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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
thence crossing part of old road and through section
36 in a general south-by-east direction for about
24 chains; thence through same section in a south-
westerly direction for about 16 chains, striking the
old road at the south-west corner of section 36, the
aforesaid section 36 being the property of one John
Chadwick, of Tauranga.

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 under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this thirtieth day of June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of June, 1871.

Present:

THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the sixty-seventh section of "The
Regulation of Elections Act, 1870," it is
enacted that no election shall be void in consequence
only of there having been no Returning Officer at the
time of the issue of the Writ, or of any delay in the
return of the Writ; and where any accidental or
unavoidable impediment, misfeasance, or omission
shall have happened, the Governor in Council may
take all such measures as may be necessary for
removing such impediment or rectifying such mis-
feasance or omission, or may declare any or all of the
proceedings at or for any election valid as to and
notwithstanding such impediment, misfeasance, or
omission; and every such Order in Council shall
state specifically the nature of the impediment,
misfeasance, or omission, and shall be forthwith
published in the New Zealand Gazette : And
whereas on the seventh day of February last a
Writ was issued by His Excellency the Governor
for the election of a Member to serve in the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Otago for the
Electoral District of Dunstan: And whereas on the
said seventh day of February a Writ was also issued
by His Excellency the Governor for the election of a
Member to serve in the Provincial Council of the Pro-
vince of Otago for the Electoral District of Kawarau:
And whereas on the fourth day of February last His
Excellency the Governor did, by Warrant under his
hand (published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
seventh day of the said month of February), amongst
other Polling Places for the said Electoral District of
Dunstan, appoint for the said Electoral District of
Dunstan a Polling Place described therein as follows,
that is to say:-

The Canvas Booth, Nevis.

And whereas the said place so described was not
situate within the said District of Dunstan or within
one mile of the limits thereof: And whereas the said
place so described was situate within the said District
of Kawarau, but was not appointed as a Polling
Place for the said District of Kawarau: And
whereas the appointment of the said place as a Polling
Place for the said District of Dunstan was by mistake,
and the said place ought to have been appointed as a
Polling Place for the said District of Kawarau,
and the said appointment was omitted by mistake:
Writ for the election of a Member for the said
District of Kawarau, certain votes were tendered
and received at the said Polling Place: And whereas
in the election held under the said Writ for the
election of a Member for the said District of Dunstan,
one or more votes were tendered and refused at the
said place: And it is expedient that the omission to
appoint the said place as a Polling Place for the
District of Kawarau, and that the mistake in ap-
pointing the said place as a Polling Place for the said
District of Dunstan, should be rectified, and that the
said elections should be declared valid notwithstanding
such mistake:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, doth hereby declare the
said elections valid notwithstanding the said
mistakes and omissions, and doth, with the like
advice and consent, rectify the said mistakes and
omissions by declaring that the said votes tendered
and accepted as aforesaid at the said Polling Place
shall be deemed to have been as duly tendered and
accepted, and to have been as valid, as if the said
Polling Place had been duly appointed for the
District of Kawarau; and that the said votes tendered
and refused as aforesaid at the said Polling Places
shall be deemed to have been duly refused, and to
have been as invalid as if the said Polling Place had
not been so appointed as aforesaid for the said
District of Dunstan.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of June, 1871.

Present:

THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Land Transfer Act, 1870,"
it is provided that it shall be lawful for each
District Land Registrar to demand such fees as shall
from time to time be appointed by the Governor in
Council, not in any case exceeding the several fees
specified in the Schedule to the said Act marked P:
And whereas by an Order in Council bearing date
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, His Excellency the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, did appoint that
the several fees specified in the Schedule marked P
to "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," should be the
fees payable under the said Act to the several District
Land Registrars acting from time to time under the
provisions of the said Act, in respect of the several
matters in the said Schedule referred to: And
whereas it is expedient to reduce the fees chargeable
for certain matters in the said Schedule referred to:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of New Zealand, doth hereby appoint that in
all cases where the title consists of a grant issued
in fulfilment of any contract entered into with the
Crown previous to the coming into operation of the
said Land Transfer Act, but subsequent to the
twenty-eighth day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-one, and none of the land included
therein has been dealt with, the fees chargeable for
bringing the said lands under the provisions of the