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the Akaroa district, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected, by nnd 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 of the House of Representatives, for the Akaroa district, the General Assembly of New Zealand having been dissolved : Now therefore I. the said John* Watson, Esquire, Returningofficer for the Akaroa district, do hereby in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the Akaroa district, will be holden at the Resident Magistrate's Court, at Akaroa, on Thursday the 27th day of December next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating One Person lo serve as a member of the House of Representatives for the Akaroa district, and in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Friday, the 28th day of December next, in the Resident Magistrate's Court House at Akaroa ; the voting to commence at any time after nine o'clock, a.m.,of the said day, and to close at four o'clock, p.m., of the same day. John Watson, Returning Officer. Akaroa, 2(3th October, 1555. 7b the Electors of the Christchurch Country District. G estlemen, — The Dissolution of the first General Assembly of New Zealand will soon render it necessary for you to choose two representatives for a New Assembly from among the candidates for that honor, as one of whom I now venture to present myself. I know that the duties of your Representative will be arduous, though plain ;' and, under the present circumstances of the colony, must require the devotion of much time and trouble for their proper fulfilment. I therefote come forward, trusting that you will find in me the activity and straightforward firmness so necessary in the office to which 1 aspire. As to my political views, I can only say here, generally, that that line of policy which was adopted by the majority ofthe late Assembly, in all its sessions, seems to tne that which must, at tbis time of radical change in the Government of the Colony, procure the greatest .benefits to the Public Sen ice; and which should, therefore, receive the support of your representatives Tbe views which I take of other important questions I hope to be able to explain to your satisfaction, when I solicit your suffrages in person. I am, Gentlemen, Your humble and obedient servant, Crosbie Ward. Nonhbrook, Rangiora, Oct. 15, 1855. To the Eieclors of the Christchurch Country District. Gentlemen, — You are called upon, by His Excellency the Governor, to elect two representatives to the General Assembly. At tbe earnest request of a large number of tbe electors of this district, I am induced to offer myself to jour notice, as a candidate for oue of the vacant seats. The attention which I have given to my duties, as one of your representatives in the Provincial Council, has afforded you such an outline of my political principles, that it is unnecessary lor tne to address you at any length upon the sul-ject. Tbe present position of colonial aff.-irs is one of great consequence to the Provinces, and, as questions of serious importance will doubtless be immediately brought under the notice ofthe Assembly,it is essential that your election should fall upon those who possess active business habits and practical experience. Should I have I 1 the honor to be elected, I shall be as anxious as i ever to promote and watch over your interests. ! The most prominent questions which are now agitating the public mind, a.c those which have reference to tlie adjustment of the Provincial lUvenues; the removal of the seat of Government fiom Auckland to a more convenient and more central spot; the delegation to the Pro vinces ..f ihe management of their own Waste Lands; the establishment of Provincial Courts of Ju-tice, &c, &c, to these, and indeed to all other topics which concern the welfare of the Province, I shall devote my earnest attention, and I shall study, by a firm adherence to public. principle and by a faithful and independent dis-