Nov. 3.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2933

Altering Boundaries of Woodlands Drainage District, County of Piako.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of November, 1922.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Woodlands Drainage Board, being of the opinion that certain lands situated in the County of Piako and not included in the Woodlands Drainage District (hereinafter referred to as “the said district”) are deriving benefit from the drainage-works carried out by the said Board, did, in accordance with the provisions of section six of the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), present a petition to His Excellency the Governor-General praying that the boundaries of the said district might be altered so as to include such lands in the said district:

And whereas in respect thereof a Commission has been appointed to inquire and report as to the several matters mentioned in subsection three of section six of the said Act:

And whereas the Commission so appointed has reported that such lands should be included in the said district:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by section six of the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that as on and from the date hereof the boundaries of the said district are hereby altered so as to include in the said district the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, and that the boundaries of the said district shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA INCLUDED IN THE WOODLANDS DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 787 acres 2 roods 29 perches, more or less, being all that area marked Part I on plan No. 3622, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

WOODLANDS DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally commencing at the north-western corner of part Section 1 shown on plan 3546, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, along the south-western boundary of part Lot 1, deposited plan 7344, 1699·9 links; along a right line through said Lot 1 to its north-eastern boundary at a point distant 1719 links from the easternmost corner; thence along said boundary to and along the northern boundary of Allotments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 of Section 3, Parish of Kirikirioua; thence by the county boundary to and along the northern boundary of Lot 1, deposited plan 3622, to a road; thence by that road to the south-western corner of Lot 5, deposited plan 6823; thence by the southern and eastern boundaries of that lot and the eastern boundary of Lot 4 shown on L.T. plan 6823; thence by Lot 9 and a public road to the north-eastern corner of Lot 3 shown on the last-mentioned plan; thence by Lots 1, 5, and 6 of a subdivision of Motumaoho No. 2 Block, and that boundary produced across the Frankton-Morrinsville Railway to the northern boundary of part of Lot 1A (part Kuranui Block) shown on deposited plan 3558; thence by the northern, eastern, south-eastern, and south-western boundaries of that lot to a public road, by that road to the north-eastern corner of Lot 3 shown on D.P. 11933; thence by that lot to the southernmost corner of Lot 2 shown on D.P. 11933; thence by the eastern, southern, and western boundaries of part Lot 1 shown on D.P. 11933 to the southern boundary of Lot 5 shown on D.P. 7012; thence by the southern and western boundaries of that lot and the western boundary produced to the northern side of the Frankton-Morrinsville Railway, and by that railway to the Hukanui-Piako Road, and by that road to the western boundary of part Section 1 as shown on deposited plan 3546 aforesaid, and by the western boundary of part Section 1 to the place of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations as to the Registration of Electors in the Chatham Islands and the Taking of the Votes of Electors for the Purposes of the General Election and Licensing Poll, 1922.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of November, 1922.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section four of the Legislature Amendment Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth.

REGULATIONS.

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS IN CHATHAM ISLANDS.

1. For the purpose of the enrolment of electors resident in the Chatham Islands the Chief Electoral Officer shall appoint a Deputy Registrar of Electors, who shall in turn appoint such clerks as he deems necessary.

2. (1.) The special supplementary roll of electors referred to in the said Act shall be prepared in alphabetical order of surnames, and shall contain the full Christian name, residence, and occupation or description of each elector.

(2.) The names on the roll shall be numbered in arithmetical series beginning with the number one.

(3.) Such number of copies of the roll as may be required for official use only shall be prepared.

VOTING BY ELECTORS.

3. For the purpose of taking the votes of electors the Chief Electoral Officer shall appoint a Special Deputy Returning Officer, who shall in turn appoint such Deputy Returning Officers and poll clerks as he deems necessary.

4. The Special Deputy Returning Officer shall appoint polling-places for the convenience of electors, and shall provide in each polling-place a room or compartment for a polling-booth, and in each booth one or more inner compartments separated from but opening into the booth. In each booth two ballot-boxes shall be provided, one for the electoral poll and the other for the licensing poll, together with a sufficient number of electoral ballot-papers and of licensing voting-papers, and a copy of the special supplementary roll.

5. The electoral ballot-paper shall be in accordance with the form numbered (6) in the Schedule to the Legislature Amendment Act, 1910, except that the names of the candidates shall not be printed thereon.

6. The names of the candidates shall be written on the ballot-papers by the Special Deputy Returning Officer.

7. For the purpose of exercising his vote an elector shall apply in person to a Deputy Returning Officer, and the Deputy Returning Officer, after having satisfied himself by reference to the roll that such person is entitled to vote and has not already voted, shall deliver to him a ballot-paper.

8. Before giving a ballot-paper to an elector the Deputy Returning Officer shall enter on both the counterfoil and the top right-hand corner of the back of the ballot-paper a number (called a consecutive number) beginning with the number one in the case of the first ballot-paper issued by him, and on all succeeding ballot-papers issued by him the numbers shall be consecutive, so that no two ballot-papers issued in any booth shall bear the same number; he shall then fold over the corner of the ballot-paper so as to conceal the consecutive number, and shall secure the corner by gum or other effective means; on the counterfoil of the ballot-paper he shall also write his initials, and the number appearing on the roll against the name of the elector to whom the ballot-paper is to be given; on both the counterfoil and the back of the ballot-paper he shall place his official mark, and then draw a line in pencil or ink through the number and name of the elector on the roll as evidence that the elector has tendered his vote.

9. (1.) The voter, having received a ballot-paper, shall retire into one of the inner compartments provided for the purpose, and shall mark his ballot-paper by striking out the names of the candidates for whom he does not wish to vote.

(2.) Every voter, before leaving the inner compartment, shall fold up his ballot-paper so that the contents cannot be seen, and, after showing the Deputy Returning Officer the official mark thereon, shall then deposit the ballot-paper, so folded, in the ballot-box.

10. At the request of any voter who is blind, or is unable to read or write, the Deputy Returning Officer shall, together with any scrutineers (not exceeding two) who may be present, retire with him into the inner compartment, and there mark the ballot-paper according to the instruction of the voter; and such Deputy Returning Officer shall sign his own name