JUNE 25.]

Order in Council consenting to the Raising by the Waipa County
Council of a Loan of £470 on the Instalment-repayment
System, and prescribing Rates of Interest.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of
June, 1931.
Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Waipa County Council (hereinafter
called “the said local authority”) has been authorized to borrow in respect of a loan to be known as the “Te
Rore Waterworks Supplementary Loan, 1931,” the sum of
four hundred and seventy pounds, and the said sum has not
yet been borrowed:
And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedence consent as required by section one hundred and fourteen
of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, to the borrowing by the
said local authority of the said loan for the term hereinafter
mentioned, at such rate or rates of interest as shall not produce
to the lenders a rate exceeding the rate hereinafter mentioned:
Now, therefore, 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,
and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred on him by the Local Government Loans Board Act,
1926, and by sections thirty-two and one hundred and
fourteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and of all
other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf,
doth hereby consent to the raising by the said local authority
of the said loan up to the amount of four hundred and seventy
pounds, at such rate or rates of interest as shall not produce
to the lenders a rate exceeding the rate of six pounds per
centum per annum, subject to the condition that the said
sum shall not be borrowed otherwise than on terms requiring
repayment of principal by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments of principal and interest over a period not
exceeding twenty years.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/155/4.)

Regulations prescribing Terms for which Governors of Nelson College shall be appointed, &c

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this 23rd day of
June, 1931.
Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon
him by the Finance Act, 1931 (No. 2), and of all other
powers 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 make the following regulations prescribing the terms for which the several Governors
of Nelson College shall be appointed or elected under section
thirty-nine of the Finance Act, 1931 (No. 2), fixing the dates
for making the appointments or the holding of elections,
prescribing the manner of conducting the elections, and, with
the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that, except
where otherwise expressly provided for herein, this Order shall
come into force on the date of publication thereof in the New
Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, where not inconsistent with the
   context,--
   “ The said Act” means the Finance Act, 1931, No. 2;
   “The Minister” means the Minister of Education :
   “The Council” means the Council of Governors of Nelson College :
   “ Governor” means a Governor of Nelson College :
   “ Registered association of employers in local industries ”
   means any association of employers in local industries recognized thereto by the Minister and registered by the Council as an electing authority under the Act :
   “ Registered association of employees in local industries ” means any association of employees in local industries recognized thereto by the Minister and registered by the Council as an electing authority under the Act :

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1833

“ Parent of a pupil” includes a pupil’s guardian and the
householder in whose family the pupil resides, and
includes both the father and mother of a pupil:
“ Pupil” means a full-time day pupil whose name is on
the roll of any school under the control of the
Council, and any pupil under nineteen years of age
attending part-time day or evening classes, but does
not include a pupil in any class below Form I:
“ Returning Officer” means the Secretary of the Council
or such other person as the Council may direct.

APPOINTMENT AND ELECTION OF GOVERNORS.

2. The Governor appointed by the Education Board of the
   District of Nelson shall be appointed by a resolution of the
   Education Board, and the name of the Governor so appointed
   shall forthwith be notified to the Council by writing under
   the hand of the Secretary of the Education Board.

3. The Governor appointed by the Nelson Agricultural and
   Pastoral Association (Incorporated) shall be appointed in
   such manner as the association may deem fit, and the name
   of the Governor so appointed shall forthwith be notified to
   the Council, by writing under the hand of the Secretary of
   the association.

4. The Council shall, by writing under the hand of its
   Secretary, notify the Minister of the name of every Governor
   appointed pursuant to either of the foregoing regulations.

ELECTION OF GOVERNORS BY PARENTS.

5. The Governors to be elected by parents of pupils shall
   be elected in the manner set out as follows, namely:—
   (1) Every such election shall be held on a date to be fixed
   by the Council in accordance with clause 16 of these regulations.
   (2) The Secretary of the Council or such other person as
   the Council may direct, shall be the Returning Officer.
   (3) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer
   shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name and
   address of every person qualified to be enrolled as a parent
   of a pupil. The roll shall be closed at 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on which any election is to
   be held, and shall continue to be closed until the election is
   completed.
   (4) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the district, publicly notify not less than
   twenty-one days before each election—
   (a) The day and hour for the closing of nominations:
   (b) The total number of candidates to be elected:
   (c) The day and hour for the closing of the poll.

(5) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one
or more parents entitled to vote for his election. Each such
parent may nominate any number of candidates not exceeding
the number to be elected.

(6) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the
effect following :—

I, [Name and address], being a parent duly entered on
the roll, do hereby nominate [Name and address] as a
candidate for election to the Council of Governors of
Nelson College at the election to be held on the
day of , 19 .
Dated this day of , 19 .

[Signature of nominator.]
Candidate's consent (to be subscribed at the foot of
nomination-paper) :

I hereby consent to my nomination.

[Signature of candidate nominated.]

(7) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written
consent of the candidate nominated, such consent may be
given by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations
are closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so far
as concerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly
given as aforesaid.

(8) Nominations shall close at noon on the fourteenth day
before the day of the election.

(9) If the number of nominations received does not exceed
the number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer shall
forthwith declare the candidate or candidates so nominated
to be duly elected.
If the number of nominations is less than the number of
vacancies, the Council shall, at its next meeting, select duly
qualified persons to complete the number required.

In all other cases the Returning Officer shall, as soon as the
nominations are closed, prepare and post to each elector at
his address as appearing on the roll a printed voting-paper
containing in alphabetical order of surnames a list of all the
duly nominated candidates for whom such parent is entitled