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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 496, 5 August 1857, Page 6

The following are the provisions at present by law established concerning registration :— QUALIFICATION OF TOTEES. The New Zealand Constitution Act declares the necessary qualifications of an elector in the following clauses :— " 7. The members of every such Council shall be chosen by the votes of the inhabitants of the province who may be qualified as hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, every man of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, having a freehold estate in possession, situate within the district for which the vote is to be given, of the clear value of fifty pounds above all charges and incumbrances, and of or to which he has been seized or entitled, either at law or in equity, for at least six calendar months next before the last registration of the electors, or having a leasehold estate in possession, situate within such district, of the clear annual value of ten pounds, held upon a lease which at the time of such registration shall have not less than three years to run, or having a leasehold estate so situate, and of such value as aforesaid, of which he has been in "possession for three years or upwards next before such registration, or being a householder within such district, occupying a tenement within the limits of a town (to be proclaimed as such by the Governor for the purpose of this Act), of the clear annual value of ten pounds, or without the limits of a town of the clear annual value of five pounds, and having resided therein six calendar months next- before such registration as aforesaid, shall, if duly registered, be entitled to vote at the election of a member or members for the district. " 8. Provided ALWAYS, That no person shall be entitled to vote at any such election who is an alien, or who at any time theretofore^ shall have been attainted or convicted of any treason, felony, or infamous offence, within any part of Her Majesty's dominions, unless he shall have received a free pardon, or shall have undergone the sentence or punishment to which he shall have been adjudged for such offence." DIVISION OF DISTRICTS. ■ Particular attention should be paid to the boundaries of the Electoral Districts, set out as follows in the Schedule to the " Provincial Council Extension Ordinance, Sess. VIII, No. 8. BOUNDARIES OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. TOWN OF CHRISTGHTTRCH. 1. The town" of Christchurch district comprises the site of the town of Christchurch, together with all the adjacent reserves lying between the said town and rural sections fronting upon such reserves. Claims for this town are to be addressed to.the Resident Magistrate, and delivered at the Council Chamber, Christchurch. TOWN OF LYTTELTON. 2. The town of Lyttelton district comprises the site of the town of Lyttelton, including the town reserve. Claims for this town are to be addressed to the Resident Magistrate; and delivered at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Lyttelton. kaiapoi. . 3. The Kaiapoi district comprises all that portion of the Province of Canterbury bounded on the north by the south bank of the river Ashley ; on the south by the south bank of the river Courtenay or Waimakariri, and a line drawn from trig pole c 19 on the south bank of that river to trig pole c 27," on the sea coast; and on the west by a lire drawn due north and south through triir pole c 29, on the south bank of the paid river Courtenay. Claims for this district are to be addressed to the Resident Magistrate, and delivered at Mr. Black's store, Kaiapoi. AVON". 4. The Avon district comprises all that portion of the province bounded on the north by the south boundary of the Kaiapoi district; on the east by the sea coast; on the west by a line drawn due north and south through trig pole c 29 on the south bank of the river Courtenay ; and on the south bythe north bank of the river Avon from its mouth to the point where it meets the boundary of the town of Christchurch district, the boundary of that district as far as the southeast corner of rural section No. 10 ; by the south boundary of section No. 10, the south-east boundary of section No. 145, till it is crossed by a creek running easterly into the river Heathcote, thence along that creek till it meets a line in continuation of the south-eastern boundary line of section 180, following along that line to the south-east corner of section No. 180, the south boundaries of sections Nos. '180, 211, 240, | 337, and 234, and the north side of the road on the south boundaries of those sections continued to the point where that road first meets a branch of the river Heathcote, and a straight line drawn from that point due west, until it meets the wust boundary of the district. ' :