THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 861

Fixing Date of Sitting of Court of Appeal.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighth day of December, 1876.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Court of Appeal Act, 1862,"
and "The Court of Appeal Act Amendment
Act, 1870," it is enacted that the Court shall hold
its sittings at such times and places as shall be from
time to time fixed by the Governor in Council, and
proclaimed in the Government Gazette thirty days
at least before the times so fixed respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, doth hereby fix that a sitting of the
Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within
the Supreme Court House, in the City of Christ-
church, upon the twelfth day of January, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-seven, at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Malgrave
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,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; at Wel-
lington, this eighth day of December,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Polling Places for Arahura Road Board appointed.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the thirty-ninth section of "The
County of Westland Act, 1868," it is, amongst
other things, enacted that in and for each road dis-
trict, within fifteen days after the commencement of
the now reciting Act, the Governor shall, and at any
time afterwards when occasion shall require, the
Governor from time to time, if it shall seem fit, on
the application of the Road Board, may appoint a
sufficient number of Polling Places for such road
district at which the poll shall be taken at all elec-
tions held for the same, and may from time to time,
on the like application, alter and vary the same:

And whereas the Board of the Arahura Road Dis-
trict have applied to have certain Polling Places at
present existing for the aforesaid district abolished,
and other Polling Places appointed in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in accordance with such application,
and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the said recited Act, do hereby abolish the
Polling Places hereunder mentioned for the aforesaid
road district, that is to say,—

The Road Board Office, Stafford (Principal Poll-
ing Place);
The Polling Booth, Goldsborough;
McLean's Post Office Store, Chesterfield;
Merritt's Store, Fox's;
Johnston's Store, Fourth Terrace;
The Literary Institute, Big Dam;

and do appoint in lieu thereof,—

The Road Board Office, Stafford (Principal Poll-
ing Place);
The Court House, Goldsborough;
The Literary Institute, Big Dam;
The Literary Institute, Callingham's; and
The Court House, Kumara,

to be Polling Places for the Arahura Road District.

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

Appointment of Paper, in lieu of Provincial
Gazette, for the insertion of Notifications.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," it it is, among
other things, enacted that in every Act of the General
Assembly, except such as relate to the election of
Superintendents and Provincial Councils, and to
legislation by such Councils, and the appointment of
Deputy Superintendents, and to audit of provincial
accounts, and matters of a like kind, and in every
Act or Ordinance of the Legislature of an abolished
province under the said Act, the expression "Pro-
vincial Gazette," or "Provincial Government Gazette,"
or other similar expressions, should, with respect to
any provincial district, be deemed to mean "The
New Zealand Gazette," or such newspaper as from
time to time may be appointed by the Governor, for
the purpose of inserting therein notifications of any
kind relating to the Government of the colony or the
administration of the Government within any pro-
vincial district: And whereas it is expedient that,
under the hereinbefore in part recited Act, some
newspaper should be appointed in the provincial
district mentioned below for the purposes herein
set forth:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of every
power and authority enabling me in that behalf, do
hereby appoint the under-mentioned newspaper for
the purpose of inserting therein notifications of the
nature above mentioned, within the provincial dis-
trict named opposite the name of such newspaper.

Name of Newspaper.
"New Zealand Herald"
Provincial District.
Auckland.

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, and
Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued at
Government House, at Wellington, this
eighth day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six.

DANIEL POLLEN.