THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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it is expedient that such claims should be investi-
gated, and that their reasonable amounts should be
ascertained:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the Colony, do hereby
appoint

HENRY TACY CLARKE, Esq.,
of Tauranga, Civil Commissioner, to be a Commis-
sioner to investigate the said claims and ascertain
their reasonableness and respective amounts, and for
this purpose to take evidence, and hear the said
claimants themselves, their counsel or agents and
witnesses, and to direct that the said Commissioner
shall, by one or more reports as he shall deem
expedient, make known to me what he shall have
done in the premises.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this sixth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.

J. C. RICHMOND.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers in me vested, I, Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the
following places to be polling places for the several
Maori Electoral Districts constituted under "The
Maori Representation Act, 1867," for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives.

Northern Maori Electoral District.
Mangonui-Court House.
Ahipara-Court House.
Parengarenga-Hemi Parahoi's House.
Kororareka-Court House.
Waimate-Court House.
Hokianga-Court House, Herd's Point (Rawene).
Whangaroa-Court House, Kaeo.
Whangaruru-Hoterene's House, Ohawine.
Kaipara-Court House.
Whangarei-Court House.
Auckland-Supreme Court House.

Western Maori Electoral District.
Tauranga-Court House.
Taupo in Hauraki -Court House.
Shortland-Court House.
Coromandel-Court House.
Waiuku-Court House
Ngaruawahia-Court House.
Raglan-Court House.
Hinemaiai or Hatipe on Lake Taupo.
New Plymouth-Court House.
Opunake-Old Redoubt.
Patea-Court House.
Whanganui-Court House.
Otaki Court House.
Wellington-Court House.

Eastern Maori Electoral District.
Greytown.
Porangahau-Paora Ropiha's House.
Waipawa-Court House.
Napier-Provincial Council Chamber.
Wairoa-Court House.
Hinemaiai or Hatepe on Lake Taupo.
Turanganui.

Tuparoa.
Waiapu.
Opotiki.
Maketu.
Ohinemutu.

Southern Maori Electoral District.
Nelson-Court House.
Blenheim-Court House.
Kaiapoi-Court House.
Akaroa-Court House.
Arowhenua-Court House.
Moeraki-Court House.
Dunedin-Court House.
Campbelltown-Court House.
Riverton-Court House.
Greymouth-Court House.
Ruapuke-School House.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this third day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

J. C. RICHMOND.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The County of
Westland Act, 1867," it is provided that in and for
the County of Westland there shall be a Council to
advise and assist in the exercise of certain powers,
and that one member of the said Council, who shall
be chairman thereof, shall be appointed by the
Governor in Council:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony, do hereby appoint

JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR, Esq.,
to be the member of the Council of the County of
Westland, who also shall, in pursuance of the said
Act, be chairman thereof, in the room of the Honor-
able John Hall, who has resigned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, and issued at
Wellington, this seventh day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Approved in Council:
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Iustitute Act, 1867," it is enacted that on and after
the passing of the said Act and until the first day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight, the Governor for the time being of the said
Colony, the Colonial Secretary for the time being of
the said Colony, and the Superintendent for the
time being of the Province of Wellington, and six