THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1813

Nelson, and bounded as follows: On the Northward
partly by a public road and partly by a high bluff;
on the Eastward partly by Crown land and partly by
the River Buller; on the Southward partly by Section
14, partly by a road reserve, and partly by a creek
flowing into the River Buller; and on the West-
ward partly by the old road to the Lyell and partly
by Pensini's Track. The said two sections being
separated by the River Buller.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this tenth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Warrant abolishing Polling-places.

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 law-
ful 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 poll-
ing-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 ap-
point 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 Schoolhouse, Scotsburn, and
Mr. Melville Gray's Homestead, Ashwick, Mac-
kenzie Country,

were appointed polling-places for the Electoral Dis-
trict 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-places for the Electoral District
of Gladstone, 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
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; at Wellington, this seven-
teenth day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Warrant appointing Polling-places.

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 law-
ful 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 poll-
ing-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 ap-
point 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 places to be polling-places for the electoral
district hereinafter specified, for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives, namely:-

For the Electoral District of Gladstone,-

The Mount Peel Road Board Office, Peel Forest,
and
The Mount Cook Road Board Office, Mackenzie
Country.

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; at Wel-
lington, this seventeenth day of Decem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Summons to Legislative Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty's
name, summoned

WILLIAM WOOD, Esq.,
of Invercargill, to the Legislative Council of New
Zealand, by writ of summons under the Seal of the
Colony.

G. S. WHITMORE.