For the District of the County of Wallace,—
The Court-house, Invercargill

Given under my hand, at Government House, at Auckland, this first day of June, in the year of Our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Thomas Gore Browne.

By His Excellency's command,
Henry John Tancred.

By His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

To all to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting:

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Warrant under his hand, from time to time to appoint Polling Places for each Electoral District within or without the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such places to be the Principal Polling Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling Places at any time to abolish and to appoint other Polling Places in lieu thereof:

And Whereas by another Act of the General Assembly, intituled “The Provincial Elections Act, 1858,” it is enacted that, subject to certain provisions therein contained, every Election of the Superintendent or of a Member of the Provincial Council of a Province shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the “Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” aforesaid, and all the provisions of the said last mentioned Act shall apply to the Elections of Superintendents and Members of Provincial Councils:

Now Know Ye, that I, Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Acts, do hereby appoint the undermentioned places to be Polling Places for the respective Districts hereinafter specified for the Election of the Superintendent and of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, namely:

For the Town of Dunedin District,—
At Dunedin—The Court-house

For the Town of Port Chalmers District,—
At Port Chalmers—The School-house

For the Eastern District,—
At Anderson’s Bay—The School-house
At Green Island Bush—The School-house

For the Western District,—
At Halfway Bush—The School-house

For the Central District,—
At East Taieri—The School-house
At West Taieri—The School-house

For the Tokomairiro District,—
At Tokomairiro—The School-house
At Waihola—The School-house

For the Clutha District,—
At Warepa—The School-house
At Clutha—The School-house
At Toie-toies—Dr. Richardson’s Station
At Popotuna—Mr. Steele’s House of Accommodation

For the Northern District,—
At Hawksbury Bush—Mr. Beale’s House of Accommodation
At Otepopo—Mr. Fenwick’s Station
At Oamaru—The Premises of H. C. Hertslet, Esq., J.P.

For the District of Murihiku,
At Invercargill—The Court-house
At Riverton—The Store of Mr. James Surman

And I do further appoint the several Polling Places hereinafter specified to be the Principal Polling Places for their respective Districts, namely,

For the Town of Dunedin District,—
The Court-house at Dunedin

For the Town of Port Chalmers District,—
The School-house at Port Chalmers

For the Eastern District,—
The School-house at Anderson’s Bay

For the Western District,—
The School-house at Halfway Bush

For the Central District,—
The School-house at East Taieri

For the Tokomairiro District,—
The School-house at Tokomairiro

For the Clutha District,—
The School-house at Warepa

For the Northern District,—
Mr. Beale’s House of Accommodation at Hawksbury Bush

For the County of Wallace District,—
The Court-house at Invercargill

Given under my hand at Government House, at Auckland, this first day of June, in the year of Our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Thomas Gore Browne.

By His Excellency’s command,
Henry John Tancred.

Printed for the Provincial Government by Daniel Campbell, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.