SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2253

[In the case of an occupier's qualification.]
(3.) I have been for the last three months in occupation as a tenant or subtenant of a building situated as above described, the rent payable by me being at the rate of not less than £10 per year.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
FORM OF OBJECTION TO ELECTORS LIST [or ROLL].
Under the Christchurch Tramway District Act, 1920.
I, [Full name, occupation, and place of residence], hereby object to the electors list [or roll] of the Christchurch Tramway District on the grounds [State the person to whom the objection relates, and also such specific grounds of the objection, as set forth in section 12 of the said Act, as are applicable].
Given under my hand this __ day of __, 192 .

Received by me this __ day of __, 192 .
__, Secretary.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.
LIST OF OBJECTIONS TO THE ELECTORS LIST [or ROLL].
Under the Christchurch Tramway District Act, 1920.

__, Secretary.

J. W. BLACK,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for a System of Ballot under the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 30th day of August, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by sections three and one hundred and six of the Land Act, 1908, and section eighty-four of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), it is enacted that the Governor-General may make regulations as to the mode in which ballots are to be conducted and for preference being given to certain applicants at such ballots:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations for a system of ballot made under the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and gazetted on the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and doth hereby make the following regulations in lieu thereof; and doth also declare that such revocation shall take effect and these regulations shall come into force on the day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. ON the day appointed for receiving applications for land, each application as it is received shall be numbered in consecutive order.

PREFERENCE AT BALLOT.

Examination of Applicants.

2. Before taking a ballot or otherwise disposing of applications for land the Land Board may, in such manner as it thinks fit, inquire into all matters affecting an applicant’s suitability or his right of preference under the said Acts, or the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and may reject any applicant who refuses or fails to answer any inquiries as to such matters to the satisfaction of the Board, or who fails to satisfy the Board on any material point.

Preference to Applicants.

3. In cases where a ballot is required the preference of applicants shall be determined by the Board in the manner prescribed by the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

Board’s Decision to be Final.

4. The decision of the Board as to the rejection or preference of any applicant shall be final and conclusive.

METHOD OF CONDUCTING BALLOT.

Ballot-list to be prepared.

5. A list shall be prepared for each ballot in the following form, on which shall be entered the name of each applicant, followed by the entry of the figure 1 in the column under each section for which he has applied. After the scrutiny of applications by the Land Board, and prior to the drawing of the ballot, rotation numbers shall be affixed in numerical order in the columns set apart therefor, against the names of those whom it has been decided to include in the ballot. The said form may be extended so as to make provisions for as many sections thereon as may be found convenient.

Form of Ballot-list.

Ballot-balls.

6. The Commissioner shall provide sufficient balls, all of one size and colour, equal to the total number of applications for the section applied for, and on each of such balls there shall be legibly printed or written one of the rotation numbers aforesaid, but so that no two balls shall bear the same rotation number. The figures on the balls shall have a line drawn horizontally under them to show which is the right side up.

Ballot-box.

7. At the time fixed for the ballot the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or officer appointed by him, shall in respect of each section read over each name on the list aforesaid with its rotation number, and, as each name and number is read over, the ball bearing the corresponding rotation number shall be deposited in the ballot-box.

Scrutineer.

8. The applicants or their authorized representatives present at the ballot shall be entitled to select one person in the room to act as scrutineer on their behalf.

Ball to be drawn.

9. The ballot-box shall then be securely closed and thoroughly shaken up and turned, and the drawing shall then take place in the presence of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or the officer appointed by him to superintend such drawing, and the person whose rotation number appears on the ball first drawn from the ballot-box for the section then being balloted for shall be declared by the Commissioner or other officer to be the successful applicant for that particular section, and thereupon his applications (if any) for remaining sections to be balloted shall be cancelled by drawing a horizontal line through entries representing them on the ballot-list.

Second Number may be drawn.

10. If the Commissioner thinks fit he may draw a second ball from the ballot-box, and the applicant whose rotation number appears thereon shall be declared the successful applicant in all cases where the applicant whose rotation number is first drawn is ineligible or disqualified from selecting or holding the section balloted for, and such disqualification is announced by the Commissioner or Land Board within a space of thirty days from the date of ballot.

Successful Applicant to pay Deposit.

11. Immediately upon the successful applicant being declared he shall pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue the deposit, purchase-money, rent, or other moneys required by law in respect of the section, should such moneys not have already been deposited.

Procedure if Deposit not paid.

12. Should such applicant or his representative not make the said payments as required by law, then a fresh ballot in the manner before provided shall be taken between the other applicants for that section without delay, unless a second number has already been drawn as provided in regulation 10, in which case the applicant whose rotation number it is shall be declared the successful applicant and called upon