to vote; and such voting-paper shall be in the form or to the

Voting-paper for use at election to be held on the
day of , 19 , of Governor of Nelson College.

CANDIDATES.

[Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full name of
every duly nominated candidate.]

DIRECTIONS.

The number of candidates to be elected is [Specify the
number].

The voter must draw a line through the name of every
candidate for whom he does not intend to vote.
The number of candidates whose names are left un-
cancelled must not exceed

The voting-paper must be posted or delivered to the
Returning Officer in a closed envelope bearing on the
outside the word "Voting-paper," and on the inside
of the flap of the envelope the signature of the voter.
If posted to the Returning Officer it must be posted
on or before the day of election, and, if delivered to
him, must be delivered at his office, Street,
, before the day of election, or not later than
5 o'clock in the afternoon of that day.

(10) When posting the voting-papers to the several voters
the Returning Officer shall enclose with each voting-paper
an addressed envelope for the return of the voting-paper,
with a place marked on the inside of the flap for the signature
of the voter.

(11) The poll shall close at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of
the day of election; but all voting-papers shall be included
and counted which are not informal and are received
by the Returning Officer in due course of post before the close
of the seventh day after the day of the election.

(12) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the following
cases, that is to say,-

(a) If the elector votes more than once at the same election:
(b) If the candidates whose names are left uncancelled
exceed in number the total number of candidates
for whom the person is entitled to vote:
(c) If in any other way the paper fails to indicate clearly
for whom the vote is intended to be given:
(d) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the sealed
envelope containing the voting-paper is not delivered
at his office before the close of the poll : or
(e) If, having been forwarded by post, the sealed envelope
containing the voting-paper is not received at the
office of the Returning Officer before the close of the
seventh day after the day of election, or if, from the
post-mark on the envelope or otherwise, the Returning
Officer is satisfied that it was not posted until after
the day of the election:
(f) If it does not bear the official mark and there is reasonable
cause to believe that it was not issued to the voter
by the Returning Officer:
(g) If the voter fails to sign his name on the inside of the
flap of the envelope :

The Returning Officer shall decide whether a voting-
paper is invalid or informal whether by reason of
the time of receipt or delivery or by reason of the
fact that the voter's intention is not indicated, or for
any other reason, and his decision shall be final.

(13) On the eighth day after the day of election the
Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting-papers
duly delivered to him or received by him through the post as
aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers,
shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number
to be elected) who have received the greatest number of votes,
and shall declare such candidates to be elected.

(14) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or
more candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning
Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two Governors,
which candidate or candidates shall be elected, and thereby
complete the election.

(15) (a) Each candidate may, by writing under his hand,
appoint one scrutineer, who may be present at the examination
of the voting-papers and the counting of the votes by the
Returning Officer.

(b) The Returning Officer shall, immediately after counting
the votes, seal up all voting-papers, and transmit the whole to
the Clerk of the nearest Magistrates' Court, who shall keep the
same for six months thereafter, and shall not open or permit
to be opened such packet except on the order of some Court
of competent jurisdiction, and shall at the end of six months
effectually destroy the same.

(16) (a) Forthwith after the completion of the election
the Returning Officer shall, by notice exhibited on the outside
of the office of the Council, notify the names of the persons
elected. the number of valid votes recorded for each candidate,
and the total number of votes rejected as informal, and

shall notify to the Council and to the Minister the names of
the persons elected.

(b) The Returning Officer and every scrutineer shall be
required faithfully and impartially to perform the duties of
their offices, and shall not directly or indirectly make known
the state of the poll or give or pretend to give any information
by which the state of the poll may be known before the final
declaration thereof by the Returning Officer, or make known
for which candidate any voter has voted, or communicate to
any person any information likely to defeat the secrecy of the
ballot.

(17) If a candidate informs the Returning Officer in writing
not later than three clear days before the polling-day, that he
retires from the election, the Returning Officer shall give public
notice thereof; and, if by such retirement the number of
candidates is reduced to the number of vacancies to be filled,
the Returning Officer shall publicly declare the remaining
candidates to be duly elected; but if the said number of
candidates is not so reduced the poll shall proceed, but the
person so retiring shall not be capable of being elected.

(18) The Returning Officer shall be the sole and absolute
judge of the regularity and propriety of all matters con-
nected with an election, and no election shall be called in
question on the ground that a voting-paper or an addressed
envelope was not posted to any elector, or that a voting-paper
from any elector was not received by the Returning Officer,
or that a voting-paper prepared by the Returning Officer
was irregular in form, or that any vote was irregularly cast,
or that any votes were wrongly computed, or that any other
irregularity occurred in connection with the election, unless in
the opinion of the Returning Officer (whose decision shall
be final) such irregularity materially affected the result of the
election or occurred otherwise than in good faith.

ELECTION OF GOVERNORS BY EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.

6. (1) The Council shall, by and through its Secretary,
   register such associations of employers in local industries
   and such associations of employees in local industries as may
   be recognized thereto by the Minister.

(2) The registers of such associations shall severally be
closed at noon on the fourteenth day before the day of the
election.

7. (1) The Governor to be elected by registered associations
   of employers in local industries shall be elected by an electing
   committee appointed when required.

(2) Registered associations of employers shall each be
entitled to appoint one member of the electing committee
for employers.

(3) The names and addresses of persons appointed as
members of such electing committee shall be forwarded by
the registered associations concerned to the Returning Officer
before noon on the fourteenth day before the day of the
election.

(4) Such electing committee shall meet on the day fixed for
the election, and shall elect, on behalf of the associations of
employers, two Governors in such manner as it shall deem
fit : Provided that no member of the electing committee shall
exercise more than one vote in respect of each of two candi-
dates, excepting the Chairman, who shall exercise a casting-
vote in addition to his ordinary vote, in any case where
such a vote is necessary to determine the election.

(5) The meeting of the electing committee shall be convened
by the Returning Officer who shall act as Secretary to the
Committee in person or by deputy.

(6) The name of the Governor so elected shall be notified
forthwith to the Minister and to the Council by writing under
the hand of the Returning Officer.

8. The provisions of Regulation 7 hereof shall apply,
   mutatis mutandis, to the election of a Governor by associations
   of employees in local industries.

9. If any dispute or question arises touching the regularity
   of any election, such dispute or question shall be determined
   by the Minister, whose decision shall be final.

10. (1) One third of the number of Governors appointed
    or elected in accordance with these regulations shall retire
    annually on the 31st May : Provided that the first such
    retirement shall take place on the 31st May, 1935.

(2) Four Governors chosen by lot shall retire on the 31st
May, 1935, four similarly chosen from the remaining nine
original members shall retire on the 31st May, 1936, and the
remaining five original members on the 31st May, 1937, and
so on thereafter in rotation.

11. Retiring Governors shall be eligible for reappointment
    or re-election either by the same or another appointing or
    electing body.

12. The first appointments shall be made and the first
    election shall be held under these regulations in the month
    of May, 1931, and the Governors appointed or elected shall
    come into office on the 1st day of June, 1931.

13. It shall be the duty of the Council to notify the Minister,
    the Education Board, the Nelson Agricultural and Pastoral