✨ Native Assessor Election Regulations
Numb. 99.
1737
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1882.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1882.
Election of Native Assessor for Tolago Native
Licensing District.
JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.
IN pursuance and in exercise of the provisions of
"The Licensing Act, 1881," and "The Licensing
Act Amendment Act, 1882," His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government doth make the
following regulations for the election of a Native
Assessor for the Native Licensing District of Tolago,
in the County of Cook:—
- The Returning Officer at such election shall be
Martin Dudley Stagpoole, Esquire.
2 The election shall be held at the Courthouse,
Tolago Bay, which Courthouse shall be the polling
place for such election.
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The voters at the election shall be only such
Maoris usually resident in the district as are qualified
to vote for Maori representatives in Parliament. A
candidate for election must be a Maori qualified to
vote as aforesaid in some part of the colony, but
need not be resident in the district, nor need he have
a vote in the particular district in which he is a
candidate for election. -
The nomination shall be held at the Courthouse
aforesaid, on Friday the twenty-fourth day of this
instant November, at the hour of noon, when the
nominations shall be made by word of mouth. -
If there be only one candidate proposed, he
shall be returned; if there be more than one, the
Returning Officer shall call for a show of hands in
favour of the several candidates, and shall declare the
candidate to be elected in whose favour the show of
hands shall be, unless a poll be demanded. -
If a poll be demanded by a candidate, or by two
electors, the same shall be held at the Courthouse
aforesaid, on Thursday, the thirtieth day of November
instant. -
All matters relating to the election shall be
conducted in the same manner as if the election were
for a Maori representative in Parliament, to be
elected under "The Maori Representation Act,
1867." -
If any dispute or difference shall arise in
respect of such election, the same shall be deter-
mined by the Governor in accordance with the regu-
lations under the Maori Representation Acts, made
by Proclamation bearing date the 29th October,
1881, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No.
98, of the 12th November, 1881.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government, this
seventeenth day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-two.
FRED. WHITAKER,
(for the Native Minister.)
By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1882, No 99
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🪶 Regulations for Election of Native Assessor for Tolago District
🪶 Māori Affairs17 November 1882
Native Assessor, Election, Tolago, Returning Officer, Maori Representation Act
- Martin Dudley Stagpoole (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer
- James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government
- Fred. Whitaker (for the Native Minister)