THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 991

eight hundred and seventy-eight, and on every alter-
nate Thursday thereafter, at half-past twelve o'clock
p.m.:

And whereas the Land Board of Wellington did,
on the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight, pass a resolution
recommending that the time of sitting should be
altered, and it is expedient to give effect to the said
recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zea-
land, in exercise of the power and authority vested
in me in that behalf, do hereby fix and determine
that the ordinary meetings of the Land Board of the
Land District of Wellington shall be held on every
alternate Thursday in each month, at eleven o'clock
a.m., commencing on Thursday, the eleventh of July,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight,
instead of 12.30 p.m. on every alternate Thursday, as
heretofore appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifth day of July, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
J. MACANDREW.

Warrant appointing additional Polling-place.

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 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
place to be an additional polling-place for the electoral
district hereinafter specified, for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives, namely:-

For the Electoral District of Waipa,-
The Schoolhouse, Whata Whata.

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 ninth
day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Fixing Intervals of Sittings at Auckland of District
Court of Auckland.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is made lawful for the Governor, from time
to time, by notification in the New Zealand Gazette,
to fix the times and places within the district at
which every District Court shall be held:

And whereas by "The District Courts Act Amend-
ment Act, 1865," it is enacted that, as to the times
of holding such Courts, it shall be sufficient for the
Governor, if he shall so think fit, to fix the interval
only within which such Courts shall be held at each
place, and it shall in such case be lawful for the
Judge of such Court to fix the particular times and
days for the holding of such Courts, and from time
to time to alter the same, provided that such time
and day shall fall within the interval so fixed by the
Governor:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the said power and authority, fix that sessions
of the District Court of Auckland shall be held in
the building lately used as a Wesleyan Chapel, in
High Street, Auckland, at intervals of not less than
thirteen days nor more than twenty-one days between
the first day of each sittings of such Court.

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

Alteration in Trustees, Skipper's Point Cemetery.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in
me by the Ordinance of the Province of Otago
intituled "The Cemeteries Management Ordinance,
1870," and "The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,"
and of every other power and authority, I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
remove JOHN ELLIOTT, JOHN BIRRELL, ALEXANDER
MCLACHLIN, SNODGRASS MCFARLANE, and PETER
MILLER from the management of the Cemetery in
the Skipper's Creek District, comprised in a grant
to the Superintendent of the Province of Otago,
dated 1st July, 1871, being Cemetery Reserve No.
56, Block XI.; and I do appoint—

JOHN HENDERSON,
SAMUEL JOHNSTON,
WILLIAM CALDWELL,
ROBERT JOHNSTON, and
AUGUST SORENSON
to be Managers of the said Cemetery in their stead.

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

Regulations under "The District Railways Act,
1877," for taking Votes of Ratepayers and Owners
of Property.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in
me by "The District Railways Act, 1877," I,
George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Nor-
manby, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby,
for the purpose of ascertaining the votes of rate-
payers and owners of property in a Railway District,