BY E. L. PIESSE, B.SC, LL.B. 61 



1913. 



ballot-pdper \A-hicli has been once counted in the 

 quota for a candidate who is declared elected shall 

 not be counted for any other candidate. 



IV. As many ballot-papers in each parcel as are in excess 

 of the quota shall be set aside in the manner here- 

 inafter directed to be counted for other candidates 

 as hereinafter provided, and on all such ballot- 

 papers so set aside the name of any candidate for 

 whom the requisite numl)er of ballot-papers has 

 already been counted shall be deemed to be can- 

 celled/ and the returning officer shall then sever- 

 ally transfer such ballot-papers to the candidates 

 indicated thereon respectively as the next in the 

 order of the voter's preference, and the votes thus 

 transferred shall be deemed to have been given 

 for the candidates to whom they shall be transferred 

 as herein directed, and shall be deemed to be first 

 votes. 

 V. The ballot-papers which are set aside from any parcel 

 after the first count of votes as hereinbefore directed 

 shall be selected from that parcel in such manner 

 that they shall include as nearly as practicable in 

 respect of each candidate the same proportion of 

 ballot-papers having the figure 2 set opposite to 

 his name as the number of such ballot-papers 

 included in the whole parcel bears to the total 

 number of ballot-papers in the whole parcel : and if 

 any doubt or dispute shall arise as to the number 

 of ballot-papers which should be included in respect 

 of any candidate among the ballot-papers set aside 

 1rom any parcel, the decision of the returnin^^ officer 

 -hall be final. 



VI. If in any case the number of ballot-papers trans- 

 ferred to another candidate as the second m the order 

 of preference indicated thereon shall exceed the 

 number required to give the quota of votes to that 

 candidate, the excess to be transferred to other 

 candidates shall be selected from the total num- 

 ber of the ballot-papers previously transferred as 

 aforesaid in such manner that the excess shall 

 include as nearly as practicable in the case of each 

 candidate the same proportion of ballot-papers hav- 

 ing the figure 3 set opposite to his name as the 

 number of such ballot-papers included in the total 

 number of ballot-papers previously transferred as 

 aforesaid bears to such total number ; and if any 

 doubt or dispute shall arise as to the number of 

 ballot-papers which should be included in such 

 excess in respect of any candidate, the decision 

 of the returning officer shall be final. 



This process shall be repeated until no candi- 

 date has more than a quota of first votes, or votes 

 deemed first. 



VII. If, after all the ballot-papers have been counted and 

 respectively assigned to the several candidates as 

 hereinbefore directed, it is found that no candidate, 



