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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

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 Eastern Maori
Electoral District: And we do hereby further require and
command that you cause the nomination of the said member
to be at the Courthouse, Napier, on the second day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine,
and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the
several polling-places on the nineteenth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; 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 eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred.

In witness whereof His Excellency Uchter John
Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of New Zealand, has caused the
Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand to be
hereunto affixed, at Wellington, the twenty-second
day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-nine.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

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 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 pre-
scribed, a legally qualified person to serve as a 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 mem-
ber to be at Hetet’s Hall, Otorohanga, on the second day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
nine, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at
the several polling-places on the nineteenth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; 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
eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred.

In witness whereof His Excellency Uchter John
Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of New Zealand, has caused the
Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand to be
hereunto affixed, at Wellington, the twenty-second
day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-nine.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

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 HELYAR WEDDERBURN BISHOP, 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 pre-
scribed, a legally qualified person to serve as a 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 mem-
ber to be at the Schoolhouse, Kaiapoi, on the second day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine,
and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the
several polling-places on the nineteenth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; 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 eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred.

In witness whereof His Excellency Uchter John
Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of New Zealand, has caused the
Public Seal of the Colony of New Zealand to be
hereunto affixed, at Wellington, the twenty-second
day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-nine.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

Polling-places appointed, Maori Electoral Districts.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by “The
Electoral Act, 1893,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of
Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto
to be polling-places for the Maori electoral districts therein
specified.

SCHEDULE.

Northern Maori Electoral District—
Peria, Oruru Valley—Schoolhouse.
Pamapuria, Victoria Valley—Schoolhouse.
Ahipara—Courthouse.
Awanui—Schoolhouse.
Paua-Parengarenga—Mr. Yates’s Gum-store.
Te Kao—Schoolhouse.
Te Ngaere—Schoolhouse.
Kororareka—Courthouse.
Kawakawa—Courthouse.
Waimate—Courthouse.
Waikare—Schoolhouse.
Waihou—Schoolhouse.
Whakarapa—Schoolhouse.
Mangamuka—Schoolhouse.
Hokianga—Courthouse, Herd’s Point.
Kawerua—Mr. Jarvie’s Gum-store.
Mangakahia—Schoolhouse.
Waima—Schoolhouse.
Pakia—Schoolhouse.
Otata—Schoolhouse.
Whangaroa—Courthouse.
Whangaruru—Hiri Wehiwehi’s House.
Taiharuru—Schoolhouse.
Kaikohe—Schoolhouse.
Makarau—Barlow’s House.
Reweti—Runanga House.
Shelly Beach—Runanga House.
Whakahara—Mr. Clark’s Gum-store.
Pouto, North Head (Kaipara)—Schoolhouse.
Otamatea (Kaipara)—Schoolhouse.
Maunganui Bluff—Netana Patuawa’s House, Maropiu
Whangarei—Courthouse.
Poroti—Schoolhouse.
Whangape—Residence of Mr. D. J. McMath.
Kaihu—Courthouse.
Warkworth—Courthouse.
Lucas Creek—Schoolhouse.
Auckland—Native Land Court Office.
Hohoura—Mr. Evans’s Store.
Manukau—Maori Store.
Taupo—Native House.
Waikiekie—Public Hall.
Hukerenui South—Schoolhouse.
Kaeo (Whangaroa)—Schoolhouse.

Eastern Maori Electoral District—
Greytown—Courthouse.
Martinborough—Schoolhouse.
Masterton—Courthouse.
Kaihoata—F. W. Hale’s House.
Mataikona—Hami te Potangaroa’s House.
Te Kohunui—Piripi te Maari’s House.
Hamua—Nireaha Tamaki’s House.
Porangahau—Paora Ropiha’s House.
Tahoraiti—Manahi Paewai’s House.
Takapau—Anaru Tuhua’s House.
Waipawa—Courthouse.
Te Hauke—Ekengarangi’s House.
Tikokino, Hampden—Te Hira’s House.
Hastings—Courthouse.
Waimarama—Mr. G. P. Donnelly’s Woolshed.
Kairakau—Hone Rangikangaiho’s House.
Pakowhai—Schoolhouse.
Omahu—Renata’s House.
Napier—Courthouse.
Petane—Henare Pangopango’s House.
Maraekakaho—Mr. McLean’s Woolshed.
Te Haroto—Aneta Kingita’s House.
Mohaka—Rev. Hoani te Wainohu’s House.
Wairoa—Courthouse.
Te Reinga—Hori Niania’s House.
Ramoto—Rev. Tamihana Huata’s House.
Waikaremoana Lake—Kokaka Schoolhouse.
Whakaki—Hori te Roi’s House.
Nuhaka—Schoolhouse.
Te Mahia—Mr. Ormond’s Woolshed.
Muriwai—Schoolhouse.
Gisborne—Courthouse.
Whakato—Schoolhouse.
Ormond—Schoolhouse.
Whatatutu—Public Hall.