THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 697

time, to except from sale, and either reserve to Her | suance of all powers and authorities enabling me in
Majesty or dispose of in such other manner as for | this behalf, do hereby appoint
the public interest may seem best, such of the waste
lands of the Crown in any of the Provinces of the
Colony as may be required for the purposes of
military defence, or for the construction of trunk
lines of road, or as sites for public buildings for
the use of the General Government, or for other
purposes of public utility or convenience:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, in exercise and pursuance of
the power and authority in that behalf vested in him,
doth hereby except from sale and reserve to Her
Majesty the parcel of the waste lands of the Crown
particularly specified and described in the Schedule
hereunder written, for the purposes in the said
Schedule mentioned and set opposite the description
of the said parcel of land.

SCHEDULE.

Province of Nelson.

JULIUS VOGEL,
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

Notice to Superintendent of Site reserved for Tele-
graph Station at Arahura, in the Province of
Nelson.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

TO OSWALD CURTIS, Esquire, Superintendent of the
Province of Nelson.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the parcel of waste
lands of the Crown particularly specified and
described in the Schedule hereunder written is re-
quired for the purpose mentioned and set opposite
to the description of the said parcel of land in the
said Schedule, and that the same has been excepted
from sale and reserved to Her Majesty by the Order
in Council bearing the date mentioned in the second
column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

which Reserve
is made. | Date of Order
in Council
excepting Land
from Sale.
Section numbered twenty-nine (29), | A site for a tele- | 24 Nov., 1873.
of the Town Arahura, | graph station.
in the Province of Nelson.

President of Executive Council.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen, by Instruc-
tions under Her Sign Manual, bearing date
the eighteenth day of February, 1873, did direct and
enjoin me, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, the Gover-
nor of New Zealand, that I should attend and preside
at the meetings of Her Majesty's Executive Council
in New Zealand, unless when prevented by some
necessary or reasonable cause, and that in my absence
such Member as might be appointed by me in that
behalf should preside at all such meetings of the said
Council:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pur-
The Honorable JULIUS VOGEL, C.M.G.,
one of Her Majesty's Executive Council in New
Zealand, to preside at all meetings of the said Council
in my absence.

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 Christchurch; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Christ-
church, this sixth day of December, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant appointing a 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 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 place to be an
additional Polling Place for the Province of Canter-
bury, for the election of Superintendent thereof,
namely:-

The School House, Pleasant Point.

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 Christchurch, this sixth day of
December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.

DANIEL POLLEN.