Nov. 12.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1513

(L.S.) VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, &c., Queen.

TO ALEXANDER MACKAY, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Southern Maori
Electoral District—Greeting:

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of a Member of the House of Repre-
sentatives 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 qualified 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

ΚΑΙΑΡΟΙ,

on the twenty-fourth day of November, and the polling, in case it shall be
required, to be at the several polling-places, on the eighth day of December, 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 nineteenth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.

In witness whereof His Excellency Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand, has caused the
Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed,
at Wellington, the twelfth day of November, 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 several Maori
Electoral Districts, constituted under "The Maori
Representation Act, 1867," "The Maori Representa-
tion Act Amendment and Continuance Act, 1872,"
and "The Maori Representation Acts Continuance
Act, 1876:"—

Northern Maori Electoral District—
Mangonui—Courthouse.
Ahipara—Courthouse.
Parengarenga—Schoolhouse.
Te Ngaere—Schoolhouse.
Kororareka—Courthouse.
Kawakawa—Courthouse.
Waimate—Courthouse.
Hokianga—Courthouse, Herd's Point.
Pakia—Schoolhouse.
Whangaroa—Courthouse, Kaeo.
Whangaruru—Hoterene's House.
Ohaeawai—Schoolhouse.
Kaipara—Courthouse.
Otamatea (Kaipara) —Schoolhouse.
Whangarei—Courthouse.
Whangape—Residence of Mr. D. J. McMath.
Kaihu—Courthouse.
Auckland—Native Office.

Western Maori Electoral District—
Coromandel—Courthouse.
Manaia (Hauraki)—Runanga-house.
Mercury Bay—Police Station.
Wairoa (Hauraki) - Hori te Whetuki's House.
Shortland—Courthouse.
Whakatiwai—Runanga-house.

Hoe-a-tainui (Piako)—Runanga-house.
Hikutaia (Thames)—Schoolhouse.
Ohinemuri—Public Hall, Paeroa.
Omahu (Te Aroha)—Runanga-house.
Katikati—Wi Kotero's House.
Tauranga—Courthouse.
Waihi (Tokaano, Taupo)—Runanga-house.
Waipapa (Taupo)--Hitere Pairata's House.
Patea (Taupo) —Henare's House.
Waiuku—Courthouse.
Kohanga—Schoolhouse.
Raglan—Courthouse.
Weraroa (Raglan)—Tamihana Tunui's House.
Motakotako (Aotea) —Mr. Ellis's Store.
Kohekohe—Manahi's House.
Whatawhata—Schoolhouse.
Kihikihi—Schoolhouse.
Mangere—Matire's House.
Cambridge—Courthouse.
Waotu—Arekatera's House.
Alexandra—Courthouse.
Tapapa—Hoera's House.
Rangiriri—Schoolhouse.
Mokau—Mr. Jones's Station.
Waitara—Schoolhouse.
New Plymouth—Courthouse.
Stoney River—Old Telegraph Station.
Opunake—Mr. Breach's Wool-shed.
Hawera—Courthouse.
Patea—Courthouse.
Waitotara—Courthouse.
Wanganui—Courthouse.
Parikino (Wanganui) —Schoolhouse.
Iruharama (Wanganui)—Schoolhouse.
Turakina—Courthouse.
Bull's—Courthouse.
Foxton—Courthouse.
Otaki—Courthouse.
Porirua—Ferry Schoolhouse.
Wellington—Native Hostelry.