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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 658, 4 August 1852, Page 4

To the Electors of the City of Auckland.

GENTLEMEN.— In compliance with a requisition, which has been presented to me, I beg to offer myself as one of the Representatives for the City of Auck'and, in the Provincial Council of New UlsterI have been long amongst you, and ray interests are altogether dependent on the prosperity of this Province. I am extensively engaged, peihaps more so than any other member of the community, in the whaling and coasting trade ; both of which aie of so much importance to the €Rty, that I trust you will consider them fairly entitled to some ihaie in its Representation. If you do me the honour of electing me, every interest of the Province shall leceive 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.

TO MR. JAMES C. HILL.

SIR, — We, the undersigned Electors of the Northern Division of the Province of New Ulster, lequpst that you will allow yourself to be nominated for a seat in the forthcoming Provincial Council, feeling that your interests as a landed proprietor resident amongst us are identified with our own, and having confidence, that if elected you will use your best exertions for the benefit of this colony and people. Thos. Cleghorn, George L. Simpson, J. O'Keefe, John Brigham, Joseph Senior, Henry Hayr, Walter Pell, Henry Laurence, Donald McNaughton, William Caldicutt, Thos. Osborne, John Bycroft.

Hillsboro ', Bth July, 1852.

Gentlemen, — Please to accept my best thanks for the gratifying expression of public confidence contained in the above lequisition, and permit me to say, that a strict sense of public duty, (not ambition) directs me to cheerfully accept your invitation, and to announce myself a Candidate for the suffiages of my biother electors to represent them in the forthcoming Council for New Ulster. You do me justice in stating that my interests are identified with yours, for with the prosperity of this Colony and your best interests mine, and that of a large family, must stand or fall. I trust from many yeais experience in public affairs in my native land, and a ten years residence amongst you in New Zealand, closely observing the many wants and difficulties stopping the prosperity of the country, I shall, if elected to the highly honourable position of one of your representatives, prove myself worthy of the confidence placed, by a feailess, conscientious, and independent discharge of the important trust reposed in me, for the promotion of the true honour and prosperity of the country, and the best interests of all classes of her people — my motto being, " Equal Rights and Privileges for all British Subjects, Retrenchment, and Reform." I have the honour to be Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, James C. Hill. To the Gentlemen of the Requisition, and the Electors of the Division in general.

TO ALLAN O'NEILL, ESQ.

SIR, — We, the Undersigned voters in the Northern Division, respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be nominated as a Candidate for a seat in the Piovincial Council of New Ulster at the ensuing Election, pledging ourselves to do our utmost to ensure your return in the event of your compliance with our wishes. P. Heath, Wm. Mineary, B. Mineary, James Hammond, Alex. McKay, John Tillar, Alex. Stewart, Eduard Powel, John McGeihie, Robert Hunt, John Carruth, Thos. Poynton, Jonn Melivain, Morris Kelly, William Nicholson, Thomas Scott, William Davis, Robert Johnson, John Andiews, Wm. Dennett, Phillip Callan, F. B. Woodham, John Meale, Henry Hanford, Patuoni, Daniel Lynch, Thos. Somerville, Daniel Donoughu, James Marston, Patrick Monaghan, Arch. Scott, John Campbell, Francis Hamilton, Ross Commons, William Harkin, Henry. Jas. Hawkins.

Gentlfmen, In compliance with your request, I now come iorward as a Candidate at the ensuing flection for the Legislative Council of the Province of New Ulster for the Northern Division. I feel highly honoured by the confidence you have placed in me ; and should I be elected a member of the Council, knowing that our interests are mutual, you may be assured that I shall do all that lies in my power to promote them, and faithfully perform the duties of so important a trust. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Allan O'Neill. Dvn 1 O'Neill, July 12, 1852.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION.

C\ ENTLEMEN,— It is a source of gratifi\J cation to me that the general concurrence in the views I expressed at the meeting recently held at Panmure, and the flattering support I have since received, fully justify me in the step I have taken in offering myself as a Candidate for your Division. I earnestly request my supporters to continue their kind exertions on my behalf, as I now feel assured that in such case they will not fail to secure my election. I ha>c the honor to remain Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Wm. Field Porter. Tamaki, July 20th, 1852.