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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10

ELECTIONS BY THE OWNERS OF SHIPS AND BY THE PAYERS OF DUES JOINTLY.

19. Where one or more members of a Harbour Board are to be elected by the owners of ships and the payers of harbour dues jointly, the roll of electors shall consist of the several rolls compiled in accordance with regulations 9 to 18 hereof.

GENERAL AS TO ELECTIONS BY THE OWNERS OF SHIPS AND THE PAYERS OF DUES.

20. Every person acting under a power of attorney executed by a person who is entitled to vote as the owner of any British ship, or as the payer of dues, at any election of a member or members of a Harbour Board shall, on making his application for permission to vote, produce the power of attorney to the officer in charge of the polling-booth, and shall in the presence of such officer make and sign a declaration in the form in the First Schedule hereto.

21. Where one or more members of a Harbour Board are to be elected by the owners of British ships or by the payers of dues, or jointly by the owners of such ships and the payers of dues, nominations in writing shall, in the case of an ordinary election, be received by the Secretary to the Harbour Board up till noon of the third Wednesday in April in the year in which an election is being held.

22. Such nominations shall be signed by two persons, being either electors whose names appear on the roll of electors qualified to vote at the election in respect of which the member or members are nominated, or persons entitled to vote on behalf of such electors.

23. In the event of no more persons being nominated than the number required to be then elected, the Secretary to the Board shall (by advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the district) declare the person or persons so nominated to be duly elected, and such person or persons shall be deemed to be duly elected accordingly.

24. In the event of more persons being nominated than the number required to be then elected, a ballot shall be taken on the day of the election between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. at a place to be publicly notified, and before a Returning Officer to be appointed for that purpose by the Harbour Board.

25. (1.) Where harbour dues have been paid by two or more persons jointly, or where any British ship is owned by more than one person, the one of such persons to vote in respect of such payment or ownership shall be appointed in writing. Such appointment may be made in the firm-name or in the name under which the business of those persons is carried on, by any person authorized or entitled to sign that name.

(2.) Any appointment as aforesaid or by any corporate body under subsection (5) of section 32 of the said Act may be general in terms, and until revoked shall apply to any election thereafter held under the said Act. Such appointment shall be produced for inspection when any claim to nominate a candidate or to vote at an election is made.

26. Such election shall be conducted so far as possible in the manner provided by the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925, and the provisions of that Act, except so far as is otherwise provided by these regulations, shall apply thereto accordingly.

Revocation.

27. The regulations referred to in the Second Schedule hereto are hereby revoked: Provided that all acts done and proceedings taken under the said regulations for the purposes of any election to be held after the commencement of these regulations shall be deemed to have been done and taken under the authority of these regulations, and shall enure for the purposes of these regulations accordingly.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Declaration by Attorney at Election of Member of Harbour Board.

I, [Name in full, address, and occupation], do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:—

1. That I am entitled to vote for the election of a member [or members] of the Harbour Board, on behalf of [Name, address, and occupation of owner of ship or payer of dues], by virtue of a power of attorney from him to me bearing date the day of , 19 .

2. That I have not received any notice or information of the revocation, by death or otherwise, of the said power of attorney.

[Signature of declarant.]

Signed by the said in the presence of—
[Signature of officer in charge of polling-booth.]

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Regulations under the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, dated 19th March, 1917, and gazetted 22nd March, 1917.

Regulations under the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, dated 19th December, 1922, and gazetted 11th January, 1923.

Regulations under the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, dated 12th February, 1923, and gazetted 22nd February, 1923.

Regulations under the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, dated 23rd April, 1923, and gazetted 3rd May, 1923.

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

Declaration to be made by Persons arriving in New Zealand.— (C. No. 46.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Auckland, this 21st day of February, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908, and the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act, 1923, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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 revoke the Order in Council made on the twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and gazetted on the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, prescribing the form of declaration to be made and delivered to officers of Customs by persons before they land in New Zealand from places beyond the seas, and doth hereby prescribe in lieu of the said form the form of declaration set out in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

SCHEDULE.

NEW ZEALAND CUSTOMS.

No. .
Ship .

Declaration by Persons arriving in New Zealand.

(To be made by each person fifteen years of age and over.)

(Details to be written in ink.)

1. (a) Surname : . (b) Christian name(s) : .
2. Sex : . Age : .
3. Nationality : .
4. Race or people : [State European, Chinese, Japanese, Syrian, Indian, &c.]

[NOTE.—In the case of a half-caste the letters “ H.C.” are to be added—as, for example, “ H.C. European-Chinese,” “ H.C. European-Indian.”]

5. Particulars of any firearm, ammunition, or explosive brought with passenger : .

[NOTE.—It is unlawful to land any such goods in New Zealand without authority from a Superintendent or Inspector of Police in the Dominion, and, until such authority is obtained, they must be left under Customs control.]

6. Particulars of children under fifteen years of age arriving with parent or guardian. (If both parents arrive by the same vessel to be filled in only on the declaration made by the father.)

7. State if a permanent resident of New Zealand returning thereto after a temporary absence : .

If so, usual place of residence therein : .

8. If not a permanent resident of New Zealand returning thereto after a temporary absence, state—

(a.) Occupation (full description) : .

(b.) Country where born : .

(c.) Country where father born : .

(d.) Address while in New Zealand : .

(e.) Country in which last permanently resident : .

(f.) Whether intending to become permanently resident in New Zealand : . If so, state whether single, married, or widower or widow : .