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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1]

8. The following rules shall apply to meetings of the Village Committee:—
   (a.) The first meeting shall be convened by the Council, and all subsequent meetings by the chairman of the committee in such manner as he shall think best: Provided that a member of the committee may at any time require the chairman to summon a meeting.
   (b.) At the first meeting the committee shall elect one of its members to be chairman.
   (c.) The quorum shall consist of half the whole number of members when that number is even, and of a majority when that number is odd.
   (d.) The chairman shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the committee, and in his absence the members present shall elect some member present to be the chairman of the meeting.
   (e.) Every question coming before the committee shall be decided by open voting and by the majority present, and in case of an equality of votes the chairman, or member acting as chairman, shall have a second or casting vote.
   (f.) The chairman shall cause minutes of the proceedings of the committee to be kept in a book, in which shall be entered the names of the members attending each meeting, and every resolution, order, or proceeding of the committee.
   (g.) The minutes of proceedings of each meeting shall be read aloud at the subsequent meeting, and, if approved by the committee, the chairman shall sign the same in the presence of the committee, and shall insert the date of his making his signature.

9. No person who is a member of a Council shall be a member of a Village Committee; but an Advisory Counsellor may be a member of such committee.

10. Any member of the committee may resign his position by writing to the chairman, or verbally at a meeting of the Council.

11. The members of a committee shall hold office for one year (unless the committee be sooner dissolved).

12. The Council may at any time, if it think fit, dissolve any committee, and appoint a new committee in its place.

13. The Council may, if it think fit, remove any member of a committee, and appoint another Maori of the same kainga, village, or pa in his place.

14. The Council may fill any vacancy that may occur on the committee: Provided that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office only for the unexpired period of the term of the committee.

15. Until a vacancy be filled the committee shall continue, provided that the number of its members shall not be reduced to less than two.

16. Subject to these regulations, the committee may regulate its own procedure.

17. The Council may vary, alter, or amend all or any of the foregoing regulations in respect of Village Committees, or may from time to time make other regulations in respect thereof, to suit the circumstances of each Maori district: Provided that any amendment or new regulation shall be first submitted for the approval of the Governor.

SCHEDULE.

Form A.

NOTICE OF NOMINATION OF MEMBERS.

“The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

To the electors of Maori District.

TAKE notice that on , the day of , 19 , between the hours of 10 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon, at , the election of members for the Council of the Maori District will be held. I, the undersigned, will be in attendance at aforesaid on the day and between the hours before mentioned, to receive nominations of Maoris qualified to be members of the Council for the said district. Each elector may nominate not more than members. Each nomination may be verbal, or in writing, delivered personally by the elector to me. If in writing, it shall be in the following form:—

“I, , of [Insert residence, and name of hapu], do hereby nominate
[Names of Maoris nominated, not being more than ]
to be members of the Maori Council of the Maori District.

“(Signed) …………

“Witness—
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Returning Officer.”

The attention of electors is drawn to the following instructions:—
(a.) Every Maori of the age of twenty-one years and upwards residing within the district has a right to nominate.
(b.) Every Maori who has a right to nominate is qualified to be a member of the Council.
(c.) Each elector may nominate any number, not being more than , of duly qualified Maoris to be members of the Council.
(d.) Each elector desiring to nominate must appear before me in person and declare his nomination, either verbally or in writing, as aforesaid.

Dated the day of , 19 , at …………,
Returning Officer for the Maori District.

Form B.

DECLARATION OF POLL.

“The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

In pursuance of section 7 of “The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” I do hereby declare that at the election of members for the Maori Council of Maori District, held at , on the day of , 19 , the following Maoris were nominated to be members of such Council, and that they received the number of nominations set opposite their names respectively—namely:—

And I do further declare that
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having received the greater number of nominations, are duly elected to be members of, and they shall constitute, the Maori Council of the said district.

Given under my hand, at , this day of , 19 .

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Returning Officer for the Maori District.

Form C.

PETITION BY INHABITANTS OF A KAINGA FOR APPOINTMENT OF A VILLAGE COMMITTEE.

“The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

To H. K.,
Chairman of the Maori Council,
Maori District.

WE, being inhabitants of , a Maori kainga, desire the Council to appoint a Village Committee for the said kainga.

Dated the day of , 19 .

[Signatures.]

[Witness.]

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand nine hundred.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Defining Districts under “The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three of “The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” it is provided that the Governor may proclaim any district a Maori district for the purpose of the said Act: And whereas by section four of the said Act it is further provided that the Governor may in such Proclamation appoint a Stipendiary Magistrate or Government agent to be Returning Officer for each of such districts: And whereas by section six of the said Act it is further provided that the number of members to be elected for the Maori Council of each such district shall be fixed by the Governor on the establishment of such district:—

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the hereinbefore-