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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, SIR GEORGE GREY, the
Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Acts, do
hereby appoint the following place to be a Polling
Place for the Election of Superintendents of the Pro-
vince of Otago, and Members of the Provincial Council
for the District of Dunedin, namely,

The School-house, North Dunedin.

Given under my hand, at Government House,
at Wellington, this fourth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
FRED. A. WELD.

(From New Zealand Gazette, March 18, 1865, No. 10.)

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency, Sir George Grey, Knight
Commander of the most honorable Order
of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of
New Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by the "Wild Birds' Protection Act,
1864," it is enacted that the second section of
the said Act shall have no force or effect except in
such portions of the Colony as shall from time to
time be proclaimed by the Governor to come within
the operation of such section.

Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the
Province of Otago to be within the operation of the
second section of the above recited Act.

Given under my hand, at the Government
House at Wellington, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand,
this fourth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.

G. GREY.

By His Excellency's command,
Approved in Council,
FORSTER GORING.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1865.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
ADAM DICKSON JOHNSTON, Esquire,
to be Returning Officer for the Election of Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago
for the Electoral District of Wakatipu.

FRED. A. WELD.

POSTAL.

Appointment of Postmasters.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Postmaster-
General by His Excellency the Governor, the fol-
lowing appointments have been made in the Postal
Service of the Colony.

J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
Postmaster-General.

OTAGO.

Thomas Kinross, to be Postmaster at Long Valley,
from 1st August, 1864.

Robert Miller, to be Postmaster at Molyneux
Township, from 16th August, 1864.

Francis Thomas Walker, to be Postmaster at
Omarama, from 1st September, 1864.

Richard Wilson, to be Postmaster at Morven Hill,
from 1st September, 1864.

George Hay Low, to be Postmaster at Upper
Ferry, from 1st September, 1864.

Thomas Goodwin, to be Postmaster at Maori Point,
from 1st September, 1864.

Philip R. Allen, to be Postmaster at Buckler's
Burn, from 1st October, 1864.

Arthur Walker, to be Postmaster at Kawarau,
from 1st November, 1864.

Robert Fincher, to be Postmaster at Nevis, from
1st November, 1864.

Thomas Quayle, to be Postmaster at Blueskin, from
1st December, 1864.

Thomas Henderson, to be Postmaster at Waihola
Gorge, from 1st January, 1865.

Desire Costa, to be Postmaster at Kaitangata,
from 1st January, 1865.

Charles Colclough, to be Postmaster at Cardrona,
from 1st January, 1865.

John Allan, to be Postmaster at East Taieri, from
16th January, 1865.

Francis G. Cairns, to be Postmaster at Waikawa,
from 25th January, 1865.

John M'Intosh, to be Postmaster at Lovell's Flat,
from 1st February, 1865.

Peter Calder, to be Postmaster at Taieri Ferry,
from 1st January, 1865.

Thomas Martin, to be Postmaster at Arthur's
Point.

William Busche, to be Postmaster at Mount Ida,
from 1st January, 1865.

B. Hake, to be Postmaster at Waihemo.

Charles Vincent Brewer, to be Postmaster at Inch
Clutha, from 14th November, 1864.

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