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polling shall take place at such Resident Magistrate’s Court aforesaid, on Tuesday the Thirteenth (13th) day of November next; the voting to commence at any time after Nine o’Clock in the forenoon of the said day, and to close at Four o’Clock in the afternoon of the said day.
Dated at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, at Wellington, this Fifteenth day of October, One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty-five.
HENRY ST. HILL, R.M.
Returning Officer.
WELLINGTON COUNTRY DISTRICT.
Province of Wellington,
To Wit.
WHEREAS a Writ under the hand of His Excellency THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, &c. &c., bearing date the Fifteenth day of September, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty-five, and under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand aforesaid, hath been directed to me, Henry St. Hill, Esquire, Returning Officer for the “Wellington Country District,” reciting that the General Assembly of New Zealand has been dissolved, and that it is necessary that an Election of Members of the House of Representatives should now take place; and requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by and from amongst the Voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, One Person, to serve as a Member for the “Wellington Country District,” in the House of Representatives of the Islands of New Zealand aforesaid:—
NOW THEREFORE, I, the said Henry St. Hill, Esquire, Returning Officer for the “Wellington Country District,” do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited Writ, give Notice that a Public Meeting of the Electors of the “Wellington Country District” will be holden at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, situate on Lambton-quay in the City of Wellington, in the Province aforesaid, on Wednesday, the Fourteenth (14th) day of November next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating One Person to serve as a Member for the “Wellington Country District,” in the House of Representatives of the Islands of New Zealand aforesaid; and in the event of a Poll being demanded for the Candidates, or any of them, such polling shall take place at such Resident Magistrate’s Court aforesaid, and at such other Polling Places as may by Public Notice be appointed, on Thursday, the Fifteenth (15th) day of November next: the voting to commence at any time after Nine o’clock in the forenoon of the said day, and to close at Four o’clock in the afternoon of the said day.
Dated at the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Wellington, this Fifteenth day of October, One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty-five.
HENRY ST. HILL, R.M.,
Returning Officer.
HUTT DISTRICT.
Province of Wellington,
To Wit.
WHEREAS a Writ under the hand of His Excellency THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Companion of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor, and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, &c. &c., bearing date the Fifteenth (15th) day of September, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand, Eight hundred, and Fifty-five, and under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand aforesaid, hath been directed to me, Henry St. Hill, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Hutt District, reciting that the General Assembly of New Zealand has been dissolved, and that it is necessary that an Election of Members should now take place; and requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by and from amongst the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, Two Persons to serve as Members for the “Hutt District” in the House of Representatives of the Islands of New Zealand aforesaid.
NOW THEREFORE, I, the said Henry St. Hill, Esquire, Returning Officer, for the “Hutt District,” do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited Writ, give Notice that a Public Meeting of the Electors of the “Hutt District,” will be holden at the Mechanic’s Institute, in the Valley of the Hutt, in the Province aforesaid, on Friday the Sixteenth (16th) day of November next at noon, for the purpose of nominating Two Persons to serve as Members for the “Hutt District,” in the House of Representatives of the Islands of New Zealand aforesaid; and in the event of a Poll being demanded for the Candidates, or any of them, such polling shall take place at such Resident Magistrate’s Court aforesaid, and at such other Polling Places as may by Public Notice be appointed, on Thursday, the Fifteenth (15th) day of November next: the voting to commence at any time after Nine o’clock in the forenoon of the said day, and to close at Four o’clock in the afternoon of the said day.
Dated at the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Wellington, this Fifteenth day of October, One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty-five.
HENRY ST. HILL, R.M.,
Returning Officer.
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Election of Members of the House of Representatives for the City of Wellington
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration15 October 1855
Election, Members of the House of Representatives, City of Wellington
- HENRY ST. HILL, R.M., Returning Officer
🏛️ Election of Member of the House of Representatives for the Wellington Country District
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration15 October 1855
Election, Member of the House of Representatives, Wellington Country District
- HENRY ST. HILL, Esquire, Returning Officer
🏛️ Election of Members of the House of Representatives for the Hutt District
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration15 October 1855
Election, Members of the House of Representatives, Hutt District
- HENRY ST. HILL, Esquire, Returning Officer
Wellington Provincial Gazette 1855, No 15