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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 Provincial Council of a Province shall
be conducted in the manner prescribed therein for the
Election of Members for the House of Represent-
atives, and that the Governor shall have the same
powers of appointing and altering Polling Places and
Principal Polling Places for Electoral Districts for the
Election of Superintendents and Members of Pro-
vincial Councils as, under the provisions therein-
before contained, he has for Electoral Districts for
Election of Members of the House of Represent-
atives:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
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 District hereinafter mentioned,
for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council
of the Province of Taranaki, namely:---

For the District of Patea:
The Block House, Hawera.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council, Go-
vernor 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 ninth day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-three.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Delegation of Governor's Powers to Superintendent of
Otago under "The Waste Lands Act, 1858."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to under "The Waste Lands Act,
1858," to the Superintendent of the Province of
Otago, the powers vested in the Governor by section
14 of the said Act, subject to be rescinded as in the
said Act provided.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Delegation of Governor's Powers to Superintendent of
Otago under "The Prisoners' Removal Act, 1865."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1873.

It is hereby notified that the Governor has delegated
to His Honor the Superintendent of the Province
of Otago, within that Province, His Excellency's
powers under "The Prisoners' Removal Act, 1865."

DANIEL POLLEN.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Constable MARTIN GRACE
to be Inspector of Weights and Measures for the
District of the Hauraki Gold Fields, vice Samuel
Brennan, resigned.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1873.

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

In the Pauatahanui Rifle Volunteers.
James Walker to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 22nd February, 1873.

In the Totara Rifle Volunteers.
Alexander Groves Duff, M.D., to be Honorary
Assistant Surgeon. Date of commission, 21st
June, 1873.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the resignation of the commissions
held by the under-mentioned officers:---
Lieutenant H. Bowater, Wellington Veteran
Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant J. Morgan, No. 1 Company Auck-
land Rifle Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Designation of Volunteer Corps changed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
alter the designation of the
"Taranaki Cavalry Volunteers"
to the
"Taranaki Light Horse Volunteers."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Sub-Treasurer appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 8th July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD LISTER GREEN, Esq.,
to be Sub-Treasurer for the Province of Auckland.
Appointment to take effect from the 1st July, 1873.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Authorized Interpreter.

Native Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
R. H. MATTHEWS, Esq.,
of Kaitaia, to act as Interpreter under "The Native
Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands Act,
1867."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1873.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

DANIEL POLLEN.