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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Delegation under "The Prisons Act, 1873," to
Superintendent of Westland.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
WHEREAS by the fifty-first section of "The
Prisons Act, 1873," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may, under his hand and the
Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time delegate
to the Superintendent of any Province the powers
by the forty-seventh and fiftieth sections of the
Act vested in the Governor, to be exercised within
such Province and not elsewhere, and may from time
to time in like manner rescind any such delegation:
Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority vested in me
by the said in part recited Act, do hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, delegate
unto
JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR, Esq.,
as Superintendent of the Province of Westland, all
the powers vested in me by the forty-seventh and
fiftieth sections of the said Act, to be exercised
within such Province and not elsewhere.
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; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Auckland, this second day
of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Presiding.
Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegation under "The Prisons Act, 1873," to
Superintendent of Auckland.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
WHEREAS by the fifty-first section of "The
Prisons Act, 1873," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may, under his hand and the
Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time delegate
to the Superintendent of any Province the powers
by the forty-seventh and fiftieth sections of the said
Act vested in the Governor, to be exercised within
such Province and not elsewhere, and may from time
to time in like manner rescind any such delegation:
Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority vested in me
by the said in part recited Act, do hereby, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, delegate
unto
JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esq.,
as Superintendent of the Province of Auckland,
all the powers vested in me by the forty-seventh and
fiftieth sections of the said Act, to be exercised
within such Province and not elsewhere.
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; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Auckland, this thirtieth

day of March, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Presiding.
Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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, bearing date the thirtieth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy,
and the twelfth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one,
The Court House, Nokomai,
The House of Mr. Barbary, Waikaka,
The House of Mr. D. Scully, Nevis, and
The School House, Miller's Flat West,
were appointed Polling Places for Wakaia, 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 above-named Polling Places for
the District of Wakaia, for the election of. Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives, and do appoint
in lieu thereof-
The School House, Nokomai, and
Mr. Frank Smith's House, Waikaka.
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
Auckland, this thirtieth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.
DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant appointing an additional Polling Place.

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