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closed, and any nomination-paper shall be void if the consent of the candidate nominated therein is not duly given as aforesaid.

11. If in either Island the number of persons nominated is not more than the number of vacancies to be filled the persons nominated shall be declared to be duly elected; but if the number of persons nominated exceeds the number of vacancies to be filled a ballot of the contributors resident in that Island shall be taken.

12. In any case in which a ballot becomes necessary the Returning Officer shall, immediately after the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each elector a printed ballot-paper containing, in alphabetical order of surnames, a list of all the duly nominated candidates for whom such elector is entitled to vote; and such ballot-paper shall be in the form or to the effect following:—

Ballot-paper for Use at Election to be held on the 5th Day of March, 1906, of two Members of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board by the Contributors Resident in the Island.

Candidates.

[Full names of all duly nominated candidates, in alphabetical order of surnames.]

Directions.

The number of candidates to be elected is two.

The voter must draw a line through the name of every candidate for whom he does not intend to vote, and not more than two names must be left uncanceled.

The voter’s name must not be written on the voting-paper.

This ballot-paper must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, and, if posted to the Returning Officer, must be posted on or before the day of the election, or, if delivered to him, must be delivered before the day of the election, or not later than 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day.

The envelope is to be addressed, “The Returning Officer for the Teachers’ Superannuation Board Election, Wellington.”

13. The ballot-paper sent to each elector shall have a number corresponding with one written opposite his name on the voting-list. The number shall be written on the left-hand bottom corner of the ballot-paper by the Returning Officer before it is sent out.

14. The ballot-paper, if delivered to the Returning Officer, must be so delivered in a sealed envelope before the day of the election, or not later than 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day; and, if posted to him, must be posted in a sealed envelope on or before that day.

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

16. A ballot-paper shall be informal in any of the following cases, that is to say:—

(1.) If the name of the voter appears thereon; or

(2.) If the names of more than two candidates are left uncanceled; or

(3.) If, being personally delivered to the Returning Officer, it is not delivered at his office before the close of the poll; or

(4.) If, having been forwarded by post, it is not received at the office of the Returning Officer before the sixteenth day after the day of the election; or if, from the postmark on the envelope or otherwise, the Returning Officer is satisfied that it was not posted until after the day of the election.

17. On the sixteenth day after the day of the election the Returning Officer shall open and examine all the ballot-papers duly delivered to him or received by him through the post as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal ballot-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.

18. If by reason of an equality of votes given for two or more candidates the election is not complete, the Returning Officer shall complete the election by casting lots in the presence of the Inspector-General of Schools or other non-elective member of the Board.

19. Forthwith after the completion of the election, the Returning Officer shall notify in the Gazette the result of the election, specifying, in the case of each Island, the names of the candidates, and the number of votes recorded for each candidate, and declaring the candidate who has received the greatest number of votes to be elected.

20. The voting-papers shall, after being counted, be enclosed in a sealed packet, and, unless a scrutiny be demanded, shall be kept unopened in the custody of the Returning Officer for two months, and shall then be destroyed. A scrutiny must be demanded in writing by not less than seven voters within fourteen days after the publication of the result of the election.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notifying Lands in Otago Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Tuesday, the third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six, as the time at which the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF HYDE.

Suburban Lands.

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As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPAWA COUNTY.—TAHORAITE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted with £750, valuation for four-roomed cottage, fencing, well, and creamery.

Situated seven miles from Dannevirke.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.