JUNE 24.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 939
Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert to be an additional polling-place for the electoral dis-
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New trict hereinafter specified for the election of members
Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities of the House of Representatives, namely :----
vested in me by the said Act, do hereby declare that
the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule
hereto shall be exchanged for the land mentioned in
the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this ninth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Warrant appointing additional Polling-place, Mongonui
and Bay of Islands District.

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, 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
For the Electoral District of Mongonui and Bay of
Islands—
The Public Hall, 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-first day of June,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty.
THOMAS DICK.

Rangers under "The Protection of Animals Act,
1873," appointed (Canterbury).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
David McMillan,
William Minchin,
Thomas Atkinson,
James White,
Herbert John Matthias,
James Alexander McIlraith,
Michael Flannigan, and
Charles James Brake
to be Rangers under "The Protection of Animals
Act, 1873," within the Provincial District of Can-
terbury.
THOMAS DICK.

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed, Counties
of Grey and Buller, and Boroughs of Greymouth
and Westport.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Inspectors of Weights and Measures for the districts
set opposite their names:—
Names. District.
Sergeant SOREN CHRISTOPHER { County of Grey, and
WILLIAM MÖLLER } Borough of Grey-
mouth.
Sergeant HUGH BOYLE { County of Buller,
and Borough of
Westport.
THOMAS DICK.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments :—
E Battery of Artillery.
Charles Partridge Hulbert to be Second Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 2nd December, 1879.
G Battery of Artillery.
James Ewart Hannah to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 13th May, 1880.
JOHN BRYCE.

Member of Moeraki Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st June, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
the provisions of section 40 of "The Harbours
Act, 1878," been pleased to appoint
H