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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Provided always that no polling-place shall be ap-
pointed 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,
McGregor's old Store, Paroa, and Mathews' Reading-
rooms, Caplestown, were appointed polling-places
for the District of Grey Valley, 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 Constantine,
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 District of Grey Valley, 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 Grand Cross 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 eleventh day
of May, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand 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 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:
Now know ye that I, George Augustus Constantine,
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 District of Grey Valley.
The Schoolhouse, Paroa; and
Archer's Cottage, Caplestown.

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 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 eleventh day
of May, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
G. S. WHITMORE.

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 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 Wel-
lington, this eleventh day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Notification of the Payment of Money on and Entry
into Negotiations for the Purchase of Native Lands
in the North Island.

NORMANBY, Governor.
IN pursuance of the provisions of "The Govern-
ment Native Land Purchases Act, 1877," it is
hereby notified that money has been paid by or on
behalf of Her Majesty the Queen for the purchase
or acquisition of the several blocks of Native land in
the North Island which are more particularly de-
scribed and mentioned in the Schedule hereto; and,
further, that negotiations in respect of such purchase
or acquisitions as aforesaid have been entered into by
or on behalf of Her said Majesty.

SCHEDULE.
PIAKO.
ALL that block of land in the District of Thames, in
the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by
estimation 200,000 acres or thereabouts, known by
the name of "Piako," commencing at Pukorokoro, on
the Firth of Thames. Bounded towards the West by
the eastern boundary of the Confiscated District of
Waikato to the Hungawera Block; towards the
South by the Hungawera Block and Te Awaroa
Block; towards the East by the Piako River to the
north-west angle of the Whakahoro Block; towards
the South by the Whakahoro Block to the Waitoa
Stream, thence by a straight line to the north-west
angle of the Te Tautiti No. 2 Block; towards the
East by the Waihou West Block, Tauri Komore,
Tahanui, Turua, and Orongo Blocks; towards the
North by the Hauraki Gulf to the point of com-
mencement: excluding therefrom the Piako and other
blocks already purchased by the Crown. This block
has not passed the Native Land Court.

WAIHOU WEST NO. 3.
All that block or parcel of land in the District of
Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, con-
taining by estimation 60,000 acres or thereabouts,
known by the name of "Waihou West." Boun-
daries commencing at the south-western angle of
the Tauri Komore Block; thence towards the North
by the Tauri Komore, Hotungaio, Te Kopara, and Te
Rangiora Blocks; thence towards the East by the
Waihou West Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks; thence by the
Waihou River to Te Tautiti No. 1 Block; towards
the South-east by Te Tautiti Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks, to
the north-west angle of the Te Tautiti No. 2 Block;
thence towards the West by a straight line from the
north-west angle of the Te Tautiti No. 2 Block to
the point of commencement. This block has not
passed the Native Land Court.