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proclamation · 1857

Governor Sir Henry Barkly, with Chief Secretary William C. Haines countersigning, proclaims (Melbourne, 21 Dec 1857) that because the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Rodney is absent from the colony, nomination is postponed to 29 December 1857 and polling to 5 January 1858 — an EXTRAORDINARY gazette issued under Victoria's 1855-56 Electoral Act.

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W HEREAS by an Act of the Governor and Legislative Council of the colony of Victoria, …

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Victoria Government Gazette, No. 149, 21 December 1857.