FEB. 7.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 177

Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the
Islands of New Zealand, Queen:

To Alexander Mackay, Esquire, Returning Officer
for the Southern Maori Electoral District, greet-
ing:

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of a Mem-
ber 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 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 Kaiapoi on the first day of March,
and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at
the several polling-places on the tenth day of March,
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 twenty-fifth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

In witness whereof Our Trusty and Well-
beloved Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight
Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Our High Commissioner for the Western
Pacific, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Our Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, has caused the
Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand
to be hereunto affixed, at Wellington, the
fourth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.

A. GORDON,
Governor.

Appointing Polling-Places.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers in me vested, I, Arthur
Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint the following places
to be polling-places for the Southern Maori Electoral
District, constituted under "The Maori Representa-
tion Act, 1867;" "The Maori Representation Act
Amendment and Continuance Act, 1872," and "The
Maori Representation Acts Continuance Act, 1876:"
Wakapuaka-Schoolhouse.
Wairau Schoolhouse.
Havelock-Courthouse.
Waikawa-Schoolhouse.
Motueka-Courthouse.
Westport-Courthouse.
Arahura-Schoolhouse.
Kaikoura--Courthouse.
Kaiapoi-Schoolhouse.
Rapaki-Schoolhouse.
Little River-Schoolhouse.
Waimate Courthouse.
Moeraki-Rawiri Mamaru's House.
Otago Heads-Schoolhouse.
Waikouaiti-Schoolhouse.
Temuka-Courthouse.
Campbelltown-Courthouse.
Riverton-Schoolhouse.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High

Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
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 fourth day of
February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

WM. ROLLESTON.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Resignation of Offices of Minister for Native Affairs,
and Executive Councillor.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
JOHN BRYCE, Esq.,
of his office as Minister of Native Affairs, and as
Member of the Executive Council of the colony.
Such resignations to take effect as from the 21st
January, 1881.

F. P. MURRAY,
Private Secretary.

The Hon. W. Rolleston appointed Minister for
Native Affairs.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
The Honorable WILLIAM ROLLESTON
to be Minister for Native Affairs, vice John Bryce,
Esq., resigned.

F. P. MURRAY,
Private Secretary.

Registrar under "The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,"
appointed, Wellington.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM PATTISON JAMES, Esq.,
to be the Registrar under "The Sale of Poisons Act,
1871," for the Provincial District of Wellington, vice
T. A. Mansford, Esq., deceased.

JOHN HALL,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Census Enumerator appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentleman to be
the Census Enumerator and Superintendent Collector
of Agricultural Statistics, under "The Census Act,
1877," for the Census and collection of the present
year, in the district set opposite his name, vice
Edward Hardcastle, Esq., resigned.
Name. District.
GARLAND WILLIAM WOON... Counties of Wanganui
and Patea, with in-
terior borough.

JOHN HALL,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)