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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 a Polling
Place for the Province of Otago, for the election
of Superintendent thereof:--
The School House, Kyeburn Diggings.

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 nineteenth day of
February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Warrant abolishing Polling Places, and appointing
others in lieu thereof.

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:

And whereas, by Warrant under the hand of the
Governor,

The Public Hall, Otahuhu;
The Post Office, Pokeno;
The Court House, Papakura;
The School House, Wairoa;
The Resident Magistrate's Office, Waiuku;
The Court House, Howick; and
The Post Office, Upper Waiuku;

were appointed Polling Places for the District of
Franklin for the election of Members of the House
of Representatives:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:
Now know ye that 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 abolish the above-named Polling Places for
the District of Franklin for the election of Members
of the House of Representatives, and do appoint in
lieu thereof-

The Public Hall, Otahuhu;
The Post Office, Pokeno;
The Court House, Howick;
The Public Hall, Wairoa;
The Court House, Papakura;
Mr. Buckland's Flax Mill, Pukekohe;
The Resident Magistrate's Office, Waiuku;
The Post Office, Bombay Settlement; and
The Post Office, Upper Waiuku.

And I do further appoint the Polling Place herein-
after specified to be the Principal Polling Place for
such District, namely,-

The Public Hall, Otahuhu.

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 nineteenth day of
February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Despatch from Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1874,

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

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary).

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street, 1st December, 1873.

SIR, -At the request of the Board of Trade, I trans-
mit for the information of the proper Officers in
the Colony under your Government the enclosed
Circular, containing instructions prepared by that
Department, with the object of obtaining the neces-
sary evidence for holding inquiries at home into
casualties to British vessels occurring abroad.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Board of Trade, November, 1873.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS IN BRITISH
POSSESSIONS ABROAD.

Inquiry into Wrecks.

OWING to the difficulty of obtaining the necessary
evidence, it is in many cases found impossible to
hold, in the United Kingdom, inquiries into casualties
to British vessels which have occurred abroad.

Whenever, therefore, it appears to the Officer
desirable that there should be an inquiry, and it is
not the intention of the Colonial authorities to
institute one, the officer should furnish the Board of
Trade with full particulars as to the names and the
destination of the master and crew, the probable
date of their arrival in the United Kingdom, and
their addresses.

THOMAS GRAY.