Dec. 23.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

47. Should there be more than one nomination, the Returning Officer shall cause ballot-papers, in the form or to the effect of the following, to be printed and supplied by post to all officers entitled to vote:

ELECTION FOR MEMBER OF PROMOTION BOARD UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT ACT, 1918.

BROWN, JAMES. (Auckland.)
HUNTER, CHARLES RICHARD. (Wellington.)
JONES, JOHN. (Christchurch.)
MORGAN, EDWARD. (Dunedin.)
ROBINSON, GEORGE. (Invercargill.)
SMITH, WILLIAM. (Napier.)

NOTES.—The voter may vote for only one candidate. The voter is to strike out, by drawing a line through the name with pen and ink or with pencil, the name of every candidate for whom he or she does not intend to vote.

The voter must take care not to leave uncancelled the names of more than one candidate, otherwise the vote will be invalid. The ballot-paper is to be folded so that the contents cannot be seen, and is to be transmitted to the Returning Officer.

48. The ballot-paper shall contain a list of all the persons nominated (and of no other person), each person’s name, followed by the name of the station at which he is located, being inserted once only, and the list being arranged alphabetically in the order of the candidates’ surnames. Each paper shall have a number corresponding with that on the list of voters of the officer to whom it is supplied. Such number shall be written by the Returning Officer on the left-hand bottom corner of the paper, and shall be covered by the corner being folded and gummed down before the paper is sent to the voter.

49. All ballot-papers shall be transmitted by post to the Returning Officer at Wellington, in envelopes which will be provided for the purpose, and must reach him not later than 5 o'clock p.m. on the second day after the day of the ballot.

50. No officer shall in any case be compelled to record his vote, but the ballot-paper must be sent to the Returning Officer whether or not the vote is exercised.

51. Immediately after 5 p.m. of the last day fixed for the receipt at Wellington 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. The Returning Officer shall cause the result to be published in the Department’s Official Circular, and shall declare as duly elected the candidate who obtains the highest number of votes. The voting-papers shall, after being counted, be enclosed in a packet which is to be sealed and retained by the Returning Officer. It shall not be opened unless a scrutiny be demanded, when such scrutiny shall be conducted by the Returning Officer and the two Scrutineers, and for that purpose the packet shall be opened in the presence of the Returning Officer and the two scrutineers. The papers shall remain in the Returning Officer's custody for two months, and shall then be destroyed. If a scrutiny be demanded, application therefor must be made in writing to the Returning Officer within fourteen days after publication of the result aforesaid.

52. Whenever there is an equality of votes at an election, leaving it a matter of doubt as to who should be considered elected, and the addition of one vote to the total of any candidate will remove such doubt, the Returning Officer himself shall record such vote by way of casting-vote.

53. If the elective member of the Board dies, or, by notice in writing addressed to the Permanent Head resigns his office, or ceases to be an officer of the Department, then and in any such case his seat shall become vacant, and a successor shall be elected, who shall hold office for the residue of the period during which his predecessor would have held the same if he had remained a member of the Board.

54. When a vacancy has occurred as aforesaid the Permanent Head of the Department shall forthwith direct the Returning Officer to hold an election to elect a successor.

55. The Returning Officer shall, within seven days after receiving such direction, appoint a day for holding the election, and publish notice thereof in the Department’s Official Circular. Such day of election shall not be earlier than thirty days nor later than forty-five days after such notice has appeared.

56. The electoral list to be used at an extraordinary election shall be the same list as is used at an ordinary election, but shall be revised and corrected so as to include only those persons who are officers of

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