THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 665

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME-GREETING:

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1870," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Electoral District, within or within one mile of the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such Polling
Places to be the Principal Polling Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling Places from time to
time to abolish, and, if he think fit, to appoint other Polling Places in lieu of those abolished, and that every
such Warrant shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette: Provided always that no Polling Place
shall be appointed by the Governor under the said Act unless he shall be first satisfied that the place to be
appointed is more convenient than any other for at least twenty electors to record their votes thereat:

Now know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the Places mentioned
in the First Schedule hereto to be Polling Places for the Electoral Districts in the said First Schedule
mentioned for the election of Members of the House of Representatives: And I do hereby also appoint
the Polling Places mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto to be the Principal Polling Places for the
Electoral Districts in the said First Schedule and in the Second Schedule mentioned for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives.

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 thirtieth
day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
W. GISBORNE.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

Mongonui and Bay of Islands—
The Court House, Russell.
The Court House, Herd's Point, Hokianga.
The Court House, Kaio, Whangaroa.
The Court House, Mongonui.
The Runanga House, Waimate.
The Runanga House, Oruru.
Mr. James Tautari's Store, Kawakawa.
Mr. James Matthews' Residence, Kaitaia.
Marsden—
The Court House at the Township of Whangarei.
The Resident Magistrate's Station, Whangarei
Heads.
Mr. William Harrison's Residence, Mangapai.
Messrs. Brown and Campbell's Saw Mill, Ara-
tapu, Wairoa River, Kaipara.
The School House, Waipu.
The Post Office, Mangawai.
The Post Office, Paparoa.
Rodney—
The Post Office, Mahurangi Heads.
The Post Office, Waiwera.
The School House at Puhoi.
The Post Office, Port Albert, Albertland.
The Public Hall, Mahurangi.
The School House, Matakana.
The Settlers' Store at the Wade River (North
side).
Waitemata—
The Devonport Hall, Flagstaff, North Shore.
Mr. Reid's Residence, Stokes' Point, North
Shore.
Mr. John McPike's Residence, Little Muddy
Creek.
Mr. Keogh's House, Pitoitoi, Riverhead.
Henderson's Mill.
The Store where the Court and Highway Board
sit, Weiti.
The Court House, Helensville.
City of Auckland East—
The Mechanics' Institute.
City of Auckland West—
The Young Men's Christian Association Build-
ing, Durham Street.
Parnell—
The Public Hall.
Newton—
The Newton Academy.
Town of Onehunga—
The Court House, Onehunga.

Eden—
The Toll House at Newmarket.
The Police Station at Panmure.
Franklin—
The Public Hall, Otahuhu.
The Court House, Howick.
The Resident Magistrate's Office, Drury.
The Resident Magistrate's Office, Waiuku.
The Post Office, Upper Mauku.
The Post Office, Pokeno.
The School House, Wairoa.
Waikato—
The Resident Magistrate's Office, Ngaruawahia.
The Resident Magistrate's Office, Alexandra.
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Cambridge.
The Court House, Hamilton.
The Court House, Raglan.
The Post Office, Te Awamutu.
Thames—
The Court House, Shortland.
The Court House, Coromandel.
Messrs. Fleming and Stevenson's Store, Hast-
ings, Tapu Creek.
East Coast—
The Resident Magistrate's Court House at
Tauranga.
Mr. Rogers' Store, Maketu.
Mr. Kelly's Auction Room, Opotiki.
Grey and Bell—
The Court Room, in the Taranaki Institute,
Town of New Plymouth.
The School House, Hua Village.
Messrs. Webster's Store at the Waitara.
Town of New Plymouth—
The Court Room, in the Taranaki Institute,
Town of New Plymouth.
Egmont—
The Court Room, in the Taranaki Institute,
Town of New Plymouth.
The Omata School House.
The Oakura School House.
The old Government Block House at Patea,
situate on the Reserve for General Purposes.
Napier—
The Resident Magistrate's Court House, Napier.
The Court House, Wairoa.
The School House, Petane.
The School House, Puketapu.
The Police Station, Meanee.