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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Warrant appointing a Polling Place.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING :

W HEREAS 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 Timaru-
The Schoolhouse, 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.

Warrant appointing a Polling Place.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING :

W HEREAS 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 place to be an additional
Polling Place for the District of Seadown, for the
election of Members of the Provincial Council of the
Province of Canterbury, namely: -

For the District of Seadown-
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.

Despatches from the Secretary of State for the
Colonies.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1873.

T HE following Despatch, with Enclosure, from
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, is published for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN.

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street, 15th September, 1873.

SIR,—I transmit to you, at the request of the Civil
Service Commissioners, the enclosed Regulations for
an Examination of Candidates for the Civil Service
of India, which is to be held in March, 1874.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF 1874.

N.B.—The Regulations are liable to be altered in
future years.

1. On Tuesday, 24th March, 1874, and following
   days, an Examination of Candidates will be held in
   London. At this Examination not fewer than
   Candidates will be selected, if so many shall be found
   duly qualified. Of these, will be selected for
   the Presidency of Bengal [ for the Upper
   Provinces, and for the Lower Provinces],
   for that of for that of Madras, and
   for that of
   Bombay.* Notice will hereafter be given of the
   days and place of examination.

2. Any person desirous of competing at this Exami-
   nation, must produce to the Civil Service Commis-
   sioners, before the 1st of February, 1874, evidence
   showing—

(a.) That he is a natural-born subject of Her
Majesty.

(b.) That his age, on the 1st March, 1874, will
be above seventeen years and under twenty-
one years. [N.B.—In the case of Natives

• The number of appointments to be made, and the number
  in each Presidency, &c., will be announced hereafter.