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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

Returning Officers appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

WHEREAS by “The Electoral Act, 1893,” it is among other things enacted that the Governor may appoint such Registrars, Returning Officers, Clerks, and other officers as may be required to carry the provisions of the said Act into execution, and that every person so appointed shall hold office during the Governor’s pleasure:

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby appoint each of the undermentioned persons respectively to be a Returning Officer for the election of members of the House of Representatives for the electoral district the name of which is placed opposite the name of such person:—

David John Kirkpatrick .. .. Bay of Islands.
Robert Mair .. .. .. Marsden.
Jonathan Morrison King .. .. Waitemata.
Benjamin Gilmer .. .. Eden.
John King .. .. .. City of Auckland.
Joseph Gilmore .. .. Parnell.
Sydney John Brookfield .. .. Manukan.
William Joseph King .. .. Franklin.
Thomas William Clark .. .. Thames.
Frederick Duncan Fergusson .. Ohinemuri.
Julian Francis Long .. .. Waikato.
John Harris McCaw .. .. Bay of Plenty.
William Alfred Barton .. .. Waiapu.
Horace Henry Hunt .. .. Hawke’s Bay.
Montague William Percy Lascelles Napier.
Samuel Johnson .. .. Waipawa.
William Gibb Crawford .. .. Pahiatua.
Edward Rawson .. .. Masterton.
Adam Armstrong .. .. Wairarapa.
James Strachan Greig .. .. Egmont.
Thomas Shailer Weston the younger Taranaki.
Alfred Trimble .. .. Hawera.
Arnold William Mann .. .. Patea.
Morton Jones .. .. Wanganui.
Thomas Watson .. .. Rangitikei.
William Matravers .. .. Palmerston.
Alfred Ross .. .. Manawatu.
Jeremiah Hurley .. .. Otaki.
Richard Mothes .. .. Suburbs of Wellington.
William Pattison James .. .. City of Wellington.
John Glen .. .. .. City of Nelson.
William Baird .. .. Motueka.
Richard Doidge Nosworthy .. Wairau.
Frank Bird .. .. .. Buller.
Benjamin Harper .. .. Grey.
Charles Arthur Barton .. .. Westland.
Maximilian Whatman .. .. Ashley.
Michael Lynskey .. .. Kaiapoi.
Henry Rawe Smith .. .. Avon.
Lyonel Charles Williams .. .. City of Christchurch.
George Arthur Lewin .. .. Lyttelton.
Frank William East .. .. Riccarton.
Alexander Innes McGregor .. Ellesmere.
Robert Colthart .. .. Selwyn.
Thomas William Tayler .. .. Ashburton.
Francis Worcester Stubbs .. Geraldine.
Joseph Marie Hickson .. .. Timaru.
George Veitch Cochrane .. .. Waitaki.
Henry Hawthorne Grant Ralfe .. Oamaru.
John Thomas Gwynne .. .. Waihemo.
Thomas Hinchliff .. .. Waikouaiti.
James Taylor .. .. .. City of Dunedin.
Thomas Riddell Dodds .. .. Caversham.
John Stewart Kennedy .. .. Taieri.
Alexander Nelson .. .. Bruce.
John Carse Arbuckle .. .. Tuapeka.
Robert Grigor .. .. Clutha.
James Boyne .. .. Mataura.
Horatio Nelson Firth .. .. Wakatipu.
Alexander George Ashby .. .. Wallace.
James Roland Colyer .. .. Invercargill.
William Russell .. .. Awarua.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

W. C. WALKER.

Polling-places for General Assembly Elections appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

WHEREAS by “The Electoral Act, 1893,” it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may from time to time appoint, alter, and abolish polling-places for each electoral district within the limits thereof, 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, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, hereby abolish all existing polling-places, and do hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be polling-places for the electoral districts the names of which are therein specified.

SCHEDULE.

Bay of Islands Electoral District—
The Council Chambers (principal).
The Courthouse, Russell.
The Schoolhouse, Pakia.
The Courthouse, Mangonui.
The Courthouse, Waimate.
The Kaitaia Hall, Kaitaia.
The Courthouse, Whangaroa.
The Public Hall, Kohukohu.
The Schoolhouse, Okaihau.
Hare’s Hall, Kaeo.
The Schoolhouse, Victoria Valley.
The Schoolhouse, Herekino.
The Native Schoolhouse, Te Kao.
The Courthouse, Rawene.
Jarvie’s Store, Kawerua.
Glover’s Store, Taheke.
The Schoolhouse, Opua.
The Room at Mr. Claudet’s House, Awanui.
Tynan’s Store, Waihopo.
The Native Schoolhouse, Rangiahua.
The Courthouse, Dargaville.
Mitchelson’s Store, Maropiu.
Mitchelson’s Store, Babylon.
The Public Hall, Aratapu.
The Schoolhouse, Motukaraka.
Thomas’s Hall, Oruru.
The Schoolhouse, Fairburns.
The Schoolhouse, Takahue.
The Courthouse, Ahipara.
Evans’s Store, Hohoura.
Mr. Yates’s Building, Pana, Parengarenga.
The Public Hall, Totara North.
The Public Hall, Ohaeawai.
The Public Hall, Kaikohe.
The Post-office, Ruapekapeka.
The Public Hall, Towai.
The Post-office, Broadwood.
The Schoolhouse, Wai-o-te Marama.
Canterbury Settlement Schoolhouse, Waimamaku.
Whitefield’s Schoolroom, Oue.
Kjer’s Store, Kai Iwi.
The Public Hall, Utakura.
The Schoolhouse, Ramarama.
Mangatu School, Mangatu.
The Schoolhouse, Umawera.
Finlayson’s Hut, Te Karaka.
The Schoolhouse, Punakitere.
Mitchelson’s Order Office, Aoroa.
Waikaraka Hall, Kaihu.
The Public Hall, Maunganui Bluff.
Olson’s Store, Waiharera.
Gillibrand’s Store, Lake Ohia.
Carr’s Store, Takakuri.
Fred. W. Humphrey’s Residence, Avoca.
Kairara Hall, Kairara.
Finlayson Bros. and Brown’s Office, Waimata.
Mr. McNamara’s Store, Ngawha.
Mountain’s Store, Pururua.
W. N. Clarke’s Store, Waipapa.
J. Clarke’s Store, Puketi.
The Schoolhouse, Waihou.
David’s Store, Otoroa.
Adamson’s Store, Taipa.
The Schoolhouse, Fern Flat.
Kaitui Schoolhouse, Kaitui.
Marlborough School, Marlborough Settlement.
Langstone’s Store, Tangowahine.
Native Schoolhouse, Matauri.