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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

shall henceforth have cognizance of all felonies and
indictable misdemeanours committed before or after
the passing of the said Act within the district over
which its jurisdiction extends, saving only the felonies
specially excepted in and by the fourth clause of
the said Act.

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
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 Wellington,
this tenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.
W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A. PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the eleventh section of "The
Otago and Southland Union Act, 1870," it is
enacted that, notwithstanding the dissolution of the
Provincial Council of the Province of Southland, the
persons who immediately before the coming into
operation of this Act were members of the said
Council shall, on a day and at a time and place to be
fixed by the Governor by Proclamation in the New
Zealand Gazette, assemble, and by lot or by ballot, as
and to be taken in such manner as shall be prescribed
in and by such Proclamation, select seven of their
number, who, with the present Superintendent of the
Province of Southland, shall represent in the Provincial
Council of the new Province that part of the new
Province which immediately before the coming into
operation of the said Act was included in the Province
of Southland:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
G.C.M.G., in exercise and pursuance of all powers
and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do by this
Proclamation fix Thursday, the twentieth day of
October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, at
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, as the day and time,
and the Provincial Council Chamber, Invercargill, as
the place, on and at which the persons who immediately
before the coming into operation of the said Act
were members of the Provincial Council of the late
Province of Southland shall assemble as and for the
purpose in the hereinbefore recited section of the
said Act is provided. And I do by this Proclamation
prescribe that the selection by the said persons of
seven of their number to represent, with the person
who at the time of the passing of the said Act was
Superintendent of the late Province of Southland, in
the Provincial Council of the new Province of Otago,
that part of the said new Province which was within
the late Province of Southland, shall be by ballot, to
be taken in the manner following, that is to say—

1. William Wood, Esq., lately Superintendent of
   the Province of Southland, shall preside at the taking
   of and shall take the said ballot at the said meeting.
2. The taking of the said ballot shall commence at
   eleven o'clock in the forenoon, on the said twentieth
   day of October, one thousand eight hundred and
   seventy.
3. The said William Wood, Esq., shall, before
   the said twentieth day of October, cause to be
   printed ballot papers, with the Christian or first
   names and surnames of all the persons who were
   Members of the Provincial Council of Southland
   immediately before the coming into operation of
   the said Act, except the name of William Wood,
   Esq., and of no other persons, in full, in the form
   following :-
   Ballot Paper.
   A. B.
   C. D.
   &c.

Directions.

The voter is to strike out the name of every person
for whom he does not intend to vote, by drawing a
line through the name with a pen or pencil. He
must be careful not to leave uncancelled the names
of more than seven, or the paper will be invalid.
The ballot paper must then be folded so as to con-
ceal all the names of the persons printed on the
paper, and the ballot paper must then be put in the
ballot box by the voter.
The ballot paper must not be taken out of the
room in which the ballot is taken.
The above directions shall be printed on the paper,
and shall be complied with and enforced.
4. The ballot shall be taken in the said chamber,
and the said chamber shall be so arranged that there
shall be in the same an inner compartment, and there
shall be provided by the said William Wood therein
pencils and pens and ink for the use of the voters.
5. The said William Wood shall also provide a
ballot box with an opening therein to receive the
ballot papers, and with a lock and key.
6. Before proceeding to take the poll the said
William Wood shall exhibit, for inspection of the
voters, the ballot box, open and empty, and shall then
forthwith take the same, being still empty, and set
the same, empty and unopened, on a table in front of
him, and in view of the persons present in the said
chamber, and so keep the same till the ballot is
concluded.
7. There shall be delivered at the said meeting by
the said William Wood, to each person entitled to
vote, and who shall desire to vote, a ballot paper,
and every person to whom a ballot paper shall be
delivered shall forthwith retire alone to the said com-
partment, and shall there alone, and without delay,
strike out from such ballot paper the names of the
persons for whom he does not intend to vote, and
shall forthwith fold up such ballot paper in such
manner as will conceal the names of the persons on
the ballot paper, and deposit it in the ballot box, in
the presence of the said William Wood.
8. Each voter may give one vote to each of the
persons qualified to be selected, not exceeding seven
in number, and he may vote for himself, if he thinks
fit, as one of the seven, and any ballot paper
recording more than seven votes shall be rejected
at the close of the poll.
9. At twelve of the clock at noon of the said day
the said William Wood shall close the poll, and shall
then open the ballot box, and proceed to ascertain
the number of votes given for each person, in view
of those present in the chamber, and shall both then
and after abstain from inspecting the writing upon
the back of the ballot papers, and take care that the
same is not seen by any person present, and shall
then and there announce the number of votes given to
each person, and declare those, not exceeding seven in
number, who have received the greatest number of
votes to be duly elected Members, and if two or more
of such persons shall have received an equal number
of votes the said William Wood shall have a casting
vote, but he shall not have an original vote, and the
names of the persons so declared shall be certified to
the Governor by the said William Wood, and be
published by the Colonial Secretary in the General
Government Gazette.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand