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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Ko maua nga tangata nana nga ingoa kua tuhi
tuhi iho i raro nei, na maua te piihi whenua i West-
port i te takiwa o te Pura kua oti nei te wakaatu
atu ki runga kua wakaae maua kia tukua ki te Ture
mo nga whenua rahui a nga Maori, nga tikanga mo
aua piihi whenua.

HAKARAIA TE PIKI.
WIKI RIRIA TE PIKI.

Ki atitiro—
J. T. Catley, Sub-Treasurer, Nelson.
Wiremu Katene, o Wakapuaka.
Tamati Pirimona, o Kawatiri, toru ✖ tohu.
Alexander Mackay, Commissioner, Native Re-
serves.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Gold Fields
Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor in Council, under his hand and the
Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time to dele-
gate to the Superintendent of any Province, or such
other person as the Governor may deem fit, all or
any of the powers vested in the Governor or the
Governor in Council by the Act now in recital,
except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two,
forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred
and seven of the said Act, subject or not to any
limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in
like manner to alter or revoke any such powers:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof,
and in the exercise of the power and authority for
this purpose in me vested, do hereby delegate unto

WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Esquire,
as Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury,
all the powers vested in me under or by virtue of the
said "Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers
conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight,
sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven, to have,
hold, and exercise within the Province of Canterbury
the said powers hereby given to the said William
Rolleston, Esquire, so long as he shall continue and
remain Superintendent of the said Province, and no
longer: Provided always that copies of all rules and
regulations made under the delegation aforesaid shall
be forthwith transmitted to the Colonial Secretary,
in order that the same may be laid before the General
Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of the
one hundred and tenth clause of "The Gold Fields
Act, 1866."

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 under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Welling-
ton, this second day of June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine.

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

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,
dated the 26th day of May, 1869, the Resident
Magistrate's Court, Otaki, was appointed a polling
place for the election of Superintendent and Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Wel-
lington:

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 place
for the Province of Wellington for the election of
Superintendent and Members of the Provincial
Council.

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 issued
at Wellington, this first day of June,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned

The Hon. FRANCIS DART FENTON,
of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland, to the
Legislative Council of New Zealand, by Writ of
Summons under the Seal of the Colony.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1869.

IT is hereby notified, that a Writ issued for the
election of a Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives for the District of Oamaru has been
returned with a certificate to the effect that

CHARLES CHRISTIE GRAHAM,
of Ben Lomond, Maerewhenua River, Otago, Free-
holder, has been duly elected. E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 27th May, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

RICHARD MORRIS
to be Clerk to the Bench at Oxford, under "The
Resident Magistrate's Act, 1867."
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
award the Decorative Distinction instituted by
Order in Council dated tenth March, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, to the under-mentioned
Trooper of the Kai Iwi Cavalry Volunteers, whose
claim to the same has been submitted to His Excel-
lency on account of the Act of Bravery performed
by him, as stated against his name:—