✨ Polling Place Appointments




540
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 warrants under the hand of the Governor,
certain places were appointed polling places for the
Electoral Districts in the Province of Auckland, for
the election of Members of the Provincial Council
thereof: 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 all existing polling places for the
Electoral Districts in the Province of Auckland, for
the election of Members of the Provincial Council
thereof, and do appoint in place thereof respectively
for the under mentioned Districts, as follows :β€”

For the City of Auckland East District.
The Mechanics' Institute.

For the City of Auckland West District.
Old Court House, Queen Street.

For the Newton District.
The Newton Academy.

For the Parnell District.
The Public Hall.

For the Northern Division District.
The Devonport Hall, Flagstaff, North Shore.
Mr. Reid's Residence, Stokes' Point, North
Shore.
Mr. John McPike's Residence, Little Muddy
Creek.
Henderson's Mill.
Store where the Court and Highway Board sit,
Weiti.
The Public Hall, Mahurangi.
The Post Office, Mahurangi Heads.
The Post Office, Waiwera.
Mr. Munro's Store, Matakana.
The Court House, Helensville, Kaipara.
Mr. Keogh's House, Pitoitoi, Riverhead.

For the Mongonui District.
The Court House, Mongonui.
Mr. Ball's Residence, Oruaiti.
Runanga House, Oruru.
Mr. James Matthews' Residence, Kaitaia.

For the Marsden District.
The School House, Township of Wangarei.
The Resident Magistrate's Station, Wangarei
Heads.
Mr. William Harrison's Residence, Mangapai.
The School House, Waipu.
The Post Office, Mangawai.
Mr. William Bonar's Saw Mill, Aratapu, Wairoa,
Kaipara.
The Post Office, Port Albert, Albertland.
The Post Office, Paparoa.

For the Bay of Islands District.
The Court House, Russell.
The Runanga House, Waimate.
The Court House, Herd's Point, Hokianga.
The Court House, Whangaroa.
Mr. James Tautari's Store, Kawakawa.

For the Raglan District.
The Public Hall, west side of Great South
Road, Otahuhu.
Toll House, Raglan side of Newmarket.
Resident Magistrate's Office, Drury.

Resident Magistrate's Office, Waiuku.
Post Office, Te Awamutu.
Resident Magistrate's Court, Alexandra.
The Court House, Port Waikato.
The Court House, Raglan.
The Court House, West Hamilton.
The Post Office, Upper Mauku.

For the Franklin District.
School House, Wairoa.
Court House, Coromandel.
Resident Magistrate's Court House, Tauranga.
The School House, Papakura.
New Toll House, East Bank of Tamaki, Pan-
mure Bridge.
The Redoubt, East Hamilton.
Toll Bar on Tamaki Road, near Newmarket.
The Court House, Thames Gold Field, Shortland.
Messrs. Allen and Hall's Store, Thames Gold
Field, Tapu Creek.

For the Town of Onehunga District.
The Court House, Onehunga.

For the Pensioner Settlements District.
The Police Station, Panmure.
The Police Station, Otahuhu.
The Court House, Howick.

For the Thames Gold Fields District.
The Court House, Shortland.
Messrs. Allen and Hall's Store, Hastings, Tapu
Creek.
The Old Court House, Coromandel.

And I do also hereby abolish the existing principal
polling places for the Electoral Districts in the Pro-
vince of Auckland for the election of Members of the
Provincial Council thereof, and do appoint in place
thereofβ€”

For the City of Auckland East District.
The Mechanics' Institute.

For the City of Auckland West District.
Old Court House, Queen Street.

For the Newton District.
The Newton Academy.

For the Parnell District.
The Public Hall, Parnell.

For the Northern Divison District.
The Devonport Hall, Flagstaff, North Shore.

For the Mongonui District.
The Court House, Mongonui.

For the Marsden District.
The School House, Township of Wangarei.

For the Bay of Islands District.
The Court House, Russell.

For the Raglan District.
The Public Hall, west side of Great South
Road, Otahuhu.

For the Franklin District.
School House, Wairoa.

For the Town of Onehunga District.
The Court House, Onehunga.

For the Pensioner Settlements District.
The Police Station, Panmure.

For the Thames Gold Fields District.
The Court House, Shortland.

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

W. GISBORNE.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1869, No 59





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🏘️ Proclamation Abolishing and Appointing Polling Places for Auckland Provincial Council Elections (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
29 September 1869
Polling places, Abolition, Appointments, Electoral Districts, Provincial Council, Auckland Province, Proclamation
11 names identified
  • Reid (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • John McPike (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • Munro (Mr.), Store used as polling place
  • Keogh (Mr.), House used as polling place
  • Ball (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • James Matthews (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • William Harrison (Mr.), Residence used as polling place
  • William Bonar (Mr.), Saw Mill used as polling place
  • James Tautari (Mr.), Store used as polling place
  • Allen (Messrs.), Store used as polling place
  • Hall (Messrs.), Store used as polling place

  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • 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
  • W. Gisborne