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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 Places for
the District of Waimea, for the election of Members
of the Provincial Council of Nelson.

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, Gover-
nor 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 eighth day of July,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.

the jurisdiction of the several Sheriffs shall be exer-
cised, and the limits of such districts from time to
time to alter as occasion may require: And whereas
by Warrant, bearing date the ninth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, the bound-
aries of the Sheriff's District of Westland North
were defined: And whereas it is expedient that the
limits of the said Westland North Sheriff's District
should be altered in manner hereinafter mentioned,
and that a new Sheriff's District should be formed out
of the said Westland North District :

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority in me vested
in this behalf, do hereby define the districts de-
scribed and named in the Schedule hereto to be, on
and from the first day of September next, Sheriff's'
Districts under the provisions of "The Sheriffs Act,
1858."

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:

W HEREAS 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 thirtieth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the Court
House, Wangapeka, and the Warden's Office, Mataki-
taki, were appointed Polling Places for the Province
of Nelson, for the election of the 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 Places for
the Province of Nelson, for the election of the Super-
intendent thereof.

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 eighth day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.

SCHEDULE.

THE SHERIFF'S DISTRICT OF WESTLAND NORTH.
THIS district is bounded towards the North by a
right line from the mouth of the River Mackay to the
summit of Mount Arthur; thence towards the East
by a right line to the confluence of the River Gowan
(or Rotoroa) with the River Buller, and thence by a
right line to the summit of Mount Franklin; thence
towards the South by a right line to the confluence
of the Colin (or Awarau) and Inangahua Rivers,
and thence by a right line to the summit of Mount
Faraday, and thence by a right line to the sea coast
at the Five Finger Rocks; and towards the North-
west by the sea.

THE SHERIFF'S DISTRICT OF CENTRAL WESTLAND.
This district is bounded towards the North by the
Westland North District; thence towards the North-
east by a right line from the summit of Mount
Franklin to the summit of Mount Princess; thence
towards the South-east by a right line to the saddle
between the Hurunui and Teremakau Rivers;
towards the South-west by a part of the southern
boundary of the Province of Nelson; and towards
the West by the sea.

THE SHERIFF'S DISTRICT OF NELSON.
This district comprises all that portion of the Pro-
vince of Nelson which is not included in the herein-
before described Districts of Westland North and
Westland Middle.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eleventh day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
W. GISBORNE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

W HEREAS by "The County of Westland Act,
1868," it is, among other things, enacted that
whenever any extraordinary vacancy in the office of
Member of any Road Board shall occur, the persons
by whom the vacancy is to be filled up shall, on the
twenty-first day after the occurrence of such vacancy,
elect from the persons capable of being such Mem-
bers another person to fill such vacancy, and such
elections respectively shall be held in the same
manner, and the proceedings shall be the like, as
thereinbefore provided for with respect to the annual
ordinary elections of Members; and all the provisions
of the said Act shall apply in the case of such elec-
tions in like manner as in cases of ordinary annual
elections of Members of Road Boards: And whereas,
on the sixth day of June last, an extraordinary
vacancy occurred in the office of a Member of the
Road Board for the Paroa District, as defined by the