MAR. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 677

Writs for the Election of Members of the Councils for Maori Land Districts.

Native Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1901.

THE following writs for the election of members of Councils for the several Maori Land Districts constituted under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” are published in the New Zealand Gazette, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (5) of section 4 of the regulations made under the said Act.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

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EDWARD, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, &c., King.

To Christopher Freke Maxwell, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Tokerau Maori Land District under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900”: Greeting.

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of members, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” for the Tokerau Maori Land District 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, three legally qualified persons to serve as members of the Council for the Tokerau Maori Land District. And We do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said members to be at the Courthouse, Whangarei, at noon on the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one; and that this our writ, with the names of the persons so elected indorsed thereon by you, shall be returned to Us here on or before the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one.

In witness whereof His Excellency Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

RANFURLY,
Governor.

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EDWARD, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, &c., King.

To Richard John Gill, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Waiariki Maori Land District under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900”: Greeting.

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of members, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” for the Waiariki Maori Land District 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, three legally qualified persons to serve as members of the Council for the Waiariki Maori Land District. And We do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said members to be at the Courthouse, Opotiki, at noon on the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one; and that this our writ, with the names of the persons so elected indorsed thereon by you, shall be returned to Us here on or before the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one.

In witness whereof His Excellency Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

RANFURLY,
Governor.

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EDWARD, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, &c., King.

To John Brooking, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land District under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900”: Greeting.

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of members, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” for the Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land District 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, three legally qualified persons to serve as members of the Council for the Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land District. And We do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said members to be at the Courthouse, Gisborne, at noon on the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one; and that this our writ, with the names of the persons so elected indorsed thereon by you, shall be returned to Us here on or before the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one.

In witness whereof His Excellency Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

RANFURLY,
Governor.

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EDWARD, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, &c., King.

To Lawrence Marshall Grace, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Te Ikaroa Maori Land District under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900”: Greeting.

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of members, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” for the Te Ikaroa Maori Land District 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, three legally qualified persons to serve as members of the Council for the Te Ikaroa Maori Land District. And We do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said members to be at the Courthouse, Waipawa, at noon on the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one; and that this our writ, with the names of the persons so elected indorsed thereon by you, shall be returned to Us here on or before the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one.

In witness whereof His Excellency Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

RANFURLY,
Governor.

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EDWARD, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Islands of New Zealand, &c., King.

To James Brooks Hackworth, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Aotea Maori Land District under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900”: Greeting.

WHEREAS it is necessary that an election of members, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” for the Aotea Maori Land District 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 that behalf prescribed, three legally qualified persons to serve as members of the Council for the Aotea Maori Land District. And We do hereby further require and command that you cause the nomination of the said members to be at the Courthouse, Wanganui, at noon on the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, and the polling, in case it shall be required, to be at the several polling-places on the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one; and that this our writ, with the names of the persons so elected indorsed thereon by you, shall be returned to Us here on or before the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one.

In witness whereof His Excellency Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

RANFURLY,
Governor.

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