✨ Electoral Polling Place Warrants




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 warrant under the hand of the
Governor, bearing date the thirtieth day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,

The Drill-shed, Mosgiel,

was appointed a polling-place for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives for the
Electoral District of Taieri:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:
Now know ye that I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested 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 Taieri.

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
Wellington, this third day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Warrant appointing 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 law-
ful 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 dis-
trict, 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, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested by
the said Act, do hereby appoint the following place
to be a polling-place for the electoral district herein-
after specified for the election of Members of the
House of Representatives, namely :-

For the Electoral District of Clive-
The Schoolhouse, Danevirk,

as from the nineteenth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

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 Wel-
lington, this twenty-eighth day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Warrant 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 dis-
trict, 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, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance of the power and authority in me vested by
the said Act, do hereby appoint the following places
to be polling-places for the electoral district herein-
after specified for the election of Members of the
House of Representatives, namely :-

For the Electoral District of Mongonui and the Bay
of Islands-
The Polling-booth, Wangape.
The Courthouse, Kawakawa.

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 Wel-
lington, this twenty-ninth day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Warrant 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 dis-
trict, 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



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πŸ›οΈ Abolition of Polling-place at Mosgiel (Taieri District) (continued from previous page)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
3 September 1879
Polling place abolition, Taieri Electoral District, House of Representatives election, Mosgiel
  • Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor
  • G. S. Whitmore

πŸ›οΈ Warrant appointing Polling-place for Clive Electoral District

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
28 August 1879
Polling place appointment, Clive Electoral District, Danevirk, House of Representatives election
  • Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor
  • G. S. Whitmore

πŸ›οΈ Warrants appointing Polling-places for Mongonui and the Bay of Islands

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
29 August 1879
Polling place appointment, Mongonui Electoral District, Bay of Islands Electoral District, Wangape, Kawakawa, House of Representatives election
  • Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor
  • G. S. Whitmore

πŸ›οΈ Preamble for Warrant appointing Polling-places (Incomplete)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Regulation of Elections Act 1870, Polling place authority