1182
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

returned to us here on or before the seventeenth day of
September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

In witness whereof His Excellency Sir Her-
cules George Robert Robinson, the Go-
vernor 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 twenty-
second day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

HERCULES ROBINSON,
Governor.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
(L.S.) 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 first day of September, and the polling, in
case it shall be required, to be at the several
polling-places on the eighth day of September,
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 seventeenth day of
September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

In witness whereof His Excellency Sir
Hercuies 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 twenty-
second day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

HERCULES ROBINSON,
Governor.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
(L.S.) 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 re-
quire 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-quali-
fied 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 first day of September, and the polling, in
case it shall be required, to be at the several
pollin g-places on the eighth day of September,
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 seventeenth day of
September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

In witness whereof His Excellency Sir Her-
cules 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
hereunto affixed, at Wellington, the
twenty-second day of August, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

HERCULES ROBINSON,
Governor.

Appointing Polling-places.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers in me vested, I, Sir
Hercuies George Robert Robinson, Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the
following places to be polling-places for the several
Maori Electoral Districts constituted under "The
Maori Representation Act, 1867," "The Maori Re-
presentation Act Amendment and Continuance Act,
1872," and "The Maori Representation Acts Con-
tinuance Act, 1876:"—

Northern Maori Electoral District.
Mangonui—Courthouse.
Ahipara—Courthouse.
Parengarenga—Schoolhouse.
Te Ngaere—Schoolhouse.
Kororareka—Courthouse.
Kawakawa—Courthouse.
Waimate—Courthouse.
Hokianga—Courthouse, Herd's Point.
Pakia—Schoolhouse.
Whangaroa—Courthouse, Kaeo.
Whangaruru—Hoterene's House.
Ohaeawai—Schoolhouse.
Kaipara—Courthouse.
Otamatea (Kaipara)—Schoolhouse.
Whangarei—Courthouse.
Whangape—Residence of Mr. D. J. McMath.
Kaihu—Courthouse.
Auckland—Civil Commissioner's Office.

Western Maori Electoral District.
Coromandel—Courthouse.
Manaia (Hauraki)—Runanga-house.
Mercury Bay—Police Station.
Wairoa (Hauraki)—Hori te Whetuki's House.
Shortland—Courthouse.
Whakatiwai—Runanga-house.
Ohinemuri—Courthouse.
Omahu (Te Aroha)—Runanga-house.
Hoe-a-tainui (Piako)—Runanga-house.
Katikati—Wi Kotero's House.
Tauranga—Courthouse.
Waipapa (Taupo)—Hitere Pairata's House.
Waiuku—Courthouse.
Kohanga—Schoolhouse.
Raglan—Courthouse.
Motakotako (Aotea)—Mr. Ellis's Store.
Kohekohe—Manahi's House.
Whatawhata—Schoolhouse.
Kihikihi—Schoolhouse.
Mangere—Matire's House.
Cambridge—Courthouse.
Alexandra—Courthouse.
Rangiriri—Schoolhouse.
Mokau—Mr. Jones's Station.
Waitara—Schoolhouse
New Plymouth—Courthouse.