✨ Polling Place Changes and Jury Act




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do
hereby abolish the above-named Polling Place for the
District of Caversham, for the Election of Members
of the House of Representatives, and do appoint in
lieu thereofβ€”
The School House, North-east Harbour.
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 eleventh day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.
W. GISBORNE.
hand, from time to time to appoint Polling Places
for each 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:

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 Governor, by Warrant under his hand, from time
to time to appoint Polling Places for each 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:
And whereas by Warrant under the hand of the
Governor, bearing date the thirty-first day of Decem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the
School House, North Harbour, was appointed a
Polling Place for the Province of Otago, for the
Election of a Superintendent thereof:
And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same :
Now know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Act,
do hereby abolish the above-named Polling Place for
the Province of Otago, for the election of Superin-
tendent thereof, and do appoint in lieu thereofβ€”
The School House, North-east Harbour.
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 eleventh day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.
W. GISBORNE.
Now know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested by the
said Act, do hereby appoint the following places to be
additional Polling Places for the Electoral Districts
hereinafter specified, for the election of Members of
the House of Representatives, namely,-

For the District of Wakaia-
Mr. Stevenson's Store, Horse Shoe Bend.
House of Mr. James Forbes, Potter's Gully.
School House, Miller's Flat West.

For the District of Mataura-
Waiopai Downs Station.

For the District of Ashley-
Cust Road Board Office.

For the District of City of Dunedin-
North Dunedin School House.

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 twelfth day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.
W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:
WHEREAS, it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor, by Warrant under his
WHEREAS by the fifteenth section of "The
Juries Act, 1868," it is enacted that in case any
Circuit Court or sittings of the Supreme Court for
trial of civil or criminal cases, or District Court, or
Court of Sessions of the Peace, shall thereafter be
lawfully directed or appointed to be holden at any
town other than those at which Courts are now
holden, the Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court
there, if there be one, or a Jury Officer to be ap-
pointed for the jury district of such town in manner
in the said Act mentioned shall act as Jury Officer
for the jury district of such town, and such
Jury Officer, and all Justices of the Peace,
and the Registrars, Clerks, or other officers
of Courts, constables and officers of police, and
Sheriffs, shall within such time as the Governor shall
order for that occasion only do and perform all such
acts, matters, and things, in and towards preparing,
collecting, allowing, sending, and delivering the lists
of men qualified and liable to serve on juries, and
making out the jury books for every such jury district
as are thereinbefore required ordinarily to be done at
a different time or period, and all such last-mentioned
jury books shall be brought into use and the persons
whose names shall be therein set down shall be liable
to serve immediately after the same shall have been
made out by the Sheriff, and the said last-mentioned



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🏘️ Abolition of Polling Place for Caversham District (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
11 January 1871
Polling Place abolition, Caversham District, House of Representatives Election, Warrant
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • W. Gisborne

🏘️ Abolition of Polling Place for Otago Province Superintendent Election

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
11 January 1871
Polling Place abolition, Otago Province, Superintendent Election, Warrant
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • W. Gisborne

🏘️ Appointment of Additional Polling Places for House of Representatives Election

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
12 January 1871
Polling Place appointment, Wakaia, Mataura, Ashley, Dunedin, House of Representatives
  • Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor
  • W. Gisborne

βš–οΈ Provisions for Jury Officer Duties in Newly Appointed Court Locations

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
Juries Act 1868, Jury Officer, Circuit Court, Supreme Court, Sheriff duties