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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

by a line identical with what was on the 13th day of
July, 1867, the line of high watermark, along the
sea coast to Tuapo; thence by survey lines to the
summit of Ruahine; thence by a survey line to Te
Tumutumu; thence by survey lines to the horse road
from Coromandel to Manaia; thence by that road to
Te Poka; thence by a line identical with what was
on the 13th day of July, 1867, the line of high water-
mark, along the sea coast to the point of commence-
ment.

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; and issued under
the Public Seal of the Colony, this
thirtieth day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two.

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Governors of the New Zealand Institute appointed.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The New Zealand Institute Act,
1867," provision is made for the appointment
of Members of a Board of Governors of the New
Zealand Institute, and it is enacted that on the first
day of November, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight, and on the first day of November in each
succeeding year, three members of the said Board of
Governors (other than the Governor, the Colonial
Secretary, and the Superintendent of the Province
of Wellington, respectively, for the time being,) shall
retire from office, but shall be eligible for re-appoint-
ment: And whereas W. T. L. Travers, Esq., F.L.S.,
and Charles Knight, Esq., F.R.C.S., and Sir David
Munro, Knight, three of the members of the said
Board of Governors, have retired from office, and are
eligible for reappointment under the provisions of
the said Act:

And whereas by the said Act it is also provided
that, on the annual retirement of the said members,
the successors of such retiring members shall be
appointed by the Governor:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority in that behalf
vested in me by the said Act, do hereby reappoint

W. T. L. TRAVERS, Esq., F.L.S., and
Sir DAVID MONRO, Knt.,

and do further appoint

The Hon. EDWARD WILLIAM STAFFORD, M.H.R.,
to be Governors of the Institution called 'the New
Zealand Institute.

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

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

Proclamation abolishing District Court District of
Hawke's Bay.

(L.S.) G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The District Courts Act, 1858,”
it is enacted that there shall be within the
Colony Courts of Record possessing civil and criminal
jurisdiction, to be called District Courts; and the
Governor is empowered from time to time, as he shall
think fit, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette,
to constitute throughout the Colony, or in any part
thereof, districts within which such Courts shall be
respectively held, and such districts to abolish, and
the boundaries thereof to define and alter: And
whereas by a Proclamation, bearing date the second
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy,
and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the
eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the powers and authorities for that pur-
pose vested in me, did constitute and define the
district in and by the said Proclamation described
and referred to, and named therein “The Hawke's Bay
District:” And whereas it is expedient to abolish the
said district:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority vested in me
in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that

“The Hawke's Bay District,”

under “The District Courts Act, 1858,” as the same
is described or referred to in the said Proclamation
of the second day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, shall be and remain abolished
from and after the thirty-first day of December
next.

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

JOHN BATHGATE,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Warrant abolishing Polling Places and Principal
Polling Places, and appointing others in lieu
thereof, in Nelson.

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 War-
rant shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette:
Provided always that no Polling Place shall be ap-