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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

SCHEDULE.
[Form No. 1.
NOMINATION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVES ON NEW ZEALAND HONEY CONTROL BOARD.

To the Returning Officer, Box 25, Government Buildings, Wellington.

I [We], the undersigned producer [producers] within the meaning of the regulations under the Honey-export Control Act, 1924, do hereby nominate A.B. [Full name] of [Residence and occupation], with his consent, as a candidate at the election of members of the New Zealand Honey Control Board.

Dated at __, this __ day of __, 1924.
[Full names, residence, and occupation of one or more producers.]

I, A.B. [Full name], do hereby consent to the above nomination.

A.B. [Residence and occupation.]

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Form No. 2.

VOTING-PAPER.

New Zealand Honey Control Board.

ELECTION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARD.

CHAPPLE, James Ross.
MARBLE, Roland Top.

Directions.

The voter must vote for the full number of candidates; he shall leave uncancelled the names of the candidates for whom he desires to vote, and must strike out the names of all the candidates not voted for.

Should a voter leave uncancelled the names of more or fewer persons than there are producers’ representatives to be elected, then his voting-paper shall be invalid.

A voter is only entitled to one vote.

After indicating the vote in manner aforesaid this voting-paper is to be transmitted to the Returning Officer, Box 25, Government Buildings, Wellington, so as to be delivered at his office on or before noon on the 27th day of January, 1925.

An addressed envelope is enclosed for use in transmitting the voting-paper.

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

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Regulations prescribing the Manner of taking the Votes of Producers for the Purpose of Election of Members of the New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board.—Notice No. Ag. 2453.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of December, 1924.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Fruit Control Act, 1924 (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.

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REGULATIONS.

ELECTION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVES.

1. In these regulations—

“ The Board ” means the New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board :

“ The Minister ” means the Minister of Agriculture.

“ Producer ” means any person carrying on business as a producer of fruit for sale and being the occupier of an orchard registered under the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, and from which at least one hundred cases of fruit the produce of that orchard were exported from New Zealand in the year ending on the 31st August, 1924 :

2. For the purpose of taking the votes of producers there shall be appointed a Returning Officer, who shall make all necessary arrangements.

3. (1.) For the purpose of the election of producers’ representatives the Minister shall direct the preparation of separate rolls of producers in respect of the provincial districts (as varied by subsection (1) of section 2 of the said Act) of—

(a.) Auckland and Taranaki ;

(b.) Hawke’s Bay and Wellington ;

(c.) Marlborough and Nelson ; and

(d.) Canterbury and Otago.

(2.) Such rolls shall be compiled from the nominal roll of exporters of fruit in the possession of the Department of Agriculture.

4. The election of members to the Board shall close on the 27th day of January, 1925, at noon, and shall be by a system of postal voting. No voting-paper shall be valid which is not received before noon on that day.

5. No person shall be eligible for election as a producers’ representative unless he has been nominated by one or more producers, and he has accepted nomination in writing, or by telegraph.

6. Nothing in the foregoing regulations shall prevent the Returning Officer from accepting a nomination-paper in such manner as, in his opinion, is sufficient to identify the candidate and nominator or nominators.

7. (1.) No producer shall be entitled to nominate more persons for election than the number of producers’ representatives required for the provincial districts in which he is entitled to vote.

(2.) A producer shall not be entitled to nominate persons in provincial districts in which he is not entitled to vote.

8. The form of nomination shall be in the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto, or to the effect thereof.

9. The last day and hour for receiving nominations shall be the 12th day of January, 1925, at noon.

10. If no more persons are so nominated as producers’ representatives than are required to fill the vacant positions on the Board, such persons shall be deemed to have been duly elected.

11. If more persons are so nominated than are required to fill the vacant positions on the Board, the Returning Officer shall cause voting-papers to be printed, in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto.

12. At such ballot no voting-paper shall be valid unless votes are recorded for the full number of persons required to be elected.

13. Where there is an equality of votes between any candidates and the addition of a vote would entitle one of such candidates to be declared elected, the Returning Officer shall give a casting vote.

14. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the candidates required to be elected who have received the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected by the Returning Officer by notice in the Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.
[Form No. 1.
NOMINATION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVE ON NEW ZEALAND FRUIT-EXPORT CONTROL BOARD.

To the Returning Officer, Box 25, Government Buildings, Wellington.

I [WE], the undersigned producer [producers] within the meaning of the regulations under the Fruit Control Act, 1924, do hereby nominate A.B. [Full name], of [Residence and occupation], with his consent, as a candidate at the election of members of the New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board.

Dated at __, this __ day of __, 1924.
[Full names, residence, and occupation of one or more producers.]

I, A.B. [Full name], do hereby consent to the above nomination.

A.B., [Residence and occupation].

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[Form No. 2.

VOTING-PAPER.

New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board.

ELECTION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARD.

CHAPPLE, James Ross.
MARBLE, Roland Top.

Directions.

The voter must vote for the full number of candidates; he shall leave uncancelled the names of the candidates for whom he desires to vote, and must strike out the names of all the candidates not voted for.

Should a voter leave uncancelled the names of more or fewer persons than there are producers’ representatives to be elected, then his voting-paper shall be invalid.

A voter is only entitled to one vote.

After indicating the vote in manner aforesaid this voting-paper is to be transmitted to the Returning Officer, Box 25, Government Buildings, Wellington, so as to be delivered at his office on or before noon on the 27th January, 1925.

An addressed envelope is enclosed for use in transmitting the voting-paper.

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