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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 55

Vesting the Control of a Reserve for an Addition to an Aerodrome Reserve in the Westland County Council.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of August, 1936.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for an addition to an aerodrome reserve: And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in the Westland County Council:

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 exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section seventeen of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby vest the control of the said reserve in the Westland County Council, subject to the condition hereinafter contained—that is to say, the Westland County Council shall have the right, subject to the approval of the Minister of Lands, to lease the said land or any part thereof for such period and on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the said Minister.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area containing 28 acres 0 roods 23 perches, surrounding Reserve 355, situated in Block IV, Mahinapua Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L. and S. 51607A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. 51607.).

Victoria University College Act, 1933: By-laws for the Conduct of Elections of Members of the Council of Victoria University College.

Approved.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

THE Registrar of the College, or such other person as the Council appoints, shall be the Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting elections of members of the Council (Victoria University College Act, 1933, section 11, subsection (1)).

2. Nominations for the election of members of the Victoria University College Council shall close on the same day and hour as that prescribed for the closing of the rolls of electors by section 11, subsection (6), of the Victoria University College Act, 1933—namely, 5 p.m. on the twenty-eighth day before the day on which the election is to be held.

3. Nomination of candidates for election shall be made on the nomination form, copy of which is printed at the end of these by-laws.

4. (a) In the month of April, 1937, and thereafter in the month of April in alternate years, not later than the 20th day of that month, the Returning Officer shall insert an advertisement in at least one newspaper published in each of the provincial districts of Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, Hawke’s Bay, and Taranaki. The advertisement shall state what members of the Council representing groups (b), (c), (d), or (f) of section 5 (2) of the Victoria University College Act, 1933, are due to retire on the following 30th June, and shall invite nominations.

(b) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs in any of the groups (b), (c), (d), or (f), the Returning Officer shall insert an advertisement in at least one newspaper published in the above-mentioned provincial districts announcing the vacancy and calling for nominations, such advertisement to be inserted not less than ten days before the day on which nominations are to close (section 9 (2)).

5. (a) For the purpose of holding an election under section 5 (2) (b), (c), (d), and (f), a voting-paper shall be posted to each elector on the roll.

(b) For the purpose of holding an election under section 5 (2) (e), a letter shall be sent to the secretary of the governing body of each secondary school or combined school in the Victoria University District inviting the said governing body to nominate a candidate for the vacancy, a copy of the nominating resolution signed by the chairman to be forwarded to the Returning Officer. If more than one candidate be nominated the Returning Officer shall send a list of candidates nominated to each governing body, and ask each governing body to vote by resolution, a copy of the resolution signed by the chairman to be forwarded to the Returning Officer accompanied by a certificate from the secretary of the number of pupils in average attendance for the year ending on the 31st day of December next before the election.

(c) In the month of April, 1937, and thereafter in the month of April in alternate years, the Returning Officer shall advise the appropriate authorities by letter of the names of members of the Council due to retire on the following 30th June under groups (a), (g), or (h) of section 5 (2).

(d) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs under groups (a), (g), or (h) of section 5 (2), the Returning Officer shall advise the appropriate authority by letter not less than twenty-eight days before the day on which the vacancy must be filled under section 9 (2).