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specified, as constituted by the “Representation Act, 1862,” for the election of Members for the House of Representatives, namely, the District of Bruce:—

School House, North Taieri.
School House, West Taieri.
Post Office, Clutha Ferry.
School House South Clutha.

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

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
J. C. RICHMOND.

Warrant appointing a Polling Place.

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.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:—

Whereas by “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:

Now know ye, that I, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the following place to be a polling place for the electoral district hereinafter specified, as constituted by “The Representation Act, 1862,” for the election of Members of the House of Representatives, namely, the Districts of the Gold Fields:—

Post Office, Macetown (Arrow District).

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

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
J. C. RICHMOND.

Warrant appointing Polling Places.

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.

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, 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 places to be polling places for the districts hereinafter mentioned for the election of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, namely:—

Queenstown District.—Court House, Queenstown; do. Arrowtown.
Lawrence District.—Court House, Lawrence; do. Waipori; do. Waitahuna.
Clyde District.—Court House, Clyde; do. Alexandra; do. Cromwell.
Gold Fields District.—Post Office, Macetown; (Arrow District.)

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

G. GREY.

By His Excellency’s command,
J. C. RICHMOND.

Delegation of powers under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” to Superintendent of Otago.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1865.

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, has been pleased to delegate under “The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,” to the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, the several powers vested in the Governor by the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sections of the said Act, subject to be rescinded as in the said Act provided, and subject to the Regulations contained in the Order in Council dated the 14th September, 1864.

J. C. RICHMOND.

Henry Cooper Daniell appointed Land Claims Commissioner.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1865.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Henry Cooper Daniell, Esq., to be Commissioner of Land Claims under “The New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants’ Ordinance, Sess. XI., No. 15.”

J. C. RICHMOND.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1865.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:—

• In the Otago Militia and Volunteers.
  Major the Honorable John Larkins Cheese Richardson to be Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of Commission, 1st September, 1865.

• In the Dunedin Rifle Volunteers (High School Company.)
  David Mann to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 28th August, 1865.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Daniel Campbell, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Printer to said Provincial Government for the time being.