THE THEORY OF THE QUOTA IN PROPOR 

 TIONAL REPRESENTATION— II.- 



By E. L. PiESSE, B.Sc, LL.B. 



(Read 19tli May, 1913.) 



64-65. — List ^Systems (continued). 



54-60. M. Saint e-Layue's discussion by the method of least 

 squares. 



55. The problem stated. 



56. The rule of least squares. 



57. The D'Hondt rule. 



58. The rule of the largest fractions. 



59. The rule of Equer. 



60. Other results. 



61. Beferences to French and Belgian writers on the 



problem of the partition of seats. 

 62-65. The method of the uniform quota. 



62. Rou- the problem of the partition of seats is 



avoided. 



63. The method stated. 



64. Example from the General Election of 23rd 



Junuiiry, 1913, 'in Ta.^inan'ia. 



65. Incidental advantages; redistribution no 



longer required. 



66-70. — Multiple Transferable Vote Systems. 



66. The system defined. 



67. lielation to other methods of voting. 



68. In example of the Launceston voting system in a 



six-member constituency, showing how dispro- 

 portionate representation may occur. 



69. Table of possible elis proportionate representation. 



70. Bules which would avoid this source of disproportion- 



ate representation. 

 71-77. — Notes. 



71. Single transferable vote systems — Mr. Barford^s 



paper. 



72. Close contests. 



1^-11. Single-yi ember Constituencies. 



73. Disproportionate representation may occur 



even with absolute-majority voting in equal 

 constituencies. 



74. The condition for a minority to obtain a 



majority of seats in a two-party contest. 



75. An illustration. 



76. Investigations of the exaggeration of the 



majority. 



77. The election of 1910 for the Australian House 



of Bepresentatives. 



78. — Bemarl: as to ^hr conclusions of the paper. 



* For Part I., .se^ Papers and fritcecdivgs of the Bmjal Society of 

 Tastnan'iK. 191*2, pp. Ji)-77. 



