APRIL 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 959

parliamentary, or, as the case may be, graduates’, teachers’, School Committees’, or agricultural societies’ electoral roll of the (Set out name of college)], hereby nominates [Set out full name and address of each candidate the elector wishes to nominate] as [a] candidate[s] for election to the Board of Governors by the electors on the aforesaid roll [or, as the case may be, by the Professorial Board of the Canterbury College], at the election to be held on the day of , 18 .

Dated at , this day of , 18 .

[Signature of the nominator, thus: A.B., or The Agricultural and Pastoral Society, by the Chairman of its governing body, C.D., or as the case may be.]

Candidate’s Consent, to be subscribed at Foot of Nomination-paper.

I hereby consent to my nomination.

[Signature of the candidate nominated.]

22. If the nomination-paper does not bear the written consent of the candidate nominated, such consent may be given by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations are closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so far as concerns any candidate whose consent is not duly given as aforesaid.

23. Nomination-papers may be signed in the name and on behalf of a School Committee, or the Professorial Board, or an Agricultural and Pastoral Society—in the case of such Committee or Board by the Chairman or any two members thereof, and in the case of such society by the Chairman or any two members of the governing body thereof.

24. Nominations shall close at noon of the seventh day before the day of the election.

25. Forthwith after the nominations are closed, and on the same day, the Returning Officer shall prepare and post to each elector at his address as appearing on the roll of electors entitled to vote, and also to the Professorial Board if that Board is such elector, a printed voting-paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames a printed list of all the duly-nominated candidates for whom such elector is entitled to vote; and such voting-paper shall be in the form or to the effect following:—

VOTING-PAPER for Use at Election to be held on the day of , 18 , of Member[s] of the Board of Governors of the [Set out name of the college] by [Set out the class of electors].

Candidates.

[Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full name of every duly-nominated candidate.]

Directions.

The number of candidates to be elected is [Specify the number].

The voter must draw a line through the name of every candidate for whom he does not intend to vote, and the number of candidates whose names are left uncancelled must not exceed the total number of candidates for whom the voter is entitled to vote.

This voting-paper must be signed by the voter, and posted or delivered to the Returning Officer in a sealed envelope before 5 o’clock in the afternoon of the day of the election.

If the voter is a School Committee, an Agricultural and Pastoral Society, or the Professorial Board, the voting-paper may be signed in the name and on behalf of such Committee, society, or Board by the Chairman of the meeting at which the vote is given.

The vote of [Name of voter] is hereby recorded as above, this day of , 18 .

[Signature of voter, thus: A.B., or The School Committee of the District of , by its Chairman, C.D., or as the case may be.]

26. The vote of a School Committee shall be given at a meeting of the Committee held for the purpose on the day of the election. Such vote shall be given in the same manner as in the case of the election of members of a Board of Education under “The Education Act, 1877,” and the Chairman of such meeting shall, in the name and on behalf of the Committee, mark and sign the voting-paper in accordance with such vote, and forward the same to the Returning Officer in a sealed envelope.

27. The vote of the Professorial Board of the Canterbury College shall be given at a meeting of such Board held for the purpose on the day of the election; and the chairman of such meeting shall, in the name and on behalf of such Board, mark and sign the voting-paper in accordance with such vote, and forward the same to the Returning Officer in a sealed envelope.

28. The vote of an Agricultural and Pastoral Society shall be given by resolution of the governing body thereof, at a meeting held for the purpose on the day of the election; and the Chairman of such meeting shall, in the name and on behalf of the society, mark and sign the voting-paper in accordance with such vote, and forward the same to the Returning Officer in a sealed envelope.

29. The voting-paper, if delivered personally to the Returning Officer, must be so delivered before 5 o’clock in the afternoon of the day of the election; and, if posted to him, must be posted before the same hour of the same day.

30. The poll shall close at 5 o’clock in the afternoon of the day of the election; but all voting-papers shall be included and counted which are received by the Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of the sixth day after the day of the election.

31. A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the following cases, that is to say:—
    (1.) If it is not duly signed by the elector; or
    (2.) If the candidates whose names are left uncancelled exceed in number the total number of candidates for whom the elector is entitled to vote; or
    (3.) If, being personally delivered to the Returning Officer or forwarded to him by post, it is not so delivered or posted before the close of the poll; or
    (4.) If, having been forwarded by post, it is not received by the Returning Officer before the seventh day after the day of the election.

32. On the seventh day after the day of the election the Returning Officer shall open and examine all the voting-papers duly delivered to him or received by him through the post as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number to be elected by each class of electors) who have received the greatest number of the votes of such electors, and shall declare such candidates to be elected.

33. If by reason of an equality of votes given for two or more candidates the election is not complete, the Returning Officer shall give a casting-vote, and thereby complete the election.

34. Forthwith after the completion of the election, the Returning Officer shall notify in the Gazette the names of the persons elected, and the respective classes of electors by whom they are elected.

35. If any candidate is nominated for election to the same Board by more classes of electors than one, he shall, before the day of the election, notify to the Returning Officer the seat he desires to hold in the event of his receiving votes qualifying him for election to more seats than one on that Board; or, if he fails to duly give such notification, the Returning Officer shall himself, before the close of the poll, determine the seat which such candidate shall hold in such event as aforesaid, and post to him a written notification thereof; and, on the happening of such event, the Returning Officer shall declare him elected to that seat accordingly, whereupon every other seat for which he is so qualified shall be deemed to be vacant, as in the case of a casual vacancy.

36. If any dispute or question arises touching the regularity of any election, such dispute or question shall be determined by a Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by “The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876,” all the provisions of which shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in so far as the same are applicable.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

W. C. WALKER.