Numb. 42. 403

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1873.

Proceedings at Election of a Member of the Pro-
vincial Council of Otago declared valid.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
second day of July, 1873.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN 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, mis-
feasance, or omission, and shall be published in the
New Zealand Gazette :
And whereas a Writ for the Election of a Member
of the Provincial Council of Otago was issued on or
about the twenty-second day of May last for the
Electoral District of Moeraki : And whereas in
accordance with the terms of the said Writ the
election of a Member for the said District was held
on the nineteenth day of June last, but at the Town
of Hampden, within such District, the polling at such
election took place in the Court House there instead
of at the School House, which last-named house is and
then was the duly appointed Polling Place for the
election of Members of the said Provincial Council:
And whereas one Charles de Vere Teschemaker
was declared by the Returning Officer at the said
election to be duly elected thereat: And whereas
it is expedient to declare the said election valid,
notwithstanding the said irregularity, misfeasance,
and omission :

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities
enabling him in this behalf, and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand,
doth hereby declare all the proceedings at and for
the said election valid as to and notwithstanding the
hereinbefore recited impediment, misfeasance, and
omission.
EDWARD RICHARDSON.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Superintendent of Otago elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1873.
IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for the
election of a Superintendent of the Province of
Otago has been returned, with a certificate to the
effect that
JAMES MACANDREW, Esq.,
has been duly elected.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Consul recognized.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1873.
IT is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies has instructed
His Excellency the Governor to recognize the ap-
pointment of
JAMES CRUICKSHANK, Esq.,
as Consul at Auckland for the King of the Hawaiian
Islands.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.