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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
ocean; towards the South-east by the Waianakarua
River and its southern branch; and towards the
South-west by the Kakanui Mountains.

HAMPDEN DISTRICT.
Comprises all that area bounded towards the
North-west by the Waianakarua River and its
southern branch; towards the East by the ocean;
and towards the South-west by the Horse Range.

PALMERSTON DISTRICT.
Comprises all that area bounded towards the North-
east by the Otepopo and Hampden Registration
Districts; towards the South-east by the ocean;
towards the South-west by Pleasant River, from its
outlet to a point due east of Mount Pleasant;
towards the South by a straight line extending due
east and west from Pleasant River to the north
branch of the Waikouaiti River and passing across
Mount Pleasant; and towards the West by the
Waikouaiti River and the Hyde Registration
District.

And I do declare that this Proclamation shall
come into operation and take effect on the fifteenth
day of December, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three.

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; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this seventh
day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Providing for Election of Superintendent and Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Westland.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Province of Westland Act,
1873," it is enacted that the Provincial
Council of the Province of Westland shall in the
first instance consist of such number of Members
over and above the Superintendent of the said
Province as the Governor shall by Proclamation
direct and appoint, not being less in number than
fifteen: And it is also enacted that the Governor
by Proclamation may constitute within such Province
convenient Electoral Districts for the election of
Members of the Provincial Council, and may appoint
and declare the number of Members to be elected for
every such District for such Provincial Council, and
to make provision for the formation of the first
Electoral Rolls for the election of the Superintendent
of such Province, and the election of the Members of
the Provincial Council thereof:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim,
direct, appoint, constitute, and provide as follows:-

1. The Provincial Council of the Province of
   Westland shall consist of fifteen Members.

2. The said Province shall be and the same is
   hereby divided into seven Electoral Districts, that is
   to say,-Hokitika, Greymouth, Paroa, Arahura,
   Kanieri, Totara, and Okarito, the boundaries of which
   said Districts are described and set forth in the
   Schedule to this Proclamation, and are delineated on
   the map or plan thereof deposited in the office at
   Wellington of the Colonial Secretary, and which
   map or plan is signed by Gerhard Mueller, Esquire,
   Chief Surveyor, appointed under "The Westland
   Waste Lands Act, 1870."

3. The number of Members to be elected to serve
   in the Provincial Council for the said several Electoral
   Districts shall be as follows, viz.:-
   For the Electoral District of Hokitika, 3 Members.
   For the Electoral District of Greymouth, 3 ditto.
   For the Electoral District of Paroa, 2 ditto.
   For the Electoral District of Arahura, 2 ditto.
   For the Electoral District of Kanieri, 2 ditto.
   For the Electoral District of Totara, 2 ditto.
   For the Electoral District of Okarito, 1 ditto.

4. The first Electoral Rolls for the election of
   Members of the said Provincial Council shall be
   prepared by
   GERARD GEORGE FITZGERALD, Esq., R.M.,
   who, within fifteen days from the date hereof, shall
   form such Rolls by placing the name of every person
   who is at this present time registered as an elector
   entitled to vote in the election of Members of the
   House of Representatives on account of any tene-
   ments or hereditaments comprised within the limits
   of the said Province, on the Electoral Roll of that
   one of the said districts within which the tenements
   and hereditaments in respect whereof he is so
   registered are situated.

5. The Rolls so to be formed as aforesaid may be
   partly written and partly printed, or wholly written
   or wholly printed, as may be most convenient, and
   shall, within twenty-two days from the date hereof,
   be severally published by the said Gerard George
   FitzGerald, by affixing the same to the outer door of
   the Resident Magistrate's Court in the respective
   districts to which such Rolls shall relate, or in some
   other public and conspicuous place within the said
   districts.

6. Every such Roll so affixed as aforesaid shall be
   signed by the said Gerard George FitzGerald, and
   from and after the day of such publication the said
   several Rolls shall be the Electoral Rolls to be used
   respectively for the said districts for the election
   of Members of the said Provincial Council until
   new Electoral Rolls shall be made for the same
   under the provisions of the law in force for the time
   being for the registration of electors.

7. The first Electoral Roll for the election of the
   Superintendent of the said Province shall be pre-
   pared by the said Gerard George FitzGerald,
   who, within fifteen days from the date hereof, shall
   form the same by placing thereon the name of every
   person who is at this present time registered as an
   elector entitled to vote in the election of Members
   of the House of Representatives on account of any
   tenements or hereditaments comprised within the
   limits of the said Province, so as that the whole of
   such names shall appear on one Roll to be formed
   under the authority hereof.

8. The provisions contained in the fifth and sixth
   clauses hereof shall be applicable to the formation of
   the said Roll for the election of the said Superin-
   tendent, except that it shall only be necessary to
   publish the same by affixing copies thereof signed
   by the said Gerard George FitzGerald on the outer
   doors of the Resident Magistrate's Courts at Hokitika
   and Greymouth respectively.

From and after the day of such publication the
said Roll shall be the Electoral Roll to be used for
the election of the Superintendent of the said Pro-