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Provisions of the Foreign Seamen's Act enforced in of June, for the election of Councillors; and Friday,
certain cases.
the 29th day of June, for the election of Auditors of
the said borough. Also, to appoint Monday, the 2nd
NORMANBY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me in that
day of July, at noon, for the First Meeting of the
Council of the said borough, and the Resident Magis-
behalf by “The Foreign Seamen's Act, 1860,”
I, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby notify
trate's Court House, at Gisborne, to be the place of
such meeting.
that, from and after the sixteenth day of May,
1877, the provisions of the above-mentioned Act
will be enforced in respect of the Masters and
Seamen of the vessels of the Imperial German
Empire.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Arrangements for First Elections, Borough of Roslyn.

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; at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven.
GEO. MCLEAN.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 14th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council directs it
to be notified that a petition has been received
from certain landholders in the West Oreti District,
Otago, praying that their district may be proclaimed
a district under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1876;”
and that, if no counter-petition is received by him
within thirty days from the publication of this notice,
he will proclaim and constitute the area described in
the first-mentioned petition a district for the pur-
poses of “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1876.”

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Executive Council Chambers,
Wellington, 14th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council directs it
to be notified that a petition has been received
from certain landholders in the Hokanui District,
Otago, praying that their district may be proclaimed
a district under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1876;”
and that, if no counter-petition is received by him
within thirty days from the publication of this notice,
he will proclaim and constitute the area described in
the first-mentioned petition a district for the pur-
purposes of “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1876.”

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Arrangements for First Elections, Borough of Gis-
borne.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GRAHAM LORD GREENWOOD

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Gisborne, and
also Returning Officer to hold the first election of
Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors of the said borough.
Also, to appoint Monday, the 25th day of June, for
the election of Mayor; and Wednesday, the 27th day

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS CHALMERS REID

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Roslyn, and
also Returning Officer to hold the first election of
Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors of the said borough.
Also, to appoint Monday, the 25th day of June, for
the election of Mayor; and Wednesday, the 27th day
of June, for the election of Councillors; and Friday,
the 29th day of June, for the election of Auditors of
the said borough. Also, to appoint Monday, the 2nd
day of July, at noon, for the First Meeting of the
Council of the said borough, and the Schoolhouse,
at Kaikorai, to be the place of such meeting.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Arrangements for First Elections, Borough of Morn-
ington.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN STONE

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Mornington, and
also Returning Officer to hold the first election of
Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors of the said borough.
Also, to appoint Monday, the 25th day of June, for
the election of Mayor; and Wednesday, the 27th day
of June, for the election of Councillors; and Friday,
the 29th day of June, for the election of Auditors of
the said borough. Also, to appoint Monday, the 2nd
day of July, at noon, for the First Meeting of the
Council of the said borough, and the Schoolhouse,
at Mornington, to be the place of such meeting.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Registration Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE FREEMAN HEWLINGS, Esq.,

to be Registration Officer for the Electoral Districts of
Ashley and Kaiapoi, vice Caleb Whitefoord, Esq., re-
signed. This appointment dates from the 15th instant.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Appointment of Keeper, Mount Albert Pound, approved.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to approve the appointment by the Mount
Albert Highway Board of

CHARLES SMALL

as Keeper of the Mount Albert Pound, vice John R.
Stych, resigned.

DANIEL POLLEN.