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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Otago Municipal Corpora-
tions Empowering Act, 1865," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint
the person elected to be Mayor of any city or
incorporated town as therein mentioned to be a
Justice of the Peace for the Colony, provided that
in every such case such appointment shall continue
no longer than the Mayoralty of such person: And
whereas Robert Finlay, Esquire, has been elected
Mayor of the Incorporated Town of Alexandra, in
the Province of Otago:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority vested in me in
that behalf, do hereby appoint the said

ROBERT FINLAY, Esq.,

to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.

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 eleventh day
of August, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine.

W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Otago Municipal Corpora-
tions Empowering Act, 1865," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint
the person elected to be Mayor of any city or incor-
porated town as therein mentioned to be a Justice
of the Peace for the Colony, provided that in every
such case such appointment shall continue no longer
than the Mayoralty of such person: And whereas
Horace Bastings, Esquire, has been elected Mayor
of the Municipality of Lawrence, in the Province
of Otago:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority vested in me in
that behalf, do hereby appoint the said

HORACE BASTINGS, Esq.,

to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New
Zealand.

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 Govern-
ment House, at Wellington, this eleventh
day of August, one thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty-nine.

W. GISBORNE.

Now, therefore, the Governor of New Zealand, in
pursuance of the power and authority in him vested
by the said Act, doth hereby appoint the following
place to be an additional polling place for the
Electoral District hereinafter specified, for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives,
namely—

For the Bay of Islands District—
The Store occupied by Mr. James Tautari,
Kawakawa.

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 ninth day of
August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

W. GISBORNE.

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 another Act of the General
Assembly, intituled "The Provincial Elections Act,
1858," it is enacted that, subject to certain pro-
visions therein contained, every election of the
Superintendent or of a Member of the Provincial
Council of a Province shall be conducted in the
manner prescribed by "The Regulation of Elections
Act, 1858," aforesaid, and the provisions of the said
last-mentioned Act shall apply to the elections of
Superintendents and Members of Provincial Councils:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Acts,
do hereby appoint the following place to be an
additional polling place for the District of the Bay
of Islands, for the election of Superintendent and
Members of the Provincial Council of the Province
of Auckland, namely—

The Store occupied by Mr. James Tautari,
Kawakawa.

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 ninth day of
August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1869.

THE following Despatches, with enclosures, from
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, are published for general information.

W. GISBORNE.