THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1159

Abolishing a Polling-place.

HERCULES ROBINSON, 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
appointed by the Governor under the said Act unless he shall be first satisfied that the place to be appointed
is more convenient than any other for at least twenty electors to record their votes thereat:

And whereas, by a warrant under the hand of the Governor, the Courtroom in the Taranaki Institute,
Town of New Plymouth, was appointed a polling-place for the election of Members of the House of
Representatives for the electoral district of Egmont:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:

Now know ye that I, Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby abolish the above-
named polling-place for the election of Members of the House of Representatives for the electoral district
of Egmont.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, 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; and issued at Wellington, this twenty-first day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. GREY.

Appointing Polling-places.

HERCULES ROBINSON, 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 appointed
by the Governor under the said Act unless he shall be first satisfied that the place to be appointed is more
convenient than any other for at least twenty electors to record their votes thereat:

Now know ye that I, Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the places
mentioned in the First Schedule hereto to be polling-places for the electoral districts in the said First
Schedule mentioned for the elections of Members of the House of Representatives: And I do hereby also
appoint the polling-place mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto to be the principal polling-place for the
electoral district therein mentioned for the election of a Member of the House of Representatives.

For the Electoral District of Egmont—
The Tollhouse, Omata.

For the Electoral District of Wanganui—
The Polling-booth, Marangai.

For the Electoral District of Egmont—
The Tollhouse, Omata.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

For the Electoral District of Wallace—
Mr. Grey's House, Longwood.

For the Electoral District of Mataura—
The Schoolhouse, Appleby.
Jackson's Schoolhouse, East Invercargill.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

For the Electoral District of Egmont—
The Tollhouse, Omata.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. GREY.