BY E. L. PIESSE, B.SC, LL.B. 51 



1913. 



{In Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords 

 Papers and Bills, 1907, No. 132.) 



In the Appendix there are reprints of the papers by 

 Messrs. R. M. Johnston and W. Jethro Brown in 1897 

 (3 and 4) and the report bv Messrs. J. G. Davies and 

 R. M. Johnston in 1901 (16). 



1908. 



20. P. C. Douglas (Under-Secretary and Chief Elec- 

 toral Officer of Tasmania). Tasmania: The Hare-Clark 

 System of Election Modified by the Use of the Droop 

 Quota and of Gregory's Fractional Method of Transfer 

 as prescribed by the '' Electoral Act, 1907." Explanation 

 and Illustrations : Being a Summary of an Address given 

 at a Public Meeting of the New Town Branch of the Aus- 

 talian Natives' Association. Published by direction of 

 the Hon. the Chief Secretary. 



fGover7imenf Printer, Ilohart, 1908, 32 pp., and 

 tables, 8vo.) 



21. R. M. Johnston (Government Statistician, Tasmania). 

 The Electoral Act, 1907 : The New Hare System of Elec- 

 tion in Tasmania. Practical Illustration of the Working 

 of the System. 



(Government Printer, Tasmania, 1908, 20 pp. 'nd 

 specimen counting-sheet.) 



22. John H. Humphreys. A Comparison of the Bel- 

 gium '' List " Method of Proportional Representation 

 with the Single Transferable Vote. 



(In Representation. The Journal of the Propor- 

 tional Representation Societv. First Year (1908), 

 No. 7, October, 1908, pp. 67-81.) 



On pp. 78-79 the element of chance in the trans- 

 fer of surpluses, and the rules used in Tasmania to 

 avoid it, are discussed. 



23. Tasmania: Chief Electoral Office for the State. 

 '' The Electoral Act, 1907." Hints to Returning Officers, 

 Assembly District. 



f07ie sheet, folded in three. Fo.) 



Intructions for the scrutiny. Plan showing arrange- 

 ment of furniture. 



1909. 



24. J. McCall. p. R. in Tasmania (The Recent Elec- 

 tions) . 



