1913. 



BY E. L. PIESSE, B.SC, LL.B. 63 



the figure 1 set opposite to the same candidate^ and 

 in so doing he shall, upon the proper recording- 

 sheet, mark the preferences 1, 2, 3, respectively by 

 a 1 in the proper column under the name of the 

 candidates for whom these preference rotes are 

 declared in each ballot-paper, as in Appendix A. At 

 the same time he shall reject all ballot-papers which 

 have not the official signatures or stamps on the back 

 thereof, or which have anything written or marked 

 thereon by which the voter can be identified, and 

 all ballot-papers on which no number has been 

 placed by the voter to indicate the candidate for 

 whom he wishes to vote, and all ballot-papers on 

 which the same number has been placed against 

 more names than one, and all ballot-papers whereon 

 the number of candidates marked in the order of 

 the voter's preference is less than three of the num- 

 ber of members to be elected : 



II. He shall then proceed to ascertain the aggregate 

 number of No. 1, 2, and 3 preferences for each 

 candidate, as indicated upon recording-sheet : 



III. Ballot-papers which have been rejected as invalid 

 shall not be counted as votes : 



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V. The deputy returning officer shall then separately 

 make up the ballot-papers of the various candi- 

 dates respectively, recording on the inner wrapper 

 of each candidate's ballot-papers the aggregate num- 

 ber of preferences 1, 2, and 3. He shall then 

 securely bind in One parcel the several candidates' 

 separate parcels of ballot-papers, sealed with his own 

 seal and the seal of such scrutineers as desire to 

 affix their seals, and shall transmit to the return- 

 ing officer of the district such parcel so sealed as 

 aforeaid, and shall also transmit at the same time 

 to the returning officer of the district in separate 

 parcels securely fastened — 



(a) The unused and spoiled ballot-papers; 



(h) The certified copies of rolls supplied to the said 

 deputy returning officer on which the fact 

 of any person having received a ballot-paper 

 has been noted ; and 



(c) An account, in which such deputy returning 

 officer shall charge himself with the number 

 of ballot-papers originally delivered to 

 him, the number thereof delivered and used 

 by voters, and the number not so delivered 

 or left unused, and the number set aside 

 for separate custody (which account is here- 

 inafter referred to as the ballot-paper 

 account). 



EA'ery such ballot-paper account shall be 

 verified as well by the signatures of the 

 said deputy returning officer and the poll 

 clerk (if any), also by the signatures of such 

 of the scrutineers as shall be present and 

 shall consent to sign the same : 



