7

H.—39

(b.) The Wellington Electoral Division shall comprise the Electoral Districts of Wellington North, Wellington Central, Wellington East, Wellington South, and Wellington Suburbs : (c.) The Christchurch Electoral Division shall comprise the Electoral Districts of Christchurch North, Christchurch East, Christchurch South, and Avon : (d.) The Dunedin Electoral Division shall comprise the Electoral Districts of Dunedin North, Dunedin West, Dunedin Central, and Dunedin South. (3.) The electoral districts referred to in the last preceding subsection are the electoral districts as defined, with the same names respectively, in. the several Proclamations made by the GovernorGeneral pursuant to section twenty-two of the principal Act, and dated the twentieth day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty-two. 26. Whenever the Representation Commissions divide New Zealand into electoral districts as provided in the principal Act, they shall determine for each electoral division what electoral districts respectively correspond to the electoral districts specified in the last preceding section, and the electoral divisions aforesaid shall, as from the expiry of the then existing Parliament, comprise the electoral districts so determined. 27. (1.) For each electoral division there shall be elected, by the electors of all the corstituent electoral districts within the electoral division, as many representatives as there are electoral districts within that division. (2.) At every general election held after the commencement of this Act the representatives of the several electoral divisions shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to proportional representation. (3.) If the seat of any member elected to represent an electoral division becomes vacant during the term for which such member was elected, the vacancy shall be filled by an election conducted for the electoral division in accordance with the provisions of Part II of this Act, relating to preferential voting. 28. (1.) For every electoral division there shall be appointed a Returning Officer and such Assistant Returning Officers and other officers as may be necessary. (2.) The Returning Officer appointed for an electoral division shall be the Returning Officer for the several licensing districts comprised in the electoral division. 29. (1.) The electoral districts comprised in any electoral division are herein referred to as electoral subdivisions, and the rolls of such electoial districts as subdivisional rolls. (2.) Every elector for an electoral division who votes within that electoral division shall be entitled to vote only within the electoral subdivision for which he is registered as an elector. 30. At any general election for the election of members for an electoral division, the voter shall mark his ballot-paper in the manner prescribed by Part II of this Act (relating to preferential voting). 31. The ballot-paper to be used, at any election, under this Part of this Act shall be in the form numbered (1) in the First Schedule hereto. Preliminary Count of the Votes. 32. (1.) Every Deputy Returning Officer at the polling-booth at which he presides shall, as soon as practicable after the close of the poll, make up into .separate parcels— (a.) The certified copy of the roll supplied to him on which is noted the fact than any elector has tendered his vote ; and (b.) The counterfoils of all the ballot-papers that have been issued to voters.

• Alteration of | electoral divisions by Representation ' Commissions.

Representation of electoral divisions.

Returning Officer for each electoral division.

Electoral subdivisions and subdivisional rolls.

Mode of marking ballot-paper.

Form of ballot-paper for proportional representation.

Counterfoils and marked rolls to be sealed up.