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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 651, 10 July 1852, Page 2

TO FREDERICK WHITAKER, ESQ.

Auckland, July 3id, 1852. SIR, —We the undersigned, satisfied that it would be for the general inteiests of the Province that you should hold a Seat in the Provhiciul Council of New Ulster, respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be proposed as a Candidate for the City of Auckland, at the next Election. Arch. Clark, William Connell, John B. Bennett, Thomas S. Forsaith, A. W. Hansaid, Fied. W. Merriman, Robert Mitchell, James Macky, J. Logan Campbell, W. Henderson, John MacfarLine, Andrew Rooney, Wellesley Hughes, John Rout John M'Dougall, Robert Gilfillan, J. A. Gilfillan, M. Somerville, John Williamson, John Watson Bain, George Smith, Thomas Lewis, L. M'Lachlan, W. S. Grahame, Edwin Davy, James Burtt, Thos. C. Hallamore, C. A. Harris. F. Gardiner.

Auckland, July sth, 1852. Gentlemen, For some years I have not taken any active pait in Politics, and 1 have found such a course very conducive to my comfort and convenience. If I consulted alone my own inclination I should continue the same line of conduct; but as you, gentlemen, who have signed a requisition to me to come forward, aie pleased to think favourably of the services I may render, I am unwilling to decline a request, concurred in by many other of my friends, and I therefore accept the invitation with which I have been honoured to become a Candidate for the representation of the City of Auckland. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Fred. Whitaker. Archibald Clark, Esq., and the other Gentlemen signing the Requisition.

TO THF ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND.

/~1 ENTLEMEN,— I announce myself to you vX as a Candidate for a Seat as one of your Representatives in the Provincial Council of New Ulster. lam induced to take this step at the request of a number of gentlemen who have honoured me with an invitation to allow myself to be put in nomination at the approaching election. * The present, I am well aware, is justly looked upon as an eventful period in the affairs of this Province, and that therefore those who offer themselves may reasonably expect their pretensions to be strictly canvassed. Under such circumstances it is to be regretted that no reference can be made by Candidates to their past services as representatives in the Legislative Counci', to guide you in the selection you are called upon to make. As regards myself I will only say that as I have lived in Auckland from its foundation, and am personally known to at least the great majority of the Electors, youjn&y. be enabled to form some estimate as to how far~T~anT likely to justify the choice should you think fit to elect me. If this honour be conferred, you may at least rely on my punctual and conscientious discharge of the various important duties which would devolve upon me as one of your representatives. Should I be a candidate at a future election I trust I may be then enabled by a reference to past conduct, to advance stronger claims upon your votes in my favor. ' I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Fred. Whitaker. Arckland, July sth, 1-652.

TO JOHN SALMON, ESQ.

SIR, — We the Undersigned, feeling convinced, that from your long experience in the Colony, and from your well known interests in the prosperity of New Zealand, you are well qualified to represent our interests, take the liberty respectfully to request that you will allow yourself to be placed in nomination as a Candidate for the City of Auckland, in the Provincial Council of New Ulster. Alexander Kennedy, J. A. Gilfillan, John Macfarlane, Robert Gilfillan, Walter Combes, J. Logan Campbell, John Watson Bain, James Thos Boylan, Thomas Lewis, Richard Ridings, L. MacLachlan, James Burtt, John Finlay, Edwin Davy, Daniel Lynch. Auckland, sth July, 1852.

Auckland, sth July, 1852.

Gentlemen, I thank you for the confidence you have shewn in me by the requisition with which I have just been favoured, and I do not hesitate to state that I shall be happy to sit in the Provincial Council as a Member for the City of Auckland, if the Electors think me deserving of this honour. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, J. Salmon. To all the Gentlemen who signed the requisition.

To the Electors of the City of Auckland.

/"I ENTLEMIiN. — In compliance with a levJT quisition which has been presented to me, I beg to offer myself as one of the Representatives for the City of Auckland, in the Provincial Council of New UlsterI have been long amongst you, and my interests are altogether dependent on the prosperity of this Province. I am extensively engaged, perhaps more so than any other member of the community, in the whaling and coasting trade ; both of which are of so much importance to the City, that I trust you will consider them fairly entitled to some share in its Representa-

tion, If you do me the honour of electing me, every interest of the Province shall receive a fair consideration at my hands, and no exertion shall be wanting on my part to develope the resources of a country, which I believe to possess all the elements of prosperity. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, J, Salmon. Auckland, sth July, 1852.