Nov. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3417

with regulations made by the Governor in Council: And
whereas it is expedient to make regulations for the purpose
aforesaid:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of
the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and
acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of
the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regula-
tions for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby
declare that such regulations shall come into force on the
day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Ga-
zette:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The election of elective members of Land Boards shall
   take place in the following manner:—
2. An elective member shall be elected by the persons
   who, on the 1st day of January preceding such election,
   were the owners of any lease or license of or in respect of
   Crown lands situated within the land district of the Board.
3. “Crown lands” shall be deemed to mean Crown lands
   as defined by section 3 of “The Land Act, 1892.”
4. Immediately after the publication of these regulations,
   the Commissioner of Crown Lands for any district in which
   there shall be a vacancy in the membership of the Land
   Board for such district shall prepare a roll of all present
   owners of leases or licenses of Crown lands in such district
   who held such leases or licenses on the 1st day of January,
   1907, and such owners, and no other persons, shall be eligible
   to vote at any election of a member of the Land Board for
   such district between the date of the publication of these
   regulations and the last day of 1907.
5. As soon as convenient after the 1st day of January,
   1908, and in each successive year, the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands for each land district shall prepare a roll of all persons
   who were owners of leases or licenses of Crown lands in such
   land district on the said 1st January preceding, and such
   owners, and no others, shall be eligible to vote for the
   election of any elective member of the Land Board for the
   district until the last day of such year: Provided that any
   owner transferring or parting with his interest in the lease
   or license held by him shall forfeit his right to vote at any
   election as aforesaid.
6. Every such owner shall have one vote, save that if two
   or more persons are the owners jointly or in common of any
   such lease or license as aforesaid, they shall have one vote
   between them.
7. For the purposes of every election the Commissioner of
   Crown Lands for the land district in which such election is
   to take place, or officer acting for him, shall be the Returning
   Officer.
8. In the case of every vacancy the election shall be held
   as soon as possible after the publication by the Returning
   Officer of a notice of such vacancy, and the election necessi-
   tated thereby, in one or more newspapers circulating in the
   land district in which the election is to take place.
9. In such notice the Returning Officer shall state the
   name of the member vacating his seat on the Board, and re-
   quest nominations to fill such vacancy, stating the date up
   to which such nominations will be received.
10. Such nominations shall close at 5 o’clock on the after-
    noon of the day fixed for receiving same, being not less than
    thirty days prior to the date of the poll.
11. No person shall be eligible as a candidate for election
    unless he is nominated in writing by at least two owners en-
    titled to vote in terms of these regulations, and the nomina-
    tion-paper, bearing the candidate’s consent, is received by
    the Returning Officer before the nominations are closed.
    Such nomination-paper shall be in the form set forth in the
    First Schedule hereto.
12. Should only one nomination be received as aforesaid,
    the Returning Officer shall declare such candidate to be duly
    elected, provided he is otherwise eligible for election as a
    member of the Board.
13. No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible
    for election as a member of the Board.
14. As soon as possible after the receipt of nominations as
    aforesaid, the Returning Officer shall notify in manner
    aforesaid,—
    (a.) The full name of every duly nominated candidate;
    (b.) The day on which the poll will be held, being not
    less than twenty-one days after notification
    thereof;
    (c.) The hour at which the poll will be closed;
    (d.) The address to which voting-papers must be sent.
15. Voting-papers in the form set forth in the Second
    Schedule hereto shall be posted by the Returning Officer to
    each elector within the land district either prior to or
    immediately after the publication of the notice prescribed in
    the preceding regulation.
16. Each voter shall indicate his vote by drawing a line
    through the names of all the candidates for whom he does
    not desire to vote, and shall then sign the voting-paper, and
    post and deliver the same to the Returning Officer in a closed
    envelope bearing on the outside the word “Voting-paper.”
17. The voting-paper, if delivered to the Returning Officer,
    shall be delivered at the office of the Board, or other address
    fixed by the Returning Officer and notified by him as afore-
    said, before or not later than 4 o’clock in the afternoon of
    the day of the poll, and, if posted to him, must be received
    by him not later than such time.
18. A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the follow-
    ing cases:—
    (a.) If it is not duly signed by the voter;
    (b.) If more than one candidate’s name is left uncan-
    celled;
    (c.) If the voter votes more than once at the same
    election;
    (d.) If it does not reach the Returning Officer before the
    close of the poll.
19. Each candidate may, by writing under his hand, ap-
    point one scrutineer, who may be present at the examination
    of the voting-papers as hereinafter mentioned.
20. Each Returning Officer and scrutineer shall, before
    entering upon his duties as such, make and sign the declara-
    tion set forth in the Third Schedule hereto.
21. On the third day after the day of the poll the Return-
    ing Officer, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon, 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
    candidate who has received the greatest number of votes,
    and shall by notice exhibited in the office of the Board
    declare such candidate to be elected.
22. The Returning Officer shall, immediately after count-
    ing the votes, seal up all voting-papers and transmit the
    same to the Clerk of the nearest Magistrate’s Court, who
    shall keep the same for six months thereafter, and shall
    not open or permit to be opened such packet, except on the
    order of some Court of competent jurisdiction, and shall
    at the end of six months effectively destroy the same; and
    no person shall, save on the order of any such Court, open
    any such packet or destroy any of the contents thereof.
23. 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 lot in such manner as
    he shall think fit.
24. Forthwith after the completion of the election the
    Returning Officer shall notify in the Gazette, and also by
    advertisement in a newspaper published in the district,
    the name of the person elected, the number of valid votes
    recorded for each candidate, the total number of valid votes
    recorded, and the total number of votes rejected as informal.
25. Any dispute as to the validity of the election of a mem-
    ber of a Land Board as aforesaid shall be determined by the
    Commissioner of Crown Lands for the land district, whose
    decision shall be final and conclusive.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

NOMINATION-PAPER OF MEMBER OF LAND BOARD.

WE, [A. B., C. D., &c.], being owners of a lease [or license] of
Crown lands in the Land District of , and qualified
as electors of the Land Board of the same district, hereby
nominate [Set out full Christian name and surname and
address of the candidate the electors wish to nominate] as a
candidate for election to the above-named Board at the
election to be held on .
Dated at , this day of , 19 .
A. B.
C. D.

I hereby consent to be nominated as above.
(Signature of nominated Candidate.)

SECOND SCHEDULE.

VOTING-PAPER.

Voting-paper for Use at Election to be held on the
day of , 19 , of Member of the Land Board of the
Land District of .

CANDIDATES.

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

DIRECTIONS.

The number of candidates to be elected is ONE.
The voter must draw a line through the name of every
candidate except the one for whom he desires to vote, and
only one name must be left uncancelled.