BY E. L. PIESSE, B.SC, LL.B. 53 



1913. 



IX. Number of Examinations of Papers; X. Compari- 

 son with Number of Examinations required by Rules 

 of the Municipal Representation Bill: XI. Comparison 

 of Number of Packets into which Papers were sorted 

 according to Rules of the Electoral Act of 1907. and 

 according to the Rules of the Municipal Representation 

 Bill; XII. Table showing the Number of Votes 

 of which the Distribution might have been altered 

 if the Rule (h) (i) of the Municipal Representa- 

 tion Bill, 1908, for the transfer of surpluses had 

 been used in place of the Rules of the Electoral 

 Act of 1QD7 ; XIII. Re-scrutiny according to the 

 R.ules of uhe Municipal Representation Bill: Table 

 showing the approximate Number of Votes at all 

 Counts of v.hich the Disti-ibution was altered by the 

 use of Rule (b) (i). Scrutiny Abstracts for jMnss. Dar- 

 win, Denison, Franklin, and Wilmot. Re-scrutiny 

 according to Rules of Municipal Representation Bill : 

 Scrutiny Abstracts for Bass, Darwin, Denison, Frank- 

 lin, and Wilmot. 



The report, without the appendix, is reprinted with 

 the Report of the Roval Commission on Electoral Sys- 

 tems, Great Britain, 1910 (see 27). Review in 

 "Representation" (The Journal of the Proportional 

 Representation Societv). Second Year (1909), No. 15, 

 December, 1909, pp. 180-3. 



1910. 



27. Great Britain: Roj/rd Commission on Systems of 

 Election. Report of the Royal Commission appointed to 

 enquire into Electoral Systems, with Appendices. Pre- 

 sented to Parliament by (IJommand of His Majesty. 



{In Great Britain. Parliament. Sessional Papers, 

 1910, Cd. 5163.) 



The adoption of the single transferable vote in Tas- 

 mania is referred to in § 120 (p. 33). The principal 

 provisions of the Electoral Act of 1907 (see 18), and 

 the report on the general election of 30th April, 1909 

 (see 25), without the appendix, are reproduced at 

 pp. 54-63. 



28. Great Britain: Royal Commission on Systems of 

 Election. Minutes of Evidence taken before the Royal 

 Commission on Systems of Election. Presented to Par- 

 liament by Command of His Majesty. 



{In Great Britain. Parliament. Sessional Papers, 

 1910, Cd. 5352.) 



The Hon. John McCall, Agent-General for Tasmania, 

 presented a memorandum on the single transferable 

 vote used in Tasmania, and gave evidence before tJie 

 Commission (Questions 3008 to 305/, pp. Iff.-l^lj- f^ 

 summarv of the memorandum was published m 

 "Representation," September, 1909 (see 23). 



