Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand University Amendment Act, 1926.-Regulations for the First
Election of Members of the Council of the University of New Zealand by
Members of the General Court of Convocation.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 13th day of December,
1926.
Present :
THE HONOURABLE W. Downie STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the New
Zealand University Amendment Act, 1926, His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
make the regulations hereinafter set forth for the first election of members
of the Council of the University of New Zealand by members of the General
Court of Convocation.
REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of the first election of members of the Council of the
   University of New Zealand by members of the General Court of Convoca-
   tion the Registrar of the University shall be the Returning Officer.
2. The election shall be held on the 21st day of January, 1927, and the
   poll shall close at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of that day, and all voting-
   papers shall be included and counted which, not being informal in accordance
   with the provisions of clause 8 hereof, are received by the Returning Officer
   in due course of post before 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 26th day of
   January, 1927.
3. The Registrar of each constituent college shall, not later than the
   4th day of January, 1927, prepare a register of the full names, academic
   status, and addresses of the members of the District Court of Convocation,
   shall arrange the names in alphabetical order of surnames, and shall forth-
   with send a copy of the register to the Returning Officer. These registers
   shall be the roll used for the election to be conducted under these regula-
   tions, but the Returning Officer shall add to the roll all names received
   by him from any Registrar before the nominations close.
4. The roll shall be closed at the time when nominations close, and shall
   remain closed till the election is completed.
5. (1.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement published in at
   least one newspaper circulating in each of the four University districts,
   notify—
   (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations.
   (b.) The number of candidates to be elected.
   (c.) The day and hour for the closing of the poll.
   (2.) The first such advertisement shall be published in each of the
   University districts aforesaid not later than the 20th day of December,

6. (3.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one or more
   electors entitled to vote for his election. Each elector may nominate any
   number of candidates not exceeding five.
   (4.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the effect of the
   following :
   I [Name and address], being a member of the General Court of Convocation of the
   University of New Zealand entitled to vote in the election, hereby nominate [Name and
   address] as a candidate for election to the Council of the said University at the election.
   to be held on the 21st day of January, 1927.
   Dated this day of , 192 .
   [Signature of Nominator.]
   I hereby consent to my nomination.
   [Signature of Candidate.]
   (5.) Nominations shall close at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th
   day of January, 1927.
   (6.) A nomination paper shall be informal—
   (a.) If it is not made and signed by a person entitled to vote in the
   election :
   (b.) If it is received by the Returning Officer after the time at which
   nominations close :
   (c.) If it does not bear the consent of the candidate in writing, unless
   such consent is received by the Returning Officer before the
   nominations are closed.