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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 133, 31 July 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

cise of such of the men of the firs< and second classes of such of the Napier Regiment of Militia as may be chosen by ballot, being two-thirds of the men of the first and second classes, who are resident within the district assigned to Company No. 6, the boundaries of which are described in the General Government Gazette of Thursday, the 23rd July, 1863, and reprinted in this Gazette for General information. TIME. Saturday, 15th of August, at noon, and each succeeding week such three days and at such places and hours as may be appointed by the Officer Commanding. G. S. Whitmoee, Major Commanding Militia and Volunteers. NOTIFICATION. TT is hereby notified for general informatiou that in such cases as it may be deemed necessary to decide by ballot the men to be chosen for service or training in the Militia of the Province of Hawke’s Bay, That such ballot shall take place in the presence of an officer of the Company in which the ballot takes place and of a Justice of the Peace. That the names of all the men in the Company qualified to serve in the class or classes to be ballotted for shall be placed in an urn and drawn alphabetically by the men to be ballotted for, if present, or otherwise by the officer of their Company on their behalf. That a return shall be made of the men drawn for service or training by the officer of the Company present at the ballot, and such return shall be countersigned by the Magistrate acting on the occasion. D. M’LEAN, Superintendent. Superintendent’s Office, Napier, July 27, 1863. PLACE. Court-house, Waipawa.