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session situate within the District for
which the Vote is to be given of the
value of Ten Pounds per Annum held
upon a Lease which at the date of such
Registration shall have not less than
Three Years to run, or having a Lease-
hold Estate situate and of the value as aforesaid of which at the date of such
Registration he shall have been in possession for Three Years or upwards previous to the date of such Registration:
Provided he is not an Alien and that he
has not at any time been attainted or
convicted of any Treason, Felony, or
Infamous Offence within any part of Her
Majesty’s Dominions shall if Registered
as hereafter provided be entitled to Vote
at the Election of a Member or Mem-
ber for the District.

Claims to be preferred.

3. No person shall be qualified to Vote
   at the Election of any such Member unless he shall prefer a Claim to the right
   of Voting and unless such Claim be duly
   enrolled as hereafter prescribed.

Form, &c., of Claim.

4. Every such Claim shall be in writing and shall state the name of the
   District or Districts in respect of which
   it shall be made and shall be signed by
   the Claimant or by some other person in
   his name and by his authority and shall
   state also the place of abode and the
   calling or business of the Claimant and
   the qualification in respect of which such
   Claim may be made.

When to be preferred.

5. No such Claim as aforesaid shall be
   received unless it be made between the
   First day of July and the Tenth day of
   August next or in the month of July in
   some succeeding year.

WELLINGTON, HUTT, AND

WHANGANUI.

Where to be preferred for certain

Districts.

6. Every person claiming a right to
   vote for the following Districts:—

The City of Wellington,
The Wellington Country District,

shall deliver his claim or cause the same
to be delivered at the Resident Magistrate’s Office Wellington.

7. Every person claiming a right to
   Vote for the following Districts:—

The Hutt District,

shall deliver his claim or cause the same
to be delivered at the Resident Magistrate’s Office, in the Valley of the Hutt.

The Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay

District,

shall deliver his claim or cause the same
to be delivered at the Resident Magistrate’s Office, in the Valley of the
Hutt.

8. Every person claiming to Vote for
   The Whanganui and Rangitikei District,

shall deliver his claim, or cause the same
to be delivered at the Resident Magistrate’s Office, Whanganui.

NELSON.

9. Every person claiming a right to
   Vote for

The Town of Nelson,

shall deliver his claim, or cause the same
to be delivered at the Resident Magistrate’s Office, Nelson.

10. Every person claiming a right to
    Vote for

The Waimea District,

shall deliver his claim, or cause the same
to be delivered at the Resident Magistrate’s Office, Nelson, or at such place in
the Waimea District as the Superintendent at Nelson may, by Public Notice,
direct and appoint.

11. Every person claiming a right to
    Vote for

The Motueka District,

shall deliver his claim, or cause the same
to be delivered at such place in the
Motueka District, as the Superintendent
at Nelson may, by Public Notice, direct
and appoint.

12. Every person claiming a right to
    Vote for

The Wairau District,

shall deliver his claim, or cause the same
to be delivered at such place as the
Superintendent at Nelson, by Public
Notice, may direct and appoint.

CANTERBURY.

13. Every person claiming a right to
    Vote for the following Districts,

The Town of Christchurch,
The Christchurch Country District,

shall deliver his claim, or cause the same
to be delivered...