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the Ferry mentioned in the schedule hereto annexed, shall be deemed to be a public ferry within the meaning of "The Bridges and Ferries Act, 1865," and that the person mentioned in the said schedule shall be and he is hereby authorised to occupy the land and collect the tolls therein set forth, for the terms and upon the conditions in such schedule mentioned.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this seventeenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

H. H. LAHMAN.

ARAHURA FERRY.

JAMES THOMSON.

Protection to be granted only until the bridge is completed.

SCHEDULE OF TOLLS.

For every passenger ... 6d. each way.
For every horse ... 1s. "
For sheep, boating ... 3d. "
For every dray and horse ... 1s. "
For draught horses, more than one, each additional horse ... 6d. "
For goods, boating, per cwt. 6d. each "

[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 64, of the 5th of December, 1872.]

Warrant abolishing Polling Places and appointing others in lieu thereof.

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

To all to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting:

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1870," 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 within one mile of the limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such Polling Places to be the Principal Polling Place for the District, and all or any of such Polling Places from time to time to abolish, and, if he think fit, to appoint other Polling Places in lieu of those abolished, and that every such warrant shall be published in the "New Zealand Gazette." Provided always that no Polling Place shall be appointed by the Governor under the said Act unless he shall be first satisfied that the place to be appointed is more convenient than any other for at least twenty electors to record their votes thereat:

And whereas, by Warrant under the hand of the Governor, certain places were appointed Polling Places in the County of Westland for the election of Members of the General Assembly, for the District of Hokitika and Totara; and whereas it is expedient to abolish the same:

Now know ye that I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby abolish all existing Polling Places for the above-named Districts in the County of Westland, for the election of Members of the General Assembly, and do appoint in lieu thereof—

For the District of Hokitika.

The Resident Magistrate’s Court House, Hokitika.
The Court House, Stafford.
The Court House, Goldsborough.
W. Keach’s Store, foot of Chesterfield Track.
R. Thompson’s Store, Callaghan’s.
J. Merritt’s Cottage, Fox’s.
Otto Hansen’s Store, German Gully.
Court House, Kanieri.
Milner’s Bakery, Big Paddock.
Gemmel’s old Store, Blue Spur.
McBeth’s Post Office Store, Upper Crossing, Arahura.
Post Office Store, Teremakau.

For the District of Totara.

The Court House, Ross.
Booth at South Spit, Landing Place, Hokitika.
William Searle’s House, Donoghue.
School House, Bowen.
Daddo’s Hutt, McKenzie’s Creek.
Court House, Okarito.
House near McGoldrick’s Hotel, Saltwater.
Booth near Canavan’s Store, Five Mile Beach.
Booth near Matheson’s Store, Gillespie’s.
Kemper’s House, Hunt’s Beach.
Small’s Store, Woodstock.

And I do further appoint the Polling Places at Hokitika for the District of Hokitika, and at Ross for the District of Totara, to be the Principal Polling Places for the said Districts respectively.