Warrants for Polling Places




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
has for Electoral Districts for Election of Members
of the House of Representatives:
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 places to be additional
Polling Places for the Province of Otago for the
Election of Superintendent thereof, namely—
The Athenæum, Kakanui South, and
The School House, Kakanui.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, 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 twenty-fourth day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant appointing additional Polling Places.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "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 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 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 of the House of Representa-
tives, 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 Representa-
tives:
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 places to be additional
Polling Places for the Districts hereinafter mentioned
for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council
of the Province of Otago, namely :-
For the District of Oamaru Country :
The Athenæum, Kakanui South.
For the District of Moeraki :
The School House, Kakanui.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, 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 Wel-
lington, this twenty-fourth day of July,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant appointing an additional Polling Place.

JAMES FERGUSSON, 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 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 James Fergusson,
Baronet, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance 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 Electoral
District hereinafter specified, for the Election of
Members of the House of Representatives, namely:-

For the District of Egmont:
The Block House, Manutahi.

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

Warrant appointing additional Polling Places.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING :

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "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 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



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🏘️ Appointment of additional Polling Places for Otago Superintendent Election (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
24 July 1873
Polling Places, Superintendent Election, Otago, Kakanui
  • Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of New Zealand
  • Daniel Pollen

🏘️ Warrant appointing Polling Places for Otago Provincial Council Elections

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
24 July 1873
Warrant, Polling Places, Provincial Council, Oamaru Country, Moeraki
  • Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of New Zealand
  • Daniel Pollen

🏘️ Warrant appointing Polling Place for Egmont Electoral District (House of Representatives)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
29 July 1873
Warrant, Polling Place, Electoral District, Egmont, Manutahi, House of Representatives
  • Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of New Zealand
  • Daniel Pollen

🏘️ Start of Warrant appointing additional Polling Places under Election Act

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Warrant, Polling Places, Regulation of Elections Act 1870
  • Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of New Zealand