APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 987

79. Should the number nominated exceed the number to be
    elected, the Returning Officer shall cause ballot-papers to be printed
    and supplied to every officer entitled to vote, in the form or to the
    effect following :—

    BALLOT-PAPER FOR ELECTION OF MEMBER OF APPEAL BOARD BY THE
    OFFICERS OF THE POSTAL (OR TELEGRAPH) BRANCH UNDER THE PUBLIC
    SERVICE ACT, 1912.

    Candidates.

    [Set out in alphabetical order the full names of all candidates for election
    by the branch.]

    Directions.—The voter can vote for only one candidate, and must strike
    out the names of all the candidates except the one voted for.
    If the voter strikes out all the names, or omits to strike out all the
    names except one, the ballot-paper shall be void.
    After indicating the vote in manner aforesaid, the voter must fold up
    the ballot-paper so that the contents cannot be seen, and transmit it to the
    Returning Officer in the manner prescribed thereon.

    ——

    BALLOT-PAPER FOR ELECTION OF MEMBER OF APPEAL BOARD BY THE
    OFFICERS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE (OTHER THAN THE POST AND TEL-
    GRAPH DEPARTMENT).

    Candidates.

    [Set out in alphabetical order the full names of all candidates for
    election.]

    Directions.—The voter can vote for not more than two candidates,
    and must strike out the names of all the candidates not voted for.
    If the voter strikes out all the names, or leaves more than two not
    struck out, the ballot-paper shall be void.
    After indicating the vote in manner aforesaid, the voter must fold up
    the ballot-paper so that the contents cannot be seen, and transmit it to the
    Returning Officer in the manner prescribed thereon.

80. The ballot-paper shall contain a list of all the persons nomi-
    nated (and of no other persons), each name being inserted once only,
    and arranged alphabetically in the order of the candidates’ surnames.
    Each paper shall have a number corresponding with that on the list.
    The number shall be written by the Returning Officer in the left-
    hand bottom corner of the paper, and the corner folded and gummed
    down before being sent out.

81. All ballot-papers shall be transmitted by post on or before the
    day of election to the Returning Officer at Wellington, and must reach
    him not later than 5 o’clock p.m. on the tenth day after the day of
    the election.

82. No officer shall in any case be compelled to record his vote,
    but the ballot-paper must be sent to the Returning Officer in all cases
    where a vote is not exercised.

83. Any candidate may withdraw from the election, but not
    later than five clear days before the day of polling, by giving or
    transmitting to the Returning Officer a notice in the form of a letter
    witnessed by any officer of the Public Service.

84. The Returning Officer shall forthwith publish such notice in
    such manner as he deems best calculated to give full publicity to the
    same, and shall, if practicable, omit or erase from the ballot-papers
    the name of every candidate whose name is withdrawn.

85. Immediately after the hour fixed for the receipt at Welling-
    ton of ballot-papers the Returning Officer shall, in the presence
    of the scrutineers, proceed to ascertain the total number of votes
    recorded for each candidate, and shall cause the result to be pub-
    lished in the New Zealand Gazette, and shall declare to be duly
    elected the candidate or candidates, as the case may be, obtaining
    the majority of votes. The voting-papers shall, after counting, be
    enclosed in a sealed packet, and be retained by the Returning
    Officer. They shall not be opened unless a scrutiny is demanded,
    when such scrutiny shall be conducted by the Returning Officer
    and the two scrutineers. The papers shall remain in the Return-
    ing Officer’s custody for two months, and shall then be destroyed.
    If a scrutiny is demanded, application therefor must be made in
    writing to the Returning Officer within fourteen days after publica-
    tion of the result as aforesaid.

86. Whenever there is an equality of votes at the election, and the
    addition of one vote will entitle any of the candidates to be elected,
    the Returning Officer shall himself record such additional vote.

87. Where it appears to the Commissioner that the seat of any
    member has become vacant he shall cause a notice of such vacancy,
    and of the cause thereof, to be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

88. As soon as conveniently may be after the expiration of ten
    days after such notice has appeared, the Commissioner, on its being