BY E. L. PIESSE, B.SC, LL.B. 75 



1913. 



11. In determining which candidate is next in the order of 

 the voter's preference,, any candidates who have been declared 

 elected, or who have been excluded, shall not be considered, 

 and the oider of the roter's preference shall be determined as 

 if the names of such candidates had not been on the voting- 

 paper. 



Note. — If, during the process of the count, the returning 

 officer uses pencils of different colours in marking the names 

 on the ballot-papers, it will be found to greatly facilitate 

 counting operations. For instance, a candidate credited with 

 primary votes (first choices) could be marked with blue pencil ; 

 a candidate credited with transferred surplus votes could have 

 a red mark made opposite or across his name; whilst a candi- 

 date credited with transferred votes from an excluded candi- 

 date could have a green mark or two red marks made across 

 his name. 



