for nomination of candidates for election to the office of Mayor of the said incorporated town of Roxburgh, at the ensuing election ; and I do hereby give notice that I shall attend at the said place, and at the day and time hereinbefore mentioned, and shall then cause to be publicly opened and read, all such nominations of candidates for election to the office of Mayor to the said incorporated town, as shall be in due form, and shall have been lodged with Mr. John Kingston, the person appointed by His Honor the Deputy Superintendent to act as Town Clerk at such election, at his office, before noon of the said 9th day of September, 1874.

Dated at Roxburgh this 18th day of August, 1874.

ALBERT BIRCH.

WARRANT

Appointing Mr. John Kingston to act as Town Clerk at First Elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the Incorporated Town of Roxburgh.

WHEREAS the Town of Roxburgh has been incorporated under the provisions of the “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865:” And whereas by the 113th section of the said Ordinance it is, amongst other things, enacted, that where no special provision is made for the conduct of the first elections under the said Ordinance, it should be lawful for the Superintendent, by warrant under his hand, to appoint some person to perform any of the acts in the said Ordinance required to be done by the Town Clerk, before such officer can be appointed under the provisions of the said Ordinance : Now, therefore, I, John Theodore Thomas Boyd, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby appoint

Mr. JOHN KINGSTON

to perform, at the first elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the said incorporated town, under the said Ordinance, all acts in and by the said Ordinance required to be done by the Town Clerk of the Incorporated Town of Roxburgh, at such first elections, under the provisions of the said Ordinance.

As witness my hand, this 18th day of August, 1874.

J. T. BOYD,
Deputy-Superintendent.

WARRANT

Appointing certain persons to preside at the Polling in the various Wards at the Election of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the Incorporated Town of Roxburgh.

WHEREAS the Town of Roxburgh has been incorporated under the provisions of the “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865:” And whereas by the 113th section of the said Ordinance it is, amongst other things, provided, that where no special provision is made for the conduct of the first elections under the said Ordinance, it should be lawful for the Superintendent, by warrant under his hand, to appoint such and so many persons as may be necessary to perform any of the acts in the said Ordinance required to be done by the Mayor, Councillors, and Town Clerk, before such officers can be elected under the provisions of the said Ordinance : Now, therefore, I, John Theodore Thomas Boyd, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby appoint the persons hereinafter mentioned to be the persons before whom shall be held (within the respective Wards of the Incorporated Town of Roxburgh set opposite their names) the polling at the elections under the said Ordinance of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the said incorporated town, at the first elections held under the said Ordinance for the said incorporated town, and to do within the said respective wards set opposite their names, at such first elections, all such acts as by the said Ordinance are required to be done by a Councillor or other person appointed to preside at the polling at elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors.

Persons Appointed. Wards.
Mr. ROBERT SMITH ... North Ward
Mr. EDWIN HUGHES ... Central Ward

MR. EDWARD MORRISON ... South Ward

As witness my hand, this 18th day of August, 1874.

J. T. BOYD,
Deputy-Superintendent.

NOTICE.

INCORPORATED TOWN OF ROXBURGH.

WHEREAS by the 28th section of the “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865,” it is provided that no person elected to be Mayor, Councillor, or Auditor under the said Ordinance shall be capable of acting as such until he shall first, in the presence of any two Councillors, have made and subscribed the declaration therein set forth : Provided that at the first elections under the said Ordinance, whether for the City of Dunedin or for any incorporated town or place, such declaration shall be made and subscribed before a person to be appointed for that purpose by the Superintendent of Otago.

And whereas it is necessary that a person should be appointed before whom such declaration shall be made and subscribed by the persons elected as Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors respectively, for the Incorporated Town of Roxburgh, at the first elections for the said town under the said Ordinance :

Now, therefore, I, John Theodore Thomas Boyd, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby, in pursuance of the power in this behalf vested in me by the said Ordinance, appoint

ALBERT BIRCH, of Roxburgh, Esquire,

as and to be the person before whom the persons elected as Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors respectively, at the first elections under the said Ordinance for the said Incorporated Town of Roxburgh, shall make and subscribe the declaration specified in the said twenty-eighth section of the said Ordinance.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago aforesaid, at Dunedin, this eighteenth day of August, 1874.

(l. s.)

J. T. BOYD,
Deputy-Superintendent of Otago.

NOTICE.

Elections of Wardens, Depasturing Districts of Tuapeka, Waitahuna, and Waipori.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that in conformity with the “Depasturing Regulations,” the following Rules and Regulations shall be the Rules and Regulations for the Elections of Wardens for the Depasturing Districts of Tuapeka, Waitahuna, and Waipori ; and the Board of Wardens for each of such Districts shall consist of five elective members, and shall hold office for one year, one of whom shall hereafter be appointed Chairman by the Superintendent, for each District.

I. Nominations of candidates must be made in writing, addressed to the Warden at Lawrence, on or before Monday, the thirty-first of August next, and in the following form, which must be signed in full by the proposer and seconder of every such candidate.

FORM.

To the Warden at Lawrence. (Place and date.)

We hereby nominate (here insert name in full, and nature and particulars of qualification of person nominated) to be a member of the Board of Wardens of the Depasturing District of (insert name of District)

(Signatures.)

** After the signatures of the proposer and seconder, the nature and particulars of the qualification under which they claim to vote must be stated.

II. If more than the requisite number of candidates are nominated, a poll shall take place on such day as the Warden at Lawrence may appoint and notify by advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the locality at least twenty-four hours before the day appointed, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., and after the latter hour no further vote shall be allowed to be recorded ; and the candidates in whose favour the greatest number of votes shall have been recorded at the said hour of 4 p.m., (or in the event of there not being more than the requisite number, then the candidates nominated) shall, as soon thereafter as may be, be declared by the Warden, or other officer appointed by