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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1878.

"Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876," brought
into force in the West Oreti Rabbit District.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1876
Amendment Act, 1877," it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation,
declare that "The Regulation of Local Elections Act,
1876," shall come into force in any district con-
stituted under "The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1876," or
the Act now in recital, without such request as is
mentioned in section three of "The Regulation of
Local Elections Act, 1876:" And whereas the District
of West Oreti is a district constituted under "The
Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1876," and it is desirable to
proclaim "The Regulation of Local Elections Act,
1876," in force therein:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise of the power
vested in me by the said seventh section, proclaim
and declare that, from and after the date of this
Proclamation, "The Regulation of Local Elections
Act, 1876," shall be in force in the rabbit district of
West Oreti aforesaid.

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 Grand Cross 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
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
thirty-first day of January, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Additional Rule for the Remission of Sentences of
Prisoners confined in Public Prisons in New
Zealand.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is expedient that the rules for the
remission of sentences of prisoners confined
in public prisons in New Zealand should be altered
and amended:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all
powers and authorities vested in me in that behalf,
do hereby make the following additional rule, and do
order and direct that the same shall be in force in all
the public prisons in New Zealand on and from the
first day of February next.

RULE.

WHERE a prisoner has received cumulative sentences
he must serve the period of probation prescribed in
respect of each sentence before he can earn marks;
and his marks will be calculated as commencing three
months from the date each sentence commences to
take effect.

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 Grand Cross 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 under the Seal
of the said Colony, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this thirty-first
day of January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

JOHN SHEEHAN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!