THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 237

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 Akaroa:
The Colonists' Hall, Lyttelton.

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 Polling Places.

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, 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 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 places to be Polling
Places for the District of Waitangi, for the election
of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province
of Canterbury, namely,----
Spencer's Woolshed;
Mr. Campbell's Homestead, Station Peak; and
Mr. Cooper's Woolshed, Creek Station.

And I do further appoint the Polling Place at
Spencer's Woolshed to be the Principal Polling Place
for the said district.

Also, for the District of Waimate,-
The Resident Magistrate's Court, Waimate.

And I do further appoint the following to be the
principal Polling Place for the District of Waimate
aforesaid, namely,-

The Court House, Waimate.

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 abolishing Polling Places.

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 twelfth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four,

Spencer's Woolshed,
Mr. Campbell's Homestead, Station Peak, and
Mr. Cooper's Woolshed, Creek Station,

were appointed Polling Places for the District of
Waimate, for the election of Members of the Provin-
cial Council of the Province of Canterbury:

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 above district, for the election of Members of
Provincial Council of the said Province.

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