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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Now know ye, that I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursu-
ance of the power and authority in me vested by the
said Act, do hereby abolish all existing polling
places for the Electoral Districts in the Province of
Nelson for the election of Superintendent and
Members of the Provincial Council thereof, and do
appoint in place thereof-

For the City of Nelson District.
The Provincial Hall.
The Odd Fellows' Hall.

For the Suburban North District.
The Hill-side School Room.

For the Waimea East District.
The Institute, Richmond.
The School Room, Stoke.

For the Waimea South District.
The School Room, Spring Grove.
The School Room, Upper Wakefield.
The Library, Motueka Valley.

For the Waimea West District.
The Southern School Room, Waimea West.
The School Room, Upper Moutere.

For the Motueka District.
The Institute, Motueka.
The School Room, Riwaka.
The School Room, Lower Moutere.

For the Golden Bay District.
The Court House, Collingwood.
The Police Station, Slate River.
The School House, Clifton.
The School House, Takaka.

For the Amuri District.
The Court House, Waiauna.

For the Buller District.
The Court House, Westport.
The Store of Mr. John Braithwaite, Caledonian
Terrace.
The Old Court House, Addison's.

For the Charleston District.
The Court House, Charleston.
The Court House, Brighton.

For the Grey District.
The Court House, Cobden.
The Police Camp, Ahaura.
The Police Camp, Napoleon Hill.

And I do also hereby abolish the existing prin-
cipal polling places for the Electoral Districts in the
Province of Nelson for the election of Superin-
tendent and Members of the Provincial Council
thereof, and do appoint in place thereof-

For the City of Nelson District.
The Provincial Hall.

For the Suburban North District.
The Hill-side School Room.

For the Waimea East District.
The Institute, Richmond.

For the Waimea South District.
The School Room, Spring Grove.

For the Waimea West District.
The Southern School Room.

For the Motueka District.
The Institute.

For the Golden Bay District.
The Court House, Collingwood.

For the Amuri District.
The Court House, Waiauna.

For the Buller District.
The Court House, Westport.

For the Charleston District.
The Court House, Charleston.

For the Grey District.
The Court House, Cobden.

For the Grey District.
The Court House, Cobden.

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

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Returning Officers for the respective Electoral
Districts set opposite their names, for the election of
Members of the Provincial Council of the Province
of Nelson, viz. :-

THOMAS BRUNNER, Esq., City of Nelson, Suburban
North, Waimea East, Waimea South, Waimea
West.

ALEXANDER LE GRAND CAMPBELL, Esq., Motueka.
HENRY WIDOWSON TURNELL, Esq., Golden Bay.
HUGH MCILRAITH, Esq., Amuri.
JOSEPH GILES, Esq., Buller.
CHARLES BROAD, Esq., Charleston.
JOHN HENRY LOWE, Esq., Grey.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

RICHMOND BEETHAM, Esq.,

to be Returning and Registration Officer for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives
for the Electoral District of Hampden, and Return-
ing Officer for the election of Members of the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Otago for the
Electoral District of The Lakes, in the room of T.
G. Dugard, Esq.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1869.

IT is hereby notified, that in conformity with Clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865," the under-mentioned name has
been sent in to this Office by the Town Clerk as the
name of a person who has been elected Mayor for the
place set opposite his name:--

WM. HENRY WHITTER, Cromwell.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1869.

THE following Despatch with Enclosure from
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, is published for general information.

W. GISBORNE.

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street,
10th June, 1869.

SIR, I transmit to you, at the request of the Civil
Service Commissioners, the enclosed Regulations for
an Examination of Candidates for the Civil Service
of India, which is to take place in the month of
April, 1870.

I have, &c.,
GRANVILLE.

Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G.