✨ Electoral Warrants and Vaccination




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 193

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 places to be addi-
tional Polling Places for the Districts hereinafter
mentioned, for the election of Members of the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of Canterbury,
namely,β€”

For the District of Ashburton.
The School House, South Rakaia.

For the District of Selwyn.
The Library, Dunsandel.
The Town Hall, Southbridge.

For the District of Port Victoria.
The School House, Little River.

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

DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant abolishing 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 thirtieth day of Decem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the
Town Hall, Christchurch, was appointed a Polling
Place for the District of the City of Christchurch
East, 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 Place for
the District of City of Christchurch East, for the
election of Members of the House of Representa-
tives, and do appoint in lieu thereof, β€”

The Odd Fellows' Hall, Christchurch.

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 Wel-
lington, this twelfth day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.

DANIEL POLLEN.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Public Health Act, 1872," it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor
shall from time to time appoint a convenient place or places, in each district constituted as therein
mentioned, for the performance of vaccination therein, and shall take the most effectual means for giving,
from time to time, to all persons resident within such district, due notice of the days and hours at which a
Public Vaccinator will attend at such place to vaccinate all persons not already successfully vaccinated,
who may then appear there, and also of the days and hours at which such Public Vaccinator will attend at
such place to inspect the progress of such vaccination in persons so vaccinated: And whereas certain
districts have been appointed under the said Act for the purpose of affording facilities for vaccination
therein, and certain persons have been appointed Public Vaccinators in such districts, and it is expedient
that places should be appointed for the performance of vaccination, and that notice of the days and hours
at which the Public Vaccinator will attend for the purposes aforesaid should be given :

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the powers vested in me by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, do hereby appoint the several
places mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto as and to be places at which Public Vaccina-
tors appointed for the respective districts mentioned in the first column of the said Schedule shall attend
for the performance of vaccination, as required by the said Act; and I do hereby give notice that each such
Public Vaccinator will attend at the respective places aforesaid, for the purpose of performing such vaccina-
tion, on the days and at the hours set forth in the third column of the said Schedule opposite the name of
each such place; and further, that at each such place as last aforesaid the Public Vaccinator will attend



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πŸ›οΈ Continuation of Warrant appointing additional Polling Places for Canterbury (continued from previous page)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
12 March 1874
Polling Places, Canterbury, Ashburton, Selwyn, Port Victoria, Provincial Council
  • Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor
  • Daniel Pollen

πŸ›οΈ Warrant abolishing Polling Place and appointing one in lieu for Christchurch East

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
12 March 1874
Polling Place, Abolition, Christchurch East, House of Representatives, Odd Fellows' Hall
  • Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor
  • Daniel Pollen

πŸ₯ Appointment of Public Vaccination Places and attendance schedules

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
Public Health Act, Vaccination, Public Vaccinator, Districts, Schedule
  • Sir James Fergusson, Governor