Numb. 26.

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1869.

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,
certain places were appointed polling places for the
election of Superintendent and Members of the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Wellington:
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 polling places
for the Province of Wellington for the election of
Superintendent and Members of the Provincial Coun-
cil, and do appoint in lieu thereof respectively :

For the City of Wellington District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court.
The Public Market-Place of Messrs. Bethune and
Hunter.

For the Hutt District.
The Mechanics' Institute, Lower Hutt.
The Stockade, Upper Hutt.
The School House, Wai-nui-o-mata.

For the Porirua District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Wellington.
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Otaki.
The Premises of Mr. Stace, Pauatahanui.
The Premises of Mr. Thomas Floyd, near the Ferry.
The Premises of Mr. Taylor, Johnsonville.

For the Karori and Makara District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Wellington.
The School House, Karori.
The Premises of Mr. P. Trotter, Makara.
The Premises of J. F. E. Wright, Esq., Ohiro.

For the Wairarapa East District.
The School House, Masterton.
The Premises of Mr. T. Guthrie, Castle Point.
The Premises of Mr. J. Crips, Whareama.
The Premises of Messrs. Smith and Revans, Huangarua.
The Premises of Mr. P. Hume, Tauanui.
The Premises of Mr. A. Nichol, Tinui.

For the Wairarapa West District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Greytown.
The School House, Masterton.
The School House, Carterton.
The School House, Featherston.

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For the Manawatu District.
The Court House, Otaki.
The Court House, Foxton.

For the Rangitikei District.
The Court House, Lower Rangitikei.
The Court House, Marton.
The Court House, Turakina.

For the Wangaehu District.
The School House, Kaitoke, on No. 1 line.
The School House, Putiki.
The Residence of Mr. John McGregor, on No. 3 line.

For the Wanganui Town District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court House, Wanganui.

For the Waitotara and Kai Iwi District.
The School House on the Industrial School Reserve,
Wanganui.
Messrs. Moore and Currie's Barn, Kai Iwi.

And I do further appoint the polling places here-
under to be the principal polling places for the said
districts respectively, viz.:

For the City of Wellington District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court.

For the Hutt District.
The Mechanics' Institute, Lower Hutt.

For the Porirua District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Wellington.

For the Karori and Makara District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Wellington.

For the Wairarapa East District.
The School House, Masterton.

For the Wairarapa West District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Greytown.

For the Manawatu District.
The Court House, Otaki.

For the Rangitikei District.
The Court House, Lower Rangitikei.

For the Wangaehu District.
The School House, Kaitoke, on No. 1 line.

For the Wanganui Town District.
The Resident Magistrate's Court House, Wanganui.

For the Waitotara and Kai Iwi District.
The School House on the Industrial School Reserve,
Wanganui.

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 twenty-sixth day of May,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.

E. W. STAFFORD.

ERRATUM.—In the New Zealand Gazette, 1869, page 218, for Charles James Halliday, read Charles John Halliday.