Zealand, to the credit of the Association, and all
moneys drawn from the Bank shall be by cheque
signed by the Treasurer and Secretary and one
member of the Committee appointed for that purpose.
The Treasurer shall give the Secretary a copy of all
moneys received and paid at least once in every
quarter. The accounts shall be audited once every
half-year. The Auditor shall be appointed at each
yearly general meeting.

14. Any member who shall fail to pay his quarterly
    instalments on or before the day appointed shall pay
    a fine of one halfpenny for each and every share for
    the first omission, doubling the fine each quarter
    that the member neglects or fails to pay. If a mem-
    ber neglects or fails to pay for four consecutive
    quarterly payments, or gives notice that he cannot or
    will not pay any more on account of his shares, he
    shall cease to be a member of this Association, and
    shall have no claim against this Association on
    account of his shares, and the Committee shall dis-
    pose of his shares to a bonâ fide settler for the good
    of this Association.

15. In the event of the death of a member before
    being put in possession of his land, his interest in the
    allotment will revert to his heirs or executors, who
    may dispose of it to an approved bonâ fide settler,
    providing always that no member shall be allowed to
    hold more than one hundred and fifty acres; but
    should the deceased leave a widow or children, they
    shall be at liberty to occupy irrespective of age or
    sex.

16. Should any member be compelled to leave the
    district previous to his being entitled to his Crown
    grant, and before completing the requisite term of
    occupation, it shall be competent for the Committee
    to remit such, to transfer his rights, title, and interest
    in the Association to another approved bonâ fide
    settler on the payment of five per cent., according to
    the value of his allotment at the time of transfer;
    providing always that no member shall be allowed to
    hold more than one hundred and fifty acres.

17. The Secretary shall call a general meeting of
    the members when desired by three members of the
    Committee. There shall be a yearly meeting held
    in the month of June in each year, for the election
    of officers, and to transact other business required.

18. Any member of this Association who may be
    found to have taken shares for another person, or
    for speculative purposes, and not with a view to
    bonâ fide settlement, shall, upon sufficient proof
    thereto to the satisfaction of a majority of the mem-
    bers, forfeit his interest in the Association, and the
    Committee shall dispose of his shares to a bonâ fide
    settler, and these rules shall be sufficient authority
    for such forfeiture and re-allotment; and any profits
    arising from such re-allotment shall be paid into the
    general funds of this Association.

19. Should any member of this Association fail to
    comply with Rule No. 5 or any part thereof,
    he shall forfeit his interest in this Association, and
    the Committee shall have power to dispose of his
    shares to a bonâ fide settler, and any profit arising
    from such re-allotment shall be paid into the general
    funds of this Association.

20. Should any dispute arise which the Secretary
    cannot arrange, it shall be referred to the Committee
    of Management, and if not satisfactorily arranged it
    shall be referred to a general meeting of members,
    whose decision shall be final.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Election of Councillors for the Borough of Akaroa.

NORMANBY, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,

GREETING:

WHEREAS by "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," it is enacted that for the first
election of Councillors under the said Act in every
borough in which no Councillors shall as yet have
been in office, those persons enrolled on any electoral
roll which, under the provisions of "The Registration
of Electors Act, 1866," shall for the time being be in
force, whose qualifications are in respect of lands
and tenements situate within the borough, and none
other, shall, on such day as the Governor shall
appoint, not being less than forty days after the
same shall have become such borough, and in the
manner therein mentioned, elect the whole number of
Councillors by the said Act assigned to such borough;
and by the said Act it is also provided that every
election of Councillors for any borough not divided
into wards shall be held by and before the Mayor of
the borough, and that if at any time there shall be
no Mayor the Council of the borough, or if there be
no such Council, the Governor may and shall appoint
some person by and before whom such election shall
be conducted:

And whereas the Town of Akaroa was, by Pro-
clamation bearing date the twenty-second day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, of
the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six, constituted a borough
under the said Act:

And whereas it has been made to appear to me
that there is no Mayor of the said borough, nor any
Council of the said borough, and that the said
borough is not divided into wards:

Now know ye that I, George Augustus Constan-
tine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers vested in me by the said Act, do hereby
appoint the first day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, to be the day whereon
the first election of Councillors for the Borough of
Akaroa shall take place; and in further exercise of
the powers and authorities vested in me by the said
Act, I do hereby appoint

JUSTIN AYLMER, Esq.,
of Akaroa, to be the person by and before whom the
said election shall be held.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same; at the Go-
vernment House, at Wellington, this
third day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six.

DANIEL POLLEN.