964

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 ap-
pointed by the Governor under the said Act, unless
he shall be first satisfied that the place to be ap-
pointed 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 additional polling-places for the electoral
district hereinafter specified, for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives, namely:-
For the District of Waipa,一
The Railway Station, Mercer.
Hunter's Yards, Ohaupo.

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 twenty-
ninth day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Rates to be levied at Adair's Wharf, Gisborne.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and au-
thorities enabling me in this behalf, under "The
Marine Act, 1867," and "The Abolition of Provinces
Act, 1875," I, George Augustus Constantine, Mar-
quis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby abolish the rates, dues,
and charges at present in force for the use of
Adair's Wharf at Turanganui, Gisborne, Poverty
Bay, and for the landing of goods, wares, and
merchandise thereat and thereon: And, in further
exercise of the said powers and authorities, do hereby
direct and declare that from and after the first day of
July next the rates, dues, and charges set forth in the
Schedule hereto shall be the rates, dues, and charges
to be imposed and levied for the use of the said
wharf, and for the landing of goods, wares, and mer-
chandise thereat and thereon.

SCHEDULE.

FOR VESSELS HAULING ALONGSIDE THE WHARF.
s. d.
Under 50 tons, per day or part of a day... 5 0
Over 50 tons and under 100 tons, per day
or part of a day 7 6
100 tons and upwards, per day or part of
a day 10 0

FOR GOODS, ETC., LANDED ON AND SHIPPED FROM
THE WHARF.
Wool and flax, per bale ... ... s. d.
0 3
Sawn timber, per 1,000 feet ... ... 0 6
Posts and rails, per 100 ... ... 0 6
All other goods, wares, or merchandise,
per ton ... ... ... ... 1 0
Cattle and horses, each ... ... ... 2 6
Sheep, 1 to 40, ditto ... ... 0 1
" 41 and upwards, ditto ... ... 0 0
Pigs and goats ... ... ... 0 3
Provided that nothing herein contained shall charge
with wharfage dues-

1. Any ship of, or in the service of, Her Majesty,
   her heirs and successors, or any stores or
   goods required for the use of Her Majesty's
   Naval or Military Forces.
2. Any ship in the service of the Government of
   this or any other British colony.
3. Any person in the service of Her Majesty, or
   the Government of the colony, travelling on
   public service, or his baggage.
4. Any ship or goods under seizure by officers
   of revenue.
5. Goods of, or for the service of, Her Majesty
   in the colony.
6. Any of Her Majesty's Military Forces, or of
   the Militia or Volunteer Forces, or any con-
   stables or peace officers while on duty.
   As witness the hand of His Excellency the
   Governor, this twenty-ninth day of June,
   one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
   eight.
   J. BALLANCE.

Land temporarily reserved in the Provincial District
of Auckland.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth
section of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted
that the Governor may from time to time, either
by general or particular description, and whether
the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from
sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may
be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands
which in his opinion are required for any of the
purposes in the said section mentioned:
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in
the Provincial District of Auckland described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the
said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

OF All that parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Auckland, containing by admeasurement eighteen
(18) acres and eleven (11) perches, more or less,
being Lots numbered respectively twenty (20),
twenty-one (21), twenty-three (23), twenty-four
(24), and twenty-five (25), of the Village of Te
Awamutu, Parish of Punui. Bounded towards the
North by mission land and the Mangaoi Stream,
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight (1988)
links; towards the East by a street 100 links wide,
one thousand one hundred and forty-two (1142)
links; towards the South-east and South by Lot 22,
Village of Te Awamutu, and a street of width
aforesaid, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two
(1932) links; and towards the West by Lot 19 of