Election Proclamations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

Meeting of the General Assembly.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

(L.S.)

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME—GREETING:

A PROCLAMATION.

KNOW YE that I, being desirous that the General Assembly of New Zealand
should be holden as soon as may be, do hereby summon and call together the
said General Assembly to meet at the Parliament Buildings in Molesworth Street,
in the City of Wellington, on Thursday, the twenty-second day of December next,
at Twelve of the clock at noon.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Honorable Arthur
Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Her Majesty's High Com-
missioner 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; and issued under the
Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington,
this eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
JOHN HALL.

Polling-places for General Assembly Elections
appointed.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1881," it is enacted that the Governor may
from time to time appoint, alter, and abolish polling-
places for each electoral district within the limits
thereof, and may appoint any one of such polling-
places to be the principal polling-place of the dis-
trict, and that no polling-place shall be appointed
unless the Governor 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, therefore, I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto
to be polling-places and principal polling-places for
the electoral districts therein specified.

SCHEDULE.

Bay of Islands Electoral District—
The Courthouse, Russell (principal).
The Courthouse, Herd's Point, Hokianga.
The Courthouse, Mongonui.
The Courthouse, Waimate.
Mr. J. B. Matthews's Residence, Kaitaia.
The Courthouse, Whangaroa.
The Public Hall, Kawakawa.
The Town Hall, Kohukohu.
The Schoolhouse, Okaihau.
The Courthouse, Kaeo.
Mr. J. W. Lambley's Store, Oruru.

Marsden Electoral District—
The Courthouse, Whangarei (principal).
The Courthouse, Mangapai.
The Public Hall, Kaurihohore.
The Courthouse, Dargaville.
The Police Station, Tangiteroria.
The Post Office, Mangakahia.
The Courthouse, Waipu.

The Saw-mill, Hikurangi.
The Old Schoolhouse, Te Arai.
The Public Hall, Kamo.
The Native School, Ngunguru.
The Public Hall, Parua Bay.
The Schoolhouse, Opuawhanga.
The Post Office Central School, Maunga-
karamea.
The Native School, Poroti.
The Chapel, Ruatangata.
The Post Office, Tangihua.
The Courthouse, Kopuru.

Rodney Electoral District—
The Courthouse, Warkworth (principal).
The Public Hall, Matakana.
The Schoolhouse, Omaha.
The Public Hall, North Albertland.
The Public Hall, Port Albert.
The Schoolhouse, Tauhoa.
The Schoolhouse, Kaipara Flats.
The Schoolhouse, Puhoi.
The Schoolhouse, Mahurangi Heads.
The Schoolhouse, Kaiwaka.
The Schoolhouse, Mangaturoto.
The Public Hall, Pahi.
The Schoolhouse, Paparoa.
The Schoolhouse, Whakahara.
The Public Hall, Aratapu.
The Post Office, Tryphena, Great Barrier
Island.
The Post Office, Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier
Island.
The Post Office, Whangaparapara, Great Bar-
rier Island.

Waitemata Electoral District—
The Public Hall, Devonport (principal).
The Courthouse, Helensville.
Mr. Henderson's Farm-building, Henderson.
The Public Hall, Kaukapakapa.
The Schoolroom, Lucas Creek.
The Schoolroom, Riverhead.
The Courthouse, Wade.



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🏛️ Proclamation summoning the General Assembly to meet in Wellington

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
8 November 1881
General Assembly, Summons, Meeting, Proclamation, Wellington
  • Arthur Gordon, Governor
  • John Hall

🏛️ Appointment of Polling-places for General Assembly Elections

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Polling-places, Electoral Districts, Elections, Bay of Islands, Marsden, Rodney, Waitemata
  • J. B. Matthews (Mr.), Residence used as polling-place
  • Henderson (Mr.), Farm-building used as polling-place

  • Arthur Gordon, Governor