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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and in exercise of the power and authority in
that behalf vested in me, do hereby withdraw from
the Otago Gold Field, proclaimed on the twenty-
ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven, all that parcel of land situate in the
Waihemo and Dunback Survey Districts, in the
Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement ten
thousand acres, more or less, being a portion of Run
numbered one hundred and nine (109) on the map of
the North-eastern Pastoral Districts of the said
Province; bounded towards the North-west by Run
numbered two hundred and fifty-five (255); towards
the North-east by the remaining portion of Run
numbered one hundred and nine (109); towards the
South-east by the Moeraki Hundred and Run
numbered eighty (80); and towards the South-west
by the remainder of Run numbered one hundred and
nine (109).

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; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, this fourth
day of November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that there shall be within the
Colony Courts of Record, possessing civil and
criminal jurisdiction, to be called "District Courts,"
and that it shall be lawful for the Governor, in the
manner in the said Act provided, to constitute dis-
tricts within which such Courts shall be respectively
held, and from time to time, by notification in the
New Zealand Gazette, to fix the times and places
within the district at which every such Court shall be
held:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, do hereby fix and notify
that sittings of the District Court for the District of
Westland North shall be held in the Resident Magis-
trate's Court-house at Charleston, in the Province
of Nelson, for the despatch of civil and criminal
business, on the third Tuesday in February, the
second Tuesday in June, the second Tuesday in
August, and the second Tuesday in November, in
every year.

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 thirtieth day
of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. F. BOWEN, 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 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 warrant under the hand of the Governor, bearing
date the sixteenth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight,

The Toll House, on Raglan side, Newmarket,
was appointed a principal polling place for the
District of Raglan, for the election of Members of
the House of Representatives: And whereas it is
expedient to abolish the same:

Now know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
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 District of Raglan for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives,
and do appoint in lieu thereof—

The Public Hall, Otahuhu.

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 fifth day of
November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

E. W. STAFFORD.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,"
it is enacted that the Governor in Council
may, by warrant under his hand, from time to time,
delegate to the Superintendent of any Province
within the Colony all or any of the powers vested in
the Governor or the Governor in Council by the said
Act, subject to such regulations as he may think fit:
And whereas by the fourth section of "The Diseased
Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that
the Governor may, by any Order in Council, from
time to time annul, make void, or alter, or vary and
make anew, any Orders in Council, regulations,
appointments, or prohibitory or other declarations,
made and published by the Governor, under the
authority of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or
of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
or by the Superintendent of any Province, under or
in pursuance of any powers delegated under or
the powers of delegation contained in "The Diseased
Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased Cattle Act
Amendment Act, 1865," And whereas by the fifth
section of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment
Act, 1865," it is enacted that the power of annulling,
making void, or allowing, or varying and making
anew, any such regulations, appointments, or pro-
hibitory or other declarations vested in the Governor
by "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act,
1865," may, from time to time, be delegated by the
Governor in Council, by warrant under his hand, to
the Superintendent of any Province :

And whereas by "The County of Westland Act,
1868," it is enacted that in any Act of the General
Assembly, except such as relate to the election of
Superintendents and Provincial Councils, and to
legislation by such Councils, and to appointments of
Deputy Superintendents, and to audit of Provincial
Accounts, and issue of Provincial Revenue, and
matters of a like kind, the word "Province" shall
include "County of Westland," and the word