THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 775

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 Superin-
tendent or of a Member of the Provincial Council
of a Province shall be conducted in the manner pre-
scribed therein for the election of Members of the
House of Representatives, and that the Governor
shall have the same powers of appointing and alter-
ing Polling Places and Principal Polling Places for
Electoral Districts for the election of Superinten-
dents and Members of Provincial Councils as, under
the provisions thereinbefore contained, he has for
Electoral Districts for election of Members of the
House of Representatives:

Now therefore, 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 places to be additional Polling
Places for the Province of Nelson, for the election of
Superintendent thereof, namely—

Leslie's Office, Lyell;
The Court House, Reefton;
Ramsay's Store, Black's Point; and
The Police Camp, Matakitaki.

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 fourteenth
day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two.

JOHN HALL.

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 Dis-
trict, 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 pursuance
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 District
hereinafter specified, for the election of Members of
the House of Representatives, namely—

For the District of Wakatipu:
Mr. David Hazeel's Store, Branches, Shotover.
Mr. Thomas Kinross's Store, Gibbstown.

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 fourteenth day
of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

JOHN HALL.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 16th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
The Hon. WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, C.M.G.,
of his office as Commissioner under "The Land
Claims Settlement Act, 1856," and "The Land Claims
Settlement Extension Act, 1858."

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
LOWTHER BROAD, Esq.,
to be the Registrar of Poisons for the Province of
Nelson, under "The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871," vice
John Sharp, Esq., resigned.

JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 16th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GRAHAM LORD GREENWOOD, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Reefton, and
PERCY WAKEFIELD, Esq.,
to be Clerk at Charlestown, of the District Court of
Westland North.

JOHN HALL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 16th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
PERCY WAKEFIELD, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Charleston, Nelson South-West Gold Fields.

JOHN HALL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz. :—

In the Manukau Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Douglas to be Captain. Date of
commission, 1st October, 1872.