THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 445

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 Repre-
sentatives, 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
Provincial 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 addi-
tional Polling Places for the Province of Taranaki
for the Election of Superintendent thereof, namely:-
The Court House, Patea, and
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 an additional Polling Place.

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 Representatives, 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 Superin-
tendents 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 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, Manutahi.

And I do further appoint the Polling Place herein-
after mentioned to be the Principal Polling Place for
the said District, namely:-
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 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.

Value of Improvements in Township of Stafford to
be added to upset Price.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in
me for that purpose by the fifty-ninth section of
"The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870," I do hereby
approve of the recommendation of the Waste Lands
Board of the County of Westland, of the 15th of
July, 1873, that the value of the improvements on the
under-mentioned sections in the Township of Stafford,
as set against each, shall be added to the upset price
thereof, such valuation having been ascertained and
decided by the Waste Lands Board on the 15th day
of July, 1873:—

Suburban Section No. 1566 £ 55 0
Suburban Section No. 1567 77 0
Suburban Section No. 1568 27 10
Suburban Section No. 1569 77 0
Suburban Section No. 1570 55 0
Suburban Section No. 1572 44 0
Suburban Section No. 1573 49 0
Suburban Section No. 1574 33 0

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable 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; and issued at
Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-three.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE.

Despatch from the Secretary of State, enclosing
Extradition Treaty between Her Majesty and the
King of Italy for the Mutual Surrender of Fugi-
tive Criminals.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1873.

THE following Despatch, with enclosures, from Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
Colonies, is published for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN.