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New Zealand: Acts affecting Native Lands, 1886, 1888-91 and 1894-95
Notice of Nomination of Members — "The Maori Councils Act, 1900."
Notice of Nomination of Members.
"The Maori Councils Act, 1900."
To the Electors of Tauranga Maori District.
Take notice that on Wednesday, the ninth day of April, 1902, between the hours of 10 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon, in the Native Land Courthouse, Tauranga, the election of members for the Council of the Tauranga Maori District will be held. I, the undersigned, will be in attendance at Tauranga aforesaid on the day and between the hours before mentioned, to receive nominations of twelve (12) Maoris qualified to be members of the Council for the said district. Each elector may nominate not more tban twelve (12) members. Each nomination may be verbal or in writing, delivered personally by the elector to me. If in writing, it shall be in the following form:—
"I, of [Insert residence and name of hapu], do hereby nominate [Names of Maoris nominated, not being more than twelve] to be members of the Maori Council of the Tauranga Maori District.
"(Signed)
"Witness—
Returning Officer."
| (a.) | Every Maori of the age of twenty-one years and upwards residing within the district has a right to nominate. |
| (b.) | Every Maori who has a right to nominate is qualified to be a member of the Council. |
| (c.) | Each elector may nominate any number, not being more than twelve (12), of duly qualified Maoris to be members of the Council. |
| (d.) |
Each elector desiring to nominate must appear before me in person and declare his nomination, either verbally or in writing, as aforesaid. Dated the twelfth day of March, 1902, at Tauranga. |
Returning Officer for the Tauranga Maori District.