Election of urban district councillors* [for the several wards in the above-named district].

Notice is hereby given that

1. The day of election of urban district councillors for the said district [or wards, as the case may be] will be

of December, 1894.

the

day

2. The number of urban district councillors to be elected for the

said district [or wards, as the case may be] is †

3. Each candidate for election as an urban district councillor must be nominated in writing, and the nomination paper must be sent to me, so that it shall be received at (which is my office for the purposes of the election) not later than two o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, the 5th day of December, 1894.

4. A parochial elector must not sign more nomination papers than there are urban district councillors to be elected for the district [or ward, as the case may be], and he must not sign a nomination paper for the district [or for any ward thereof], unless he is registered as a parochial elector in respect of a qualification therein. [Neither must he sign nomination papers for more than one ward in the district.]

5. Forms of nomination paper may be obtained, free of charge, from me at the above-named office.

6. The nomination paper must be in the following form, or in a form to the like effect:

Form of Nomination Paper.

Urban district of

Election of urban district councillors for the above district
[or for the
ward of the above district] in the year

1894.

We, the undersigned, being respectively parochial electors of

* If the urban district is not divided into wards, omit these words.

+ If the district is divided into wards, insert the names of the wards, with the number of urban district councillors to be elected for each. A tabular form may be used if preferred.

If the district is not divided into wards, omit these words.

the said district [or ward], do hereby nominate the under-mentioned person as a candidate at the said election.

Instructions for filling up Nomination Paper.*

1. The surname of only one candidate for election must be inserted in column 1.

2. The other names of the candidate must be inserted in full in column 2.

3. Insert in column 3 the place of abode of the candidate.

4. In column 4 state the occupation, if any, of the candidate. If the candidate has no occupation, insert some such description as "gentleman," or "married woman," or "spinster," or "widow," as the case may be.

5. If the candidate is a parochial elector of some parish within the district (that is, if his or her name is registered in the register of parochial electors of such parish) insert in column 5 "parochial elector of parish of ." If the candidate is not a parochial elector of some parish in the district, but he or she has, during the whole of the twelve months preceding the election, resided in the district, insert in column 5 "residence." If the candidate has both these qualifications, it will be sufficient to insert in column 5 one of his or her qualifications, but both may be inserted.

* These instructions form part of the nomination paper.

6.-(1.) The paper must be signed by two parochial electors of the district [or ward], and no more; by one as proposer, and by the other as seconder. The places of abode of the proposer and seconder must also be inserted.

(2.) A parochial elector must not sign more nomination papers than there are urban district councillors to be elected for the district [or ward], and he must not sign a nomination paper for the district [or ward] unless he is registered as a parochial elector in respect of a qualification therein. [Neither must he sign a nomination paper in more than one ward in the district.]

7. Not later than Friday, the 7th day of December, 1894, I shall cause copy of a statement containing the names, places of abode, and descriptions of the persons nominated for the office of urban district councillor for the said district [or wards], and also containing a notice of my decision as regards each candidate as to whether he has been nominated by a valid nomination paper or not, to be [* suspended in the board room of the urban sanitary authority, and another to be] affixed on the principal external gate or door of the offices of the urban sanitary authority.†

8. Any candidate nominated for election may not later than four o'clock on the afternoon of Friday, the 7th day of December, 1894, withdraw his candidature by delivering or causing to be delivered at my office for the purposes of the election a notice in writing of such withdrawal signed by him.

9. If the number of candidates who are validly nominated for the district [or any ward], and whose candidature is not withdrawn, exceeds that of the persons to be elected, a poll will be taken on the day of December, 1894, of which due

If there is no such board room omit these words.

If there are no such offices, substitute some conspicuous place

or places within the district or wards.

The following is a statement as to the persons nominated for election as urban district councillors for the above-named district [or for the several wards in the above-named district].

The candidates opposite whose names no entry is made in column 5 have been validly nominated.

Whereas the following candidates have been duly nominated for election as urban district councillors for the said district [or ward]:-[Insert names, places of abode, and description of candidates.]

And whereas [insert name or names] has [or have] since withdrawn his [or their] candidature [or if some other event has occurred causing a person to cease to be a candidate state what it is], and the number of the remaining candidates does not exceed the number of persons to be elected as urban district councillors for the said district [or ward], I do hereby give notice that a poll will not be taken, and that [insert names] will be declared elected as urban district councillors for the said district [or ward].

Dated this

day of December, 1894.

Returning Officer.

FORM NO. 4.

Notice of Poll.

[This form is for use where a poll is taken for the election of urban district councillors only.]

Urban district of

Election of urban district councillors for the above district [or for the ward of the above district].

Notice is hereby given

1. That a poll for the election of urban district councillors for the above-named district [or ward] will be held on the

of December, 1894, between the hours of

and

day

2. That the number of urban district councillors to be elected for the district [or ward] is

3. That the names in alphabetical order, places of abode, and descriptions of the candidates for election, and the names of their respective proposers and seconders are as follows:

:

4.†-(1.) That each elector must vote in the polling district in which the property in respect of which he votes is situate, and if it is situate in more than one polling district he may vote in any one (but in one only) of such polling districts.

(2.) The polling districts are as follows:

5. The situation and allotment of the polling places and the description of the persons entitled to vote thereat and at the several polling stations are as follows:

Insert particulars as to each candidate for the district or ward whose nomination is valid, and who has not withdrawn his candidature.

If the district or ward is not divided into polling districts for the purposes of the election, paragraph 4 should be omitted.

If only one polling place or station, adapt form accordingly.