New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 50

Page 1035

✨ Maori Electoral District Writs

Aug. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1035

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 a member of the said House of Representatives for the Maori Electoral District: And we do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said member to be at , on the day of , and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the day of ; 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 day of , 188 .

In witness whereof His Excellency , 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 day of , 18 .

……………… Governor.

FORM C.

Pukapuka Pooti.

Ko te tangata Maori kei raro nei tona ingoa e marama ana ia kia pooti a te whakatunga o te tangata mo te Takiwa Pooti Maori Whaka-te hei reo mo ratou Whaka-Maori ki roto ki te Runanga Nui o Niu Tireni.

Voting-paper.

The under-mentioned person is entitled to vote at the election of a member of the House of Representatives for the Maori Electoral District.

………………Registration Officer.

Ko te Ingoa Iriiri, Maori hoki, o te Tangata Pooti. Christian Name and Surname of Elector.	Iwi. Tribe.	Hapu. Hapu.	Kainga. Abode.

Tangata e pootitia ana:
Kai-titiro :
Candidate voted for:
Witness :
………………Returning Officer.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Honourable Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished 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; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

Wm. ROLLESTON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Govt. Printer, Wellington.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1887, No 50

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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🏛️ Writ for Maori Electoral District Election (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated29 October 1881
KeywordsMaori Electoral District, Writ, Election, Nomination, Polling, Governor, Public Seal
👩‍💼 Officials

Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished 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
Wm. Rolleston

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