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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
a Polling Place for the District of Coleridge, for
the election of Members of the House of Represen-
tatives:

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
District of Coleridge, for the election of Members of
the House of Representatives, and do appoint in lieu
thereof-

The School House at Little Race Course Hill.

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, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this eleventh day
of September, 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 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:

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:

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 appoint the following place to
be an additional Polling Place for the Electoral Dis-
trict hereinafter specified, for the election of Members
of the House of Representatives, namely:-

For the District of Selwyn:
The School House at Springstone.

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, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this eleventh day
of September, 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:

And whereas by Warrant under the hand of the
Governor, Maxwell's Woolshed, Race Course Hill
Station, was appointed a Polling Place for the
District of Rakaia, for the election of Members of
the Provincial Council of the Province of Canter-
bury:

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 District of Rakaia, for the election of Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Canter-
bury, and do appoint in lieu thereof-

The School House at Little Race Course Hill.

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, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this eleventh day
of September, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.

W. GISBORNE.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "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 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 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 the said
Act it is further enacted that every election of
the Superintendent or of a Member of the Provin-
cial Council of a Province shall be conducted in
the manner prescribed therein for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives, and that
the Governor shall have the same powers of appoint-
ing and altering Polling Places and Principal Polling
Places for Electoral Districts for the election of
Superintendents and Members of Provincial Councils
as, under the provisions thereinbefore contained, he