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Otago Witness, Issue 209, 24 November 1855, Page 2

the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, and under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand aforesaid, has been directed to me, Alfred Chetham Strode, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Town of Port Chalmers District, 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 Member of the Provincial Council for the Town of Port Chalmers District. Now, therefore, I, the said Alfred Chetham Strode, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Town of Port Chalmers District, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited Writ, give notice that a Public Meeting of the Electors of the Town of Port Chalmers District will be holden at the Building known as the Custom-house, at Port Chalmers, on Saturday the eighth day of December proximo, at Twelve o'clock, noon, for the purpose of nominating One person to serve as Member of the Provincial Council for the Town of Port Chalmers District ; and in the event of a Poll being demanded for the Candidates, or any of them, such polling shall take place on Saturday the eighth day of December j proximo, at the Building known as the Custom-house at Port Chalmers aforesaid, the voting to commence immediately after the conclusion of the nomination, and to close at four o'clock in the afternoon of the said day. Dated at the Resident Magistrate's Court, at Dunedin, this second day of November, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty -five. A. CHETHAM STRODE, R.M., Returning Officer for the Town of Port Chalmers District. NOTICE. House of Representatives— Town of Dunedin District. Province of Otago to wit. TS^HEREAS a Writ under the hand of His '' Excellency Thomas Gore Browne, Esquirp, 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, has been directed to me, Alfred Ciietham Strode. Esquire, Returning Officer for the Town of Dunedin District, | 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 pre- 1 scribed, One person to serve as member of the House of Representatives for the Town of Dunedin District. Now, therefore, I, the said Alfred Chetham Strode, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Town of Dunedin District, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited Writ, give notice that a Public Meeting of the Electois of the Town of Dunedin District will be holden at the Mechanics' Institute in Dunedin, on Tuesday, the Eleventh day of December proximo, at twelve o'clock, noon, for the purpose of nominating One person to serve as Member of the House of Representatives for the Town of Dunedin District ; and in the event of a Poll being demanded for the Candidates,, or any of them, such polling shall take place on Wednesday the twelfth day of December proximo, at the Mechanics' Institute aforesaid, the voting to commence at any time after nine o'clock in the morning of the said day, and to close at four o'clock in the afternoon of the said da}'. Dated at the Resident Magistrate's Court at Dunedin, this second day of November, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five. A. CHETHAM STRODE, R.M., Returning Officer for the Town of Dunedin District. NOTICE. House of Representatives— Dunedin Country District. Province of Otago to wit. WHEREAS a Writ under the hand of His Excellency Thomas Gore Browne, Esquire, 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, has been directed to me, Alfred Chetham Strode, Esquire, Eeturning Officer for the Dunedin Country District, 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 of the House of Representatives for the Dunedin Country District. Now, therefore, I, the said Alfred Chetham i Strode, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Dunedin Country District, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited Writ, give notice that a Public Meeting of the Electors of the Dunedin Country District will be holden at the Mechanics' Institution, in Dunedin, on Tuesday the Eleventh day of December proximo, at twelve o'clock, noon, for the pur-