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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

colony, in pursuance of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by the said above-recited section,
and of all other powers and authorities in anywise
enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby order and
declare that the places mentioned in the third column
of the Schedule hereto shall be polling-places for the
electoral district mentioned in the first column of the
said Schedule, in lieu of the places mentioned in the
second column of the said Schedule.

police stations mentioned in the Schedule hereto
shall be police gaols.

SCHEDULE.

ARROWTOWN, Ashburton, Clyde, Gisborne, Grahams-
town, Greymouth, Hokianga, Kaikoura, Lawrence,
Mercury Bay, Mongonui, Naseby, Oamaru, Opotiki,
Patea, Picton, Porangahau, Raglan, Reefton, Russell,
Tairua, Tauranga, Waimate, Waipawa, Wairoa,
Warkworth, Westport, Woodville.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor
of Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand,
at the Government House, at Wellington,
this third day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one.

R. OLIVER.

SCHEDULE.

F. P. MURRAY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Closing certain Public Prisons.

A. GORDON, Governor.

COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, }
TO WIT.

W HEREAS by the eighth section of "The Prisons
public prison which the Governor shall be of opinion
has become unfit for the purpose, or unnecessary,
or for any other reason ought to cease to be a public
prison, the Governor may, by Proclamation published
in the Gazette, declare that such public prison shall
be no longer a public prison; and, upon the publica-
tion of such Proclamation in the Gazette, or from
and after any later date fixed in such Proclamation for
the purpose, such public prison shall cease to be a
public prison:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the said Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the
publication of this Proclamation in the Gazette, the
public prisons at Clyde, Gisborne, Naseby, Oamaru,
Tauranga, and Westport shall cease to be public
prisons.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor
of Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand,
at the Government House, Wellington,
this third day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

R. OLIVER.

Extending Time for holding Elections for Ridings
in Counties of Raglan and Ashley.

A. GORDON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of December, 1881.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W HEREAS by an Order in Council made under
the two hundred and eleventh section of "The
Counties Act, 1876," and dated the twenty-first day
of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
one, the time appointed for holding the election of
Councillors for certain counties was extended from
the second Wednesday of the month of November
last to the third Wednesday of the said month: And
whereas it is expedient to further extend the time for
holding such elections for the Te Akau Riding of the
County of Raglan, and the Kowai Riding of the
County of Ashley:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby further extend the time ap-
pointed for holding the elections for the ensuing three
years of members of the Councils of the said counties
for the said ridings, as follows: For the Te Akau
Riding, County of Raglan, until the third Wednes-
day in January next; for the Kowai Riding of the
County of Ashley, until the third Wednesday in
January next.

F. P. MURRAY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the taking and laying down of Roads
over Lands granted under "The Crown Grants
Act, 1866," in the Westland Provincial District.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

I N exercise and pursuance of all powers and au-
thorities enabling me in this behalf by "The
Crown Grants Act, 1866," I, Arthur Hamilton
Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby authorize

EDWARD IVEAGH LORD, Esquire,
Surveyor, of Westland, to take and lay down roads
over all the lands in the Provincial District of
Westland lying north of the Teremakau River,
and for that purpose to exercise all such powers as
by the said Acts may be exercised by a person legally
authorized in that behalf under the said Acts.

As witness the hand of His Excllency the
Governor, this twenty-eighth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Proclaiming certain Police Gaols.

A. GORDON, Governor.

COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, }
TO WIT.

W HEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand intituled "The Prisons Act
Amendment Act, 1881," it is provided that the
Governor may, by Proclamation published in the
Gazette, declare that such police stations as he shall
name therein shall be police gaols:

And whereas it is desirable to proclaim the police
stations mentioned in the Schedule to be police
gaols:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the said colony, in pursuance of the
above-recited power, do hereby declare that the