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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 740, 18 May 1853, Page 2 (Supplement)

of the Provincial Council, at some convenient place o> places in the Suburban ■ islricls, the Wairnea East District, the Waimea M est District, the Waiim a South I district, respectively (as the case may be), to be specified by the Returning Officer. G. The Motueka and Massacue Pav Districts, shall be at some convenient place or places in theMotueka District to be specified by the Returning Officer. 7. The Waikau District, shall be at some convenient place or places to be specified by the Returning Officer. PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. The Polling; Places for the following Districts in the Province of Canterbury, viz. ; 1. The Town of Christchurch, 2. The > iikistciiurch Country District, shall beat some convenient place in the lown of Christchurch to be specified by the Reluming Officer. 3. The Town of Lyttelton, shall be at some convenient place in the Town of Lyttelton to be specified by the Returning Officer. 4. The Akaroa District, SUall He at some convenient place at Akaroa to be specified by the Returning Officer. PR O VIN GEO POTA GO. The Polling Places for the following Districts in the Province of Otago, viz. ; 1. The Town of Dunedin, 2. The Dunedin Country District, shall be at some convenient place or places in the Town of Dunedin or in the Dunedin Country District to be specifi d by tlie Returning Officer. 3G. —Additional rolling Places. If additional Polling Places are found necessary for any of the Districts in the above mentioned Provinces, they shall be at such places as the Governor, or the .'superintendent of the Province, may from time to jtime, by public notice, appoint. 37. —Principal Returning Officers of Capital Towns. The Principal Returning Officer of the Capital Town of e mil Province shall be the Resident Magistrate, of the District in which such Capital Town is situated, or such other person as the Governor may from tune to time appoint. 11 etliming C>fikcrs. The Returning Officers for the above mentioned Electoral Districts in the Islands of New Zealand, and situated respectively in the Provinces above named, shall be the Resident Magistrate residing in the District, or such other person as the Governor, or the person deputed by him in that behalf, may from time to time appoint. 30. — Writs for Elections. The Writs for the Election of the Superintendents of Provinces, of the Members of the House of Representatives, and of the Members of the Provincial Councils, shall he issued by the Governor under his hand, and shall be directed to the Returning Officer for the District, and shall state the number of days within which such Writs shall he made returnable to the said Governor. 39. — lssue of IVrits for supplying Vacancies in Pro vin c ial Counci Is. Whenever it shall be established to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of any one of the Provinces as aforesaid, that the seat of any Member of the Provincial Council of such Province has become vacant, the Superintendent shall forthwith issue a Writ for the Election of a new Member to serve in the place so vacated during the remainder of the term of the continuance of such Council, and no longer. 40. —Days for Nomination and Election how fixed. The Returning Officer shall endorse on the Writ the day on which he may have received it, and shall fix the day of Nomination, and also the day on which the voting, if necessary, shall take place and shall give not less than Fourteen days Public Notice thereof respectively. 41. —Returning Officer to pweside at Nomination. On the day of Nomination so to be fixed as aforesaid, the Returning Officer shall preside at a meeting to he holden at noon, at the chief Polling Place for the District, and shall declare the purpose for which such meeting is held ; And if at such meeting there be no more candidates proposed than the number of Members to he returned, the Returning Officer shall declare such Candidate or Candidates to be duly elected, and shall make his return accordingly. 42.-—/?/. case of a Contest. In the event of there being more Candidates than the number to he eh cted, the Returning Officer shail call for a show of hands sepauvlely in favour of each Candidate, and after such