Tuapeka Depasturing District Election of Wardens

V. No person shall be entitled to be so nominated, nor shall any person be entitled so to nominate, or to second the nomination of any candidate, unless he shall be possessed of one or other of the qualifications set forth and specified in Regulation No. 5, published in the Gazette as aforesaid.

VI. If any person shall improperly be elected as a Member of the Board of Wardens, he not being duly and lawfully possessed of the qualification aforesaid at the time of election, it shall be in the power of the Board, upon due inquiry into all the circumstances of the case, to declare by a majority of votes that such election is null and void, and thereupon an election shall be held when, where, and as may be determined by the Board, for filling up the deficiency caused by such declaration.

VII. Voters must attend in person to record their votes within the Division wherein they possess the requisite qualification, and the document by virtue whereof they claim to vote must be produced to the Warden or presiding officer, who after recording the vote shall cause to be written upon some conspicuous part thereof the words "Voted—August 1st, 1868," together with his signature or initials.

VIII. The Poll (if taken) will be held at the Court House at Queenstown for the Queenstown Division, and at the Court House at Arrow for the Arrow Division.

IX. The names of all the candidates nominated shall be advertised in the local papers, and set forth in a Notice affixed to the front of the Court House, in each of the aforesaid Divisions.

James Macandrew,
Superintendent.

Given under my hand this 2nd day of July, 1868.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in conformity with the "Depasturing Regulations, 1868," published in the Provincial Government Gazette, No. 53, dated June 24, 1868, the first election of Wardens for the Depasturing District of Tuapeka will be held on Saturday, 1st day of August, next ensuing.

The Board of Wardens for the District aforesaid shall consist of nine Elective Members, and a Chairman hereafter to be appointed.

The following Regulations shall be the Regulations for the first election as aforesaid:

I. The Tuapeka Depasturing District, for the purposes of this election, be divided; and the Waitahuna Division shall constitute one portion thereof, and the Tuapeka Division shall constitute the other portion thereof, and the natural watershed of the Waitahuna and Tuapeka Rivers shall constitute the boundary between the said Divisions.

II. The Tuapeka Division shall be entitled to return five members, and the Waitahuna Division shall be entitled to return four members to the said Board.

III. Nominations of candidates must be made in writing, addressed to the Warden of the Tuapeka Gold Field, on or before Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July next ensuing, and in the following form, which must be signed in full by the proposer and seconder of every such candidate:

FORM

To the Warden at Lawrence.

(Place and date.)

We hereby nominate (here insert name in full) to be a member of the first Board of Wardens for the (Waitahuna or Tuapeka) Division of the Tuapeka Depasturing District.

(Signatures.)

• After the signatures of the proposer and seconder, the nature and particulars of the qualification under which they claim to vote must be stated.

IV. If more than the requisite number of candidates are nominated for either Division, a poll shall take place on Saturday, the 1st August, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., and after the latter hour no further vote shall be allowed to be recorded; and the candidates in whose favor the greatest number of votes shall have been recorded at the said hour of 4 p.m., or in the event of there not being more than the requisite number, then the candidates nominated, shall, as soon thereafter as may be, be declared by the Warden, or other officer, to have been duly elected for the ensuing six months.

V. No person shall be entitled to be so nominated, nor shall any person be entitled so to nominate, or to second the nomination of any candidate, unless he shall be possessed of one or other of the qualifications set forth and specified in Regulation No. 5, published in the Gazette as aforesaid.

VI. If any person shall improperly be elected as a Member of the Board of Wardens, he not being duly and lawfully possessed of the qualification aforesaid at the time of election, it shall be in the power of the Board, upon due inquiry into the circumstances of the case, to declare by a majority of votes that such election is null and void, and thereupon an election shall be held when, where, and as may be determined by the Board, for filling up the deficiency caused by such declaration.

VII. Voters must attend in person to record their votes within the district wherein they possess the requisite qualification, and the document by virtue whereof they claim to vote must be produced to the Warden or presiding officer, who, after recording the vote, shall cause to be written upon some conspicuous part thereof, the words "Voted—August 1, 1868," together with his signature or initials.

VIII. The Poll (if taken) will be held at the Court House at Lawrence for the Tuapeka Division, and at the Court House at Waitahuna for the Waitahuna Division.

IX. The names of all the candidates nominated shall be advertised in the local papers, and set forth in a Notice affixed to the front of the Court House, in each of the aforesaid Divisions.

James Macandrew,
Superintendent.

Given under my hand this 2nd day of July, 1868.

City of Dunedin

Nominations for the Mayoralty, Year Ending 1st August, 1869

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that the Nominations of Candidates for election to the office of Mayor, for the Municipal Year ending 1st August, 1869, will be declared on Thursday, the 16th day of July instant, at the hour of noon, at the Terrace of the Provincial Council Chambers.

Nominations must be in form of Schedule D. of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," and be lodged at the office of the Town Clerk, where blank forms may be had, on or before noon of the day herein fixed for the declaration.

Thomas Birch,
Mayor.

City Council Chambers,
Dunedin, 8th July, 1868.

City of Dunedin

Court for the Revision of the Citizens' Roll, Year 1868-9

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Court for the Revision of the Citizens' Lists, year 1868-9, will sit at the City Council Chambers, Princes-street, on Thursday, 9th July, 1868, at the hour of noon.

Copies of the Citizens' Roll, to be revised, price 6d. each Ward, may now be obtained at the Town Clerk's office.

J. M. Massey,
Town Clerk.

25th June, 1868.