1 6

1865. CR. £ s d
      Feb. 26. Paid Spicer and Murray funeral
      expenses 15 0 0
      Paid advertising in Times 0 4 6

1866. Jan. 26. Paid swearing and filing two
      affidavits, 10s.; order, 6s.;
      letters of administration, 60s.;
      advertising balance sheet,
      7s. 6d. 4 3 6
      Administrator's commission, at
      5 per cent. 23 14 0
      Balance 430 19 6
      £474 1 6

WE beg to intimate that we have this day sold the
stock, book debts, premises, and goodwill of
our business at Hokitika, to Mr. Edward Reeves,
who, under the style or firm of "Edward Reeves and
Co.," will continue the business, and will collect and
pay all debts due to and by us on account of our late
branch establishment at Hokitika.

W. & G. TURNBULL & Co.,
1st June, 1866. Wellington and Dunedin.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.