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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Eastern Maori Electoral District.
Greytown—Foresters' Hall.
Masterton—Courthouse.
Porangahau—Paora Ropiha's House.
Takapau—Booking Office, Railway Station.
Waipawa—Courthouse.
Hastings—Goodwin's Long Shed.
West Clive—Schoolhouse.
Taradale—Schoolhouse.
Napier—Provincial Council Chambers.
Petane—Schoolhouse.
Tarawera—Blockhouse.
Tapuacharuru—Courthouse.
Mohaka—Schoolhouse.
Wairoa—Courthouse.
Mahia—Bendall's Iron Boatshed.
Gisborne—Courthouse.
Whakato—Schoolhouse.
Ormond—Courthouse.
Tologa Bay (Uawa)---Schoolhouse.
Tokomaru—Schoolhouse.
Akuaku—Schoolhouse.
Waiapu (Te Hatepe)—Schoolhouse.
Kawakawa—Schoolhouse.
Te Kaha—Schoolhouse.
Opotiki—Courthouse.
Whakatane—Schoolhouse.
Matata—Courthouse.
Maketu—Courthouse.
Te Taheke—Te Waata Taranui's House.
Ohinemutu (Rotorua)--Schoolhouse,
Puhirua (or Awahou)—Schoolhouse.
Wairoa (or Tarawera)—Schoolhouse.

Southern Maori Electoral District.
Wakapuaka—Schoolhouse.
Wairau—Schoolhouse.
Havelock—Courthouse.
Waikawa—Schoolhouse.
Motueka—Courthouse.
Arahura—Schoolhouse.
Kaikoura—Courthouse.
Kaiapoi—Schoolhouse.
Rapaki—Schoolhouse.
Little River—Schoolhouse.
Moeraki—Rawiri Mamaru's House.
Otago Heads—Schoolhouse.
Waikouaiti—Schoolhouse.
Arowhenua—Courthouse.
Campbelltown—Courthouse.
Riverton—Schoolhouse.

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; and
issued at Wellington, this eleventh day
of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Native Minister.)

Writs for the Election of Members of the House of
-Representatives.

Native Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1879.

THE following Writs for the election of Members
of the House of Representatives of New Zea-
land for the Eastern Maori Electoral District and the
Southern Maori Electoral District, constituted under
"The Maori Representation Act, 1867," "The Maori

Representation Act Amendment and Continuance
Act, 1872," and "The Maori Representation Acts
Continuance Act, 1876," are published in the New
Zealand Gazette, in accordance with regulations issued
by Proclamations bearing date the fourteenth day of
December, 1875, and the first day of May, 1879.

By command.

W. J. MORPETH,
(for the Under Secretary.)

(L.S.) VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and of the Islands of New Zealand,
Queen.

TO FRANCIS EDWARDS HAMLIN, Esq., Returning
Officer for the Eastern Maori Electoral District—
Greeting.

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of a Member
of the House of Representatives of New Zealand
shall take place: Now, therefore, we do hereby
require and command you to cause to be elected by
the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and
indifferently, and in manner and form by law and
regulations in this behalf prescribed, a legally qualified
person to serve as Member of the said House of
Representatives for the Eastern Maori Electoral
District: And we do hereby further require and
command that you cause the nomination of the said
member to be at

NAPIER

on the twenty-sixth day of June, and the polling,
in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-
places, on the seventh day of July next, and that
this our Writ, with the name of the person so elected
indorsed thereon by you, shall be returned to us here
on or before the twenty-second day of July next, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

In witness whereof, His Excellency Sir
Hercules George Robert Robinson, the
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
New Zealand, has caused the Public Seal
of the Colony of New Zealand to be here-
unto affixed, at Wellington, the eleventh
day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.

HERCULES ROBINSON,
Governor.

(L.S.) VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and of the Islands of New Zealand,
Queen.

To ALEXANDER MACKAY, Esq., Returning Officer
for the Southern Maori Electoral District—
Greeting.

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of a Member
of the House of Representatives of New Zealand
shall take place: Now, therefore, we do hereby
require and command you to cause to be elected by
the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and
indifferently, and in manner and form by law and
regulations in this behalf prescribed, a legally qualified
person to serve as Member of the said House of
Representatives for the Southern Maori Electoral
District: And we do hereby further require and
command that you cause the nomination of the said
member to be at

ΚΑΙΑΡΟΙ

on the twenty-sixth day of June, and the polling,
in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-
places, on the seventh day of July next, and that
this our Writ, with the name of the person so elected