✨ Electoral Warrants Issued




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 819

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 sixth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five,

The School House, Pleasant Point,

was appointed a Polling Place for the District of
Gladstone, 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 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 Glad-
stone, for the election of Members of the House of
Representatives.

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 Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Ma-
jesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same; at Wellington, this twentieth day
of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant appointing 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 Elec-
toral 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 dis-
trict, 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, 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 appoint the
following place to be a Polling Place for the Elec-
toral District hereinafter specified, for the election
of Members of the House of Representatives for the
District of Gladstone, namely,-

The Road Board Office, Geraldine.

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 Coun-
cil; 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 Wel-
lington, this twentieth day of Decem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant appointing an Additional 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 dis-
trict, 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, 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 appoint the fol-
lowing place to be an additional Polling Place for the
Electoral District hereinafter specified, for the Election
of Members of the House of Representatives for the
District of Grey Valley, namely,-

Mellroy's Out-buildings, Seventeen-Mile Beach.

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



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πŸ›οΈ Warrant Abolishing Polling Place for Gladstone District

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
20 December 1875
Polling Place, Abolition, Elections Act 1870, Gladstone District, School House Pleasant Point
  • DANIEL POLLEN

πŸ›οΈ Warrant Appointing Polling Place for Gladstone District

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
20 December 1875
Polling Place, Appointment, Elections Act 1870, Gladstone District, Road Board Office Geraldine
  • DANIEL POLLEN

πŸ›οΈ Warrant Appointing Additional Polling Place for Grey Valley District

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
20 December 1875
Polling Place, Appointment, Elections Act 1870, Grey Valley District, Mellroy's Out-buildings