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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ammunition, gunpowder, or any other goods may be
prohibited by Proclamation of the Governor in
Council: And whereas it is expedient that the im-
portation of the goods hereinafter specified should
be prohibited:
Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the said power
and authority, and by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do
hereby order and proclaim that the importation into
New Zealand of all native cats from Australia,
whether known as tiger cats, or by any other name,
shall be and the same is hereby prohibited.
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
under the Seal of the said Colony, at
the Government House, at Wellington,
this fifth day of August, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring "Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876,"
in force within the Avon Road District.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue of the power vested in me by the third
section of "The Regulation of Local Elections
Act, 1876," I, Hercules George Robert Robinson,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the said Act shall
come into force, in respect of all the elective offices
of the Avon Road District Board, within the district
known as the Avon Road District, County of Selwyn.

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
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine.
G. S. WHITMORE.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Declaring "Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876,"
in force within the Featherston Highway District.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue of the power vested in me by the third
section of "The Regulation of Local Elections
Act, 1876," I, Hercules George Robert Robinson, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the said Act shall come into

Appointing a Day for Election of Members for
Subdivisions of Taieri Road District.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section ten of "The Otago Roads
Ordinance 1871 Amendment Ordinance, 1874,"
it is enacted that, if from any cause whatever, the
persons entitled to vote at any election for any sub-
division of any district shall fail or neglect to hold
an election of members of the District Board of such
district on the day appointed by the said Ordinance
for that purpose, it shall be lawful for the Super-
intendent, by Proclamation in the Gazette, to appoint
a day for the holding of such election, and an election
may be held upon the day so appointed, and the
election so held shall for all purposes whatsoever be
deemed to have been duly held on the day appointed
by the said Ordinance for holding the same: And
whereas the powers and authorities vested in the
Superintendent by the said section are, by "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," now vested in the
Governor: And whereas the persons entitled to
vote in the election of members for the East Taieri,
Owhiro, and Breadalbane Subdivisions of the Taieri
Road District failed on the day appointed by "The
Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871," to hold an election:
Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the said Ordinance and Act, do
hereby proclaim and appoint that an election shall
be held on the thirtieth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine, of members of the
Taieri Road Board for the East Taieri, Owhiro, and
Breadalbane Subdivisions of the said Taieri Road
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; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine.
G. S. WHITMORE.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!