1402 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 56

Regulations under "The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1885," for the Election of Members of Boards by Contributory Local Authorities.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by section six of "The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1885 Amendment Act, 1886," it is provided that the Governor, by Order in Council, shall, before the month of November next ensuing, apportion the representation of the various contributory local authorities in any district on the Board of such district, in the manner therein set forth:

And whereas it is necessary that regulations shall be made for the election of members of the Boards of such districts by such contributory local authorities as are grouped together in terms of the above-mentioned section:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in him by section ninety-nine of "The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885," doth hereby make and prescribe the regulations hereinafter set forth for the conduct of the said recited elections, and the proceedings incidental thereto, namely:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The local authorities named in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall have respectively the number of votes set opposite them in the second column of said Schedule, and their representative or representatives shall meet at the time and place set opposite the names of such local authorities in the third and fourth columns of the said Schedule respectively to elect such member or members as have been apportioned to such local authorities by Order in Council of the nineteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

2. The Presiding Officer to conduct the election in each case shall be the person named in the fifth column of the said Schedule, opposite the name of each local authority. Any local authority may, if it think fit, send only one representative to such election, and such representative shall then be entitled to exercise the full number of votes which such local authority is given by regulation one aforesaid.

3. Any local authority may appoint, by writing under the hand of the Chairman or Mayor, as the case may be, any person or persons residing at or near the place of meeting as aforesaid, to be its representative or representatives at such meeting, and such representative or representatives shall be entitled to exercise the full number of votes which such local authority is given by regulation one.

4. In case any contributory local authority shall not send a representative to such election the representative or representatives of the local authority or authorities present at the meeting called for such election shall elect the member or members which such local authorities together are entitled to have, and that either at the meeting then held or at a subsequent meeting to be specially convened for the purpose by the Presiding Officer of such first-mentioned meeting.

SCHEDULE.

Local Authority.

District of Auckland—
Rodney County Council .. .. 1 1 p.m. } Office of Waitemata County Council, Auckland County Clerk.
Waitemata County Council .. .. 2 "
Devonport Borough Council .. .. 1 "
Boards of the road districts in Eden County 1 each 2 p.m. .. Office of Mr. Thomas Seaman, 31, Insurance Buildings, Auckland Mr. Thomas Seaman.
Boards of the road and town districts in Manukau County 1 each 2 p.m. Borough Council Chamber, Onehunga Town Clerk.
Onehunga Borough Council .. .. 4 "
Parnell Borough Council .. .. 2 11 a.m. } Courthouse, High Street, Auckland Clerk of the Court.
Newmarket Borough Council .. .. 1 "
Newton Borough Council .. .. 1 "

District of Wanganui—
Manchester Road Board .. .. 2 2 p.m. } Manchester Road Board Office, Feilding Clerk of Manchester Road Board.
Halcombe Town Board .. .. 1 "
Kiwitea Road Board .. .. 1 "
Manawatu Road Board .. .. 2 "
Feilding Borough Council .. .. 1 12 noon } Borough Council Chamber, Feilding Town Clerk, Feilding.
Marton Borough Council .. .. 1 "

District of North Canterbury—
Kaikoura County Council .. .. 1 1 p.m. } Amuri County Council Office, Waiau Amuri County Clerk.
Amuri County Council .. .. 1 "
Akaroa County Council .. .. 2 3 p.m. } Akaroa County Council Office County Clerk.
Akaroa Borough Council .. .. 1 "
Boards of the road and town districts in Ashley County 1 each 2 p.m. .. Mandeville and Rangiora Road Board Office, Rangiora Clerk of Mandeville and Rangiora Road Board.
Rangiora Borough Council .. .. 1 3 p.m. } Resident Magistrate's Courthouse, Christchurch Clerk of the Court.
Kaiapoi Borough Council .. .. 1 "
Lyttelton Borough Council .. .. 2 "
St. Albans Borough Council .. .. 2 "

District of South Canterbury—
Waimate County Council .. .. 3 1 p.m. } Waimate County Council Office, Waimate County Clerk.
Waimate Borough Council .. .. 1 "

District of Tuapeka—
Lawrence Borough Council .. .. 2 12 noon } Courthouse, Lawrence .. Clerk of the Court.
Roxburgh Borough Council .. .. 1 "
Tapanui Borough Council .. .. 1 "

District of Central Otago—
Alexandra Borough Council .. .. 1 2 p.m. } Borough Council Chamber, Alexandra Town Clerk, Alexandra.
Cromwell Borough Council .. .. 2 "
Naseby Borough Council .. .. 2 "