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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1887.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1887.
Returning Officer appointed.
Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
IN pursuance of the powers in me vested, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
JAMES STEPHENSON CLENDON, Esquire, Resident Magistrate,
to be Returning Officer for the Northern Maori Electoral District.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.
J. BALLANCE.
Writ for the Election of a Member of the House of Representatives.
Native Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1887.
THE following writ for the election of a member of the House of Representatives of New Zealand for the Northern Maori Electoral District, constituted under “The Maori Representation Act, 1867,” “The Maori Representation Act Amendment and Continuance Act, 1872,” and “The Maori Representation Acts Continuance Act, 1876,” is published in the New Zealand Gazette in accordance with regulations issued by Proclamation bearing date the twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
By command.
T. W. LEWIS,
Under-Secretary.
VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, Queen:
To JAMES STEPHENSON CLENDON, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Northern Maori Electoral District: Greeting.
WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of a member 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-qualified person to serve as member of the said House of Representatives for the Northern Maori Electoral District: And we do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said member to be at
RUSSELL,
on the twenty-fifth day of April, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the ninth day of May, 1887; 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 May, 1887.
In witness whereof our trusty and well-beloved William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in our Army, Knight Grand Cross of our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 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 thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.
Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
(L.S.)
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NZ Gazette 1887, No 25
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🏛️ Returning Officer Appointment
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration13 April 1887
Appointment, Returning Officer, Northern Maori Electoral District
- James Stephenson Clendon (Esquire, Resident Magistrate), Appointed Returning Officer
- Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
- J. Ballance
🏛️ Writ for the Election of a Member of the House of Representatives
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration14 April 1887
Election, Writ, Northern Maori Electoral District, House of Representatives
- James Stephenson Clendon (Esquire, Returning Officer), Issued writ for election
- T. W. Lewis, Under-Secretary
- Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor