Town of Tapanui, have been appointed as the day, hour, and place for the nomination of candidates for election to the office of Mayor of the said Incorporated Town of Tapanui, 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. Richard Getham Creagh, the person appointed by His Honor the Superintendent to act as Town Clerk at such election, at his office, before noon, of the said 1st day of April, 1876.

Dated this 18th day of March, 1876.

JOHN GRAHAM.

As witness my hand, this 18th day of March, 1876.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

WARRANT

Appointing Mr. Richard Getham Creagh to act as Town Clerk at First Elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the Incorporated Town of Tapanui.

WHEREAS the Town of Tapanui 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 election 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, James Macandrew, 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. RICHARD GETHAM CREAGH

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 Tapanui, at such first elections, under the provisions of the said Ordinance.

As witness my hand, this 18th day of March, 1876.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

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 Tapanui.

WHEREAS the Town of Tapanui 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 election under the said ordinance, it should be lawful for the said 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, James Macandrew, 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 Tapanui set opposite their names) the polling at the elections under the said Ordinance of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors 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. WILLIAM AUSTIN East Ward
MR. WILLIAM SIMMONDS West Ward
MR. ROBERT FERGUSON Middle Ward

As witness my hand, this 18th day of March, 1876.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

NOTICE.

INCORPORATED TOWN OF TAPANUI.

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 by 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 Tapanui at the first elections for the said Incorporated Town of Tapanui under the said Ordinance:

Now, therefore, I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby, in pursuance of the power in this behalf vested in me by the said Ordinance, appoint

JOHN GRAHAM, of Tapanui,

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 Tapanui, 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 18th day of March, 1867.

(L.S.)

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

PROCLAMATION

By His Honor James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

I, JAMES MACANDREW, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Otago in this behalf, by the “Roads Diversion Ordinance, 1875,” and of the powers vested in me as Superintendent of the Province of Otago, hereby proclaim and declare that all those roads and all those portions of roads in the Province of Otago, mentioned and referred to in the said “Roads Diversion Ordinance, 1875,” and particularly described in the Schedule hereto, shall, from and after the day of the date hereof, cease to be public roads or thoroughfares, and shall no longer form part of the