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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 740, 18 May 1853, Page 4

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Auckland, 11th May, 1853. TENDERS will he received at this office until noon on Saturday, the 21st day o May, for delivering about 90 cubic yards of Road Metaf, upon the Causeway, over the River Tamaki, at Otahuhu. Particulars can be obtained by applying to the Deputy Surveyor-General, at the SurveyOffice. By His Excellency’s command, Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary. PROCLAMATION. By His Excellency Sir George Grey, a Knight Commander of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Go-vernor-in Chief and Commanderin Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, and Vice-Ad-miral of the same, &c., &c., &c. ANALYSIS. Preamble. Sec. I.— General Assembly. 1. Number of Members to be elected. 2. Number of Electoral Districts. 3. Number of Members of the House of Representatives. Sec. ll.— Superintendents and Provincial Councils. Province of Auckland 4. Number of Members of Provincial Council. 5. Number of Electoral Districts. 6. Number of Members of Provincial Council for each District. Province of New Plymouth. 7. Number of Members of Provincial Council. 8. Number of Electoral Districts. 9. Number of Members of Provincial Council for each District. Province of Wellington. 10. Number of Members of Provincial Council. 11. Number of Electoral Districts. 12. Number of Membars of Provincial Council for each District, Province of Nelson. 13. Number of Members of Provincial Council. 14. Number of Electoral Districts. 15. Number of Members of Provincial Council for each District. Province of Canterbury. 16. Number of Members of Provincial Council. 17. Number of Electoral Districts. 18. Numbir of Members of Provincial Council for each District. Province of Otago. 19. Number of Members of Provincial Council. 20. Number of Electoral Districts. 21. Number of Members of Provincial Council for each District. Sec. lll.— General Regulations. 22. Qualification of Voters. 23. Claim to be preferred. 24. Form, &c., of Claim. 25. When to be preferred. 26. When to be preferred for certain Districts. 27. List of Claims to be prepared. 28. And to be published. 29. Justices to prepare Electoral Roll. 30. Objections to Claims. 31. Electoral Roll bow to be formed. 32. Proof of Qualification in what case required. 33. The Electoral Roll bow long in force. 34. Copy of Electoral Roll to be published. 35. Polling Places. 36. Additional Polling Places. 37. Returning Officers. 38. Writs for Elections. 39. Issue of Writs for supplying vacancies in Provincial Councils. 40. Days for Nomination and Election bow fixed. 41. Returning Officer to preside at Nomination. 42. In case of a Contest. 43. In case a Poll be demanded. 44. The Polling. 45. Mode of Voting. 46. Wbat enquiry may be made. 47. State of the Poll in certain cases to be declared. 48. Names of Persons elected as Members of the House of Representatives or of a Provincial Council to be inserted in Writ. 49. State of the Poll in certain cases to be declared. 50. State of the Poll in each District to be inserted in Writ at Election for Superintendent. 51. Voting Papers to be preserved. 52. New Writ, in certain cases. 53. Objection to validity of Return of Superintendents. 54. Objection to validity of Return of Members of the House of Representatives. 55. Objection to validity of Return of Members of Provincial Council. 56. Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, and Dunedin, to be deemed Capital Towns fur purposes of Proclamation. 57. Proclamation to take effect from date. Schedules. Plans. Preamble reciting 15 16 Viet. Reg., cap Ixxii “ An Act to grant a Representa live Constitution to the Islands of New Zealand —[30th June, 1852.] "tnrrHEREAS, by an Act of the Session of T Y the Imperial Parliament holden in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, chap, seventytwo, it is amongst oilier things enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor of New Zealand by Proclamation, to constitute within each of the said Provinces, by the above in part recited Act established, convenient Electoral Districts for the election of the Superintendent—of Members of the Provincial Council—and of the House of Representatives of New Zealand—and to make provision for the Registration and Revision of Lists of all Persons qualified to vote at the Elections to be holden within such Districts—and for the appointing of Returning Officers—and for issuing, executing, and returning the necessary writs for such Elections —and for taking the Poll thereat —and for determining the validity of all disputed Returns —and otherwise for ensuring the orderly, effective, and impartial conduct of such Elections ; And whereas , by the said recited Act, power is given to the Governor, by Proclamation, to declare certain places to be Towns for the purposes of the said Act; Now therefore, I, the Governor in-Chief of New Zealand, in pursuance and by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the said in part recited Act, and under and by virtue of all other pow'ers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim, DECLARE, DIRECT, and APPOINT, 3S follows : Sec. L—GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I. —Number of Members to be Elected. The House of Representatives for the Islands of New Zealand shall consist of Thirty-seven Members. 2. —Number of Electoral Districts. The said Islands, for the purposes of the Election of the Members of the House of Representatives shall he divided into Twenty-four