70 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION, 



R.S. TAS. 

 6. — (a) \\ iiere. on the coiintiug of the first choices or on any 

 transfer, more than one candidate has a surplus, the largest 

 surplus shall be first dealt with. If then more than one candi- 

 date has a surplus, the then largest surplus shall be dealt with, 

 and so on : Provided that, if one eandid;ite has obtained a sur- 

 plus at a count or transfer previous to that at which another 

 candidate oijtaius a surplus, the surplus of the former shall 

 be first dealt with. 



(6) Where two or more surpluses are equal, the surplus of 

 the candidate who was the highest on the poll at the count 

 or transfer at which they last had an unequal number of 

 votes shall be first dealt with; and if they have had an equal 

 number of votes at all preceding counts or transfers, the 

 returning officer shall decide Avhich candidate's surplus shall 

 be first dealt with. 



7. — (a) Where the number of votes obtained by a candi- 

 date is raised up to or above the quota by a transfer as 

 aforesaid, he shall thei-eupon be declared elected. And in 

 such a case, notwithstanding the fact that he may have 

 reached the quota, such transfer shall be completed, and all 

 the votes to Avhich he is entitled therefrom shall be transferred 

 to him, but no votes of any other candidate shall be trans- 

 ferred to him. 



(h) Where the number of votes obtained by a candidate is 

 raised up to, Init not above, the quota by a transfer as afore- 

 said, the whole of the voting-papers on which such votes are 

 recorded shall be set aside as finally dealt with. 



(r) Where the number of votes obtained by a candidate is 

 raised above the quota by a transfer as aforesaid, his sur- 

 plr.s shall he transfcn-cd to tlie candidates next in the order 

 of the voters' respective preferences, in the following man- 

 ner : — 



I. The voting-papers on Avhich are recorded the votes 

 obtained by the elected candidate in the last trans- 

 fer shall be re-examined, and the number of third, 

 or (in tlie case provided for in Rule 12) next con- 

 secutive choices recorded for each un elected candi- 

 date thereon counted : 

 II. The surplus of the elected candidate shall be divided 

 by the total number of voting-papers mentioned in 

 paragraph i., and the resulting fraction shall be 

 the transfer value: 



III. The num1)er of second (or other) choices, ascertained 



ill paragraph 1 to be recorded for each unelected 

 candidate, shall be multiplied by the lastmentioned 

 transfer value : 



IV. The resulting number, disregarding any fractional 



remainder, shall be credited to each unelected can- 

 didate, and added to the number of votes pre- 

 viously obtained by him. 

 8. — (a) AVhere, after the first choices have been counted and 

 all surpluses (if any) have been transferred as hereinbefore 

 directed, no candidate, or less than the number of candidates 

 required to be elected, has or have obtained the quota, the 

 candidate wlio is lowest on the poll shall be excluded, and 

 all the votes obtained by him shall be transferred to the can- 

 didates next in the order of the voters' respective prefer- 

 ences, in the same manner as is directed in Rule 5. 



