Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2379

Regulations under “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” for the Election of Members of Boards by Contributory Local Authorities in Grouped Districts.

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RANFURLY, 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, and at the same period in every third year thereafter, 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 elections 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 the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 the 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 tenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and one.

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.

5. The Presiding Officer at every meeting of local authorities as aforesaid shall make a return in writing to the Secretary of the Board to which any member has been elected, setting forth the names of the person or persons elected to serve as members of such Board. The Secretary shall thereupon notify the Inspector of Hospitals of the result of such election or elections for publication in the Gazette, and such publication shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence that the persons named therein were duly elected in terms of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885.”

6. In the event of the number of votes on each side at any election being equal, the Presiding Officer shall give a casting-vote.

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SCHEDULE.