(3) The main polling station shall be established in Victoria, but there shall be a branch polling station in Kowloon, and there may be such further branch polling stations as the Presiding Officer shall think fit and shall declare by notification in the Gaselle.

(4) An elector shall vote at the main polling station unless at least seven clear days before the date of the election he shall have notified the Presiding Officer of his intention to vote at a branch polling station, in which case he shall vote only at such branch polling station."

CORRIGENDUM,

URBAN COUNCIL Election (Amendment) Rules, 1953.

It is hereby notified that the word "causal" appearing in line 7 of the new rule 2(1) published in the Urban Council Election (Amendment) Rules, 1953 (Government Notification No. A. 63 in Gazette Supplement No. 2 of 27.3-53), should read ""casual".

(Secretariat 3/1146/53 T.C. 94/53)

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

24th March, 1953-

(Secretariat 2/1146/53 T.C. 94/53)

Explanatory Note.

The Urban Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953, provides for four elected members and refers to the bolding of elections in March. These amendmentą to the rules make clear the daty of the Presiding Officer to notify such election (which will be in May this year and in March in future). They also provide that there shall be a branch polling station in Kowloon and permit additional ones elsewhere in case such should be desirable in the future.

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