THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
191
Warrant abolishing a Polling Place, and appointing
another 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, bearing date the nineteenth day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four, the Post Office, Upper Waiuku, was appointed
a Polling Place for the District of Franklin, for the
election of Members of the House of Representa-
tives:
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 Place for
the said District of Franklin, for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives, and do
appoint in lieu thereof-
The Volunteer Hall, Patumahoe.
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 tenth day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four.
DANIEL POLLEN.
Warrant abolishing Polling Places, and appointing
others in lieu thereof.
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
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 Warrants under the hand of the
Governor, certain places were appointed Polling
Places for the Province of Canterbury, for the
election of Members of the Provincial Council
thereof for the Districts of City of Christchurch,
Sefton, Mandeville, and Waimate:
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 Province of Canterbury for the above-named
districts, for the election of Members of the Pro-
vincial Council thereof, and do appoint in lieu
thereof,-
For the District of City of Christchurch:
Odd Fellows' Hall.
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 addi-
tional Polling Place for the District of Grey, for the
election of Members of the Provincial Council of the
Province of Nelson, namely,-
Mr. Mackley's Store, Nobles.
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 tenth day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four.
DANIEL POLLEN.
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 Warrants under the hand of the
Governor, certain places were appointed Polling
Places for the Province of Canterbury, for the
election of Members of the Provincial Council
thereof for the Districts of City of Christchurch,
Sefton, Mandeville, and Waimate:
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 Province of Canterbury for the above-named
districts, for the election of Members of the Pro-
vincial Council thereof, and do appoint in lieu
thereof,-
For the District of City of Christchurch:
Odd Fellows' Hall.