✨ Warrants Abolishing Polling Places




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 eighth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two,

The School House, Green Island,
was appointed a Polling Place for the District of
Caversham, for the election of Members of the
House of Representatives:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same :
Now know ye that I, George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, 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 Caversham, for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
the Most Honorable George Augustus
Constantine, Marquis of Normanby,
Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby,
and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in
the County of York, in the Peerage of
the United Kingdom; and Baron Mul-
grave of New Ross, in the County of
Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honor-
able Privy Council; Knight Commander
of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; 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 Wellington, this seventh
day of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Constantine, Marquis of Normanby,
Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby,
and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in
the County of York, in the Peerage of
the United Kingdom; and Baron Mul-
grave of New Ross, in the County of
Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honor-
able Privy Council; Knight Commander
of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint
Michael and Saint George; 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 Wellington, this seventh
day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant abolishing a Polling Place.

NORMANBY, 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 fourth day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one,

The School House, Green Island,
was appointed a Polling Place for the District of
Kaikorai, for the election of a Superintendent and
Members of the Provincial Council of Otago:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:
Now know ye that I, George Augustus Constan-
tine, Marquis of Normanby, 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 Kai-
korai, for the election of a Superintendent and
Members of the Provincial Council of the Province
of Otago.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,



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🏘️ Warrant abolishing Polling Place for Caversham District (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
7 April 1875
Warrant, Abolishing, Polling Place, Caversham District, House of Representatives election
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor
  • Daniel Pollen

🏘️ Warrant abolishing Polling Place for Kaikorai District

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
7 April 1875
Warrant, Abolishing, Polling Place, Kaikorai District, Otago Provincial Council
  • George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor
  • Daniel Pollen