1032
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, Queen:

To GEORGE THOMAS WILKINSON, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Western 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 Western Maori Electoral District: And we do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said member to be at

ALEXANDRA,

on the seventeenth day of August, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the seventh day of September; 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 thirtieth day of September, 1887.

In witness whereof, our Trusty and Well-beloved William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s 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 second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

(L.S.)
Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, Queen:

To GEORGE AUGUSTUS PREECE, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Eastern 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 Eastern Maori Electoral District: And we do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said member to be at

NAPIER,

on the seventeenth day of August, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the seventh day of September; 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 thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

In witness whereof, our Trusty and Well-beloved William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s 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 second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

(L.S.)
Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom 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: 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 Southern Maori Elec-

toral District: And we do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said member to be at

KAIAPoi,

on the seventeenth day of August, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the seventh day of September; 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 thirtieth day of September, 1887.

In witness whereof, our Trusty and Well-beloved William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s 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 second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

Polling-places 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 the following places to be polling-places for the several Maori electoral districts constituted under “The Maori Representation Act, 1867,” “The Maori Representation Act Amendment and Continuance Act, 1872,” and “The Maori Representation Acts Continuance Act, 1876:”

Northern Maori Electoral District—
Peria, Oruru Valley—Schoolhouse.
Pamapuria, Victoria Valley—Schoolhouse.
Ahipara—Courthouse.
Awanui—Schoolhouse.
Paua-Parentarenga—Mr. Yates’s Gum Store.
Te Ngaere—Schoolhouse.
Kororareka—Courthouse.
Kawakawa—Courthouse.
Waimate—Courthouse.
Waikare—Schoolhouse.
Waihou—Schoolhouse.
Whakarapa—Schoolhouse.
Mangamuka—Schoolhouse.
Hokianga—Courthouse, Herd’s Point.
Kawerua—Mr. George Wyatt’s House.
Mangakahia—Schoolhouse.
Waima—Schoolhouse.
Pakia—Schoolhouse.
Otaua—Schoolhouse.
Whangaroa—Courthouse.
Whangaruru—Hoterene’s House.
Ngunguru—Schoolhouse.
Kaikohe—Schoolhouse.
Kaipara—Helensville Courthouse.
Whakahara—Mr. Clarke’s Gum Store.
Pouto, North Head (Kaipara)—Schoolhouse.
Otamatea (Kaipara)—Schoolhouse.
Maunganui Bluff—Netana Patuawa’s House, Ma-ropui.
Whangarei—Courthouse.
Poroti—Schoolhouse.
Whangape—Residence of Mr. D. J. McMath.
Kaihu—Courthouse.
Warkworth—Courthouse.
Lucas Creek—Schoolhouse.
Auckland—Native Office, Supreme Court Buildings.

Western Maori Electoral District—
Manaia, Hauraki—Runanga House.
Waiaro (Cape Colville Moehau) Haora Tupaea’s Meeting-house.
Mercury Bay—Police Station.
Harataunga (Kennedy’s Bay)—Peneamine Ingoa Kore’s Meeting-house.
Tairua, East Coast—Public Hall.
Wairoa, Hauraki—Schoolhouse.
Shortland—Old Courthouse.
Miranda—Schoolhouse.
Te Hoe-a-Tainui, Piako—Runanga House.
Whangamata, Hauraki—Reneti te Whau Whau’s House.
Paeroa, Ohinemuri—Public Hall.