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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 28

Fixing Time and Place of Nomination and Election of the Tokerau District Maori Land Council under the Provisions of "The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900."

I, CHRISTOPHER FREKE MAXWELL, the Returning Officer for the Tokerau District Maori Land Council, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony, bearing date the 4th day of March, 1901, an election will be held for the return of three (3) legally qualified persons to serve as members of the said Tokerau District Maori Land Council; and that the nomination of candidates will take place at the Courthouse at Whangarei at noon on Friday, the 26th day of April, 1901; and that the polling, if necessary, will take place on Friday, the 17th day of May, 1901, at the several polling-places appointed by His Excellency the Governor by a notice under his hand dated the 26th day of December, 1900, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, and Kahiti o Niu Tireni No. 2, of the 7th and 16th days of January, 1901, each respectively.
Dated at Auckland, this 11th day of March, 1901.
C. F. MAXWELL,
Returning Officer.

Fixing Time and Place of Nomination and Election of the Waiariki District Maori Land Council under the Provisions of "The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900."

I, RICHARD JOHN GILL, the Returning Officer for the Waiariki District Maori Land Council, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony, bearing date the 4th day of March, 1901, an election will be held for the return of three (3) legally qualified persons to serve as members of the said Waiariki District Maori Land Council; and that the nomination of candidates will take place at the Courthouse at Opotiki at noon on Friday, the 26th day of April, 1901; and that the polling, if necessary, will take place on Friday, the 17th day of May, 1901, at the several polling-places appointed by His Excellency the Governor by a notice under his hand dated the 26th day of December, 1900, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, and Kahiti o Niu Tireni No. 2, of the 7th and 16th days of January, 1901, each respectively.
Dated at Rotorua, this 11th day of March, 1901.
R. J. GILL,
Returning Officer.

Fixing Time and Place of Nomination and Election of the Tai-Rawhiti District Maori Land Council under the Provisions of "The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900."

I, JOHN BROOKING, the Returning Officer for the Tai-Rawhiti District Maori Land Council, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony, bearing date the 4th day of March, 1901, an election will be held for the return of three (3) legally qualified persons to serve as members of the said Tai-Rawhiti District Maori Land Council; and that the nomination of candidates will take place at the Courthouse at Gisborne at noon on Friday, the 26th day of April, 1901; and that the polling, if necessary, will take place on Friday, the 17th day of May, 1901, at the several polling-places appointed by His Excellency the Governor by a notice under his hand dated the 26th day of December, 1900, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, and Kahiti o Niu Tireni No. 2, of the 7th and 16th days of January, 1901, each respectively.
Dated at Gisborne, this 11th day of March, 1901.
JOHN BROOKING,
Returning Officer.

Fixing Time and Place of Nomination and Election of Te Ikaroa District Maori Land Council under the Provisions of "The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900."

I, LAWRENCE MARSHALL GRACE, the Returning Officer for the Te Ikaroa District Maori Land Council, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony, bearing date the 4th day of March, 1901, an election will be held for the return of three (3) legally qualified persons to serve as members of the said Te Ikaroa District Maori Land Council; and that the nomination of candidates will take place at the Courthouse at Waipawa at noon on Friday, the 26th day of April, 1901; and that the polling, if necessary, will take place on Friday, the 17th day of May, 1901, at the several polling-places appointed by His Excellency the Governor by a notice under his hand dated the

26th day of December, 1900, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, and Kahiti o Niu Tireni No. 2, of the 7th and 16th days of January, 1901, each respectively.
Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1901.
L. M. GRACE,
Returning Officer.

Fixing Time and Place of Nomination and Election of the Aotea District Maori Land Council under the Provisions of "The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900."

I, JAMES BROOKS HACKWORTH, the Returning Officer for the Aotea District Maori Land Council, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony, bearing date the 4th day of March, 1901, an election will be held for the return of three (3) legally qualified persons to serve as members of the said Aotea District Maori Land Council; and that the nomination of candidates will take place at the Courthouse at Wanganui at noon on Friday, the 26th day of April, 1901; and that the polling, if necessary, will take place on Friday, the 17th day of May, 1901, at the several polling-places appointed by His Excellency the Governor by a notice under his hand dated the 26th day of December, 1900, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, and Kahiti o Niu Tireni No. 2, of the 7th and 16th days of January, 1901, each respectively.
Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1901.
J. B. HACKWORTH,
Returning Officer.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:

J. G. WARD.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th March, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by NEIL McPHEE, Esq., of Dannevirke, and HENRY CAMERON GILLESPIE, of Thames, of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Trustee for Cardrona Public Cemetery resigned

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of JOHN KERIN as a Trustee of the Cardrona Public Cemetery.

C. H. MILLS, For Minister of Lands.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Raleigh Town District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Raleigh Town Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886." J. CARROLL, For Colonial Secretary.