THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 813

missioner shall deduct all principal and interest
and interest moneys which may then be due thereon from the
amount assured.

Release on Repayment.

11. On payment by the Assured of all principal
    and interest due on any such loan, the Commissioner
    shall return to him the policy deposited on the
    granting of the loan, together with an acknowledg-
    ment in writing signed by the Commissioner, setting
    forth the payment of such principal and interest,
    and such acknowledgment shall be sufficient discharge.

Legal remedies for Principal and Interest unpaid.

12. Notwithstanding anything contained in these
    Rules and Regulations, or in any memorandum of
    deposit of policy, if a policy on the security of which
    a loan has been granted shall become or be declared
    to be void, whether under these Rules and Regu-
    lations or in any other manner howsoever, the Com-
    missioner may at any time and from time to time
    have recourse to such legal remedies as he may deem
    necessary for the recovery of the principal and interest
    then remaining unpaid in respect of such loan.

Commissioner may refuse loans.

13. The Commissioner may refuse to make any
    loan in respect of any application under these Rules
    and Regulations without being required to assign any
    cause for such refusal.

K. FERGUSSON, A.D.C.,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 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 a Polling
Place for the District of Pukekohe, for the election
of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province
of Auckland, namely, -

The Hall at Patumahoe.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, 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 Auck-
land, this twenty-sixth day of November,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant abolishing a 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
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 fifth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three,
The School House at Pokeno Hill, Pokeno,
was appointed a Polling Place for the District of
Ramarama (now the District of Pukekohe), for the
election of Members of the Provincial Council of the
Province of Auckland :

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same :

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 abolish the above-named Polling
Place for the District of Pukekohe, for the election
of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province
of Auckland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, 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 Auck-
land, this twenty-sixth day of November,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.

DANIEL POLLEN.