β¨ Railway Voting Appointments
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
attorney so appointed as aforesaid must insert the
word "Refuse," and his vote shall be deemed to have
been given accordingly.
17. The voter, or his attorney specially appointed
for that purpose, shall sign the voting paper in the
presence of a Justice of the Peace, or of some other
person being a voter for the railway district, or the
Returning Officer or Presiding Officer, who shall
attest the same.
28. If such total value last mentioned represents
two-thirds or more of the value of the rateable pro-
perty within the entire railway district, then the
majority will be considered absolute, and the pro-
posal will be assented to or dissented from, according
to the manner in which such majority shall have
voted.
[Foot note to Fourth Schedule.]
(5) If signed by attorney, form will be-
A.B., Attorney for
C.D., Ratepayer or Owner.
Warrant ordering and directing Time, Places, Man-
ner, and Form Votes are to be taken in the Railway
District, Foxton and Sanson Railway.
HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
WHEREAS by "The District Railways Act, 1877,"
and "The District Railways Act 1877 Amend-
ment Act, 1878," it is, amongst other things, enacted
that the Governor may from time to time, by warrant
duly gazetted, order and direct at what times, places,
and in what manner and form the ratepayers and
owners of property shall vote within a proposed
railway district: And whereas the Foxton and
Sanson Railway Company (Limited) propose to
construct within the Provincial District of Welling-
ton a railway under the said Act, and it is necessary
to order and direct the times and places, and the
manner and form of taking the votes of the rate-
payers and owners in the railway district proposed to
be constituted by the said Company:
Now know ye that I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursu-
ance of the power and authority in me vested by the
said Act, do hereby order and direct that, on the
twelfth day of July next, the votes of the ratepayers
and owners of property within the railway district
proposed by the said Company shall be taken at the
several places specified in the Schedule hereto, in the
manner and form prescribed by the regulations set
forth in warrants dated the eleventh day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and
twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-nine, and published in the New
Zealand Gazettes of the eleventh day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and the
thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
SCHEDULE.
COUNTY Council Office, Foxton.
School-house, Carnarvon.
Registered office of the Company, Sanson.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished 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 the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
J. MACANDREW.
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Revising Officer appointed for the Railway District,
Foxton and Sanson Railway.
HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in me by the regulations made
under "The District Railways Act, 1877," and "The
District Railways Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1878,"
by warrants dated the eleventh day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and the
twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-nine, published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 68, of the eleventh day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and the
New Zealand Gazette No. 58, of the thirtieth day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,
I, Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Gover-
nor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
HENRY SANSON, Senior,
of Sanson, Esquire, to be Revising Officer for
the railway district within which the Foxton and
Sanson Railway Company (Limited) propose to con-
struct a railway under the said Act, and to consti-
tute a railway district.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished 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 the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
J. MACANDREW.
Presiding Officer appointed for the Railway District,
Foxton and Sanson Railway.
HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in me by the regulations made
under "The District Railways Act, 1877," and "The
District Railways Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1878,"
by warrants dated the eleventh day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and the
twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-nine, published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 68, of the eleventh day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and the
New Zealand Gazette No. 58, of the thirtieth day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,
I, Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Gover-
nor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
JOHN WRIGHT GOWER,
of Carnarvon, Esquire, to be Presiding Officer for
the railway district within which the Foxton and
Sanson Railway Company (Limited) propose to con-
struct a railway under the said Act, and to consti-
tute a railway district.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zeland and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
J. MACANDREW.
By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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Regulations for taking votes of ratepayers and owners regarding District Railways
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ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works29 May 1879
Voting regulations, Attorney appointment, Voter attestation, Majority calculation
ποΈ Warrant ordering times, places, manner, and form for voting on Foxton and Sanson Railway
ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works29 May 1879
District Railways Act 1877, Voting warrant, Foxton, Sanson, Wellington Provincial District
- Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor
- J. Macandrew
ποΈ Appointment of Revising Officer for Foxton and Sanson Railway District
ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works29 May 1879
Revising Officer, Appointment, Foxton, Sanson Railway, District Railways Act
- Henry Sanson (Senior, Esquire), Appointed Revising Officer
- Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor
- J. Macandrew
ποΈ Appointment of Presiding Officer for Foxton and Sanson Railway District
ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works29 May 1879
Presiding Officer, Appointment, Foxton, Carnarvon, District Railways Act
- John Wright Gower (Esquire), Appointed Presiding Officer
- Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor
- J. Macandrew
NZ Gazette 1879, No 58