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OBSERVATIONS ON THE HAKE SYSTEM 



GENERAL ELECTION, HOBART. 



20th January, 1897. 



Analysis showing the separate and cumulative value and 

 distribution of the effective portion only of the various 

 Preference and Transfer Votes : — 



* Obtained a quota. + Elected. \ Excluded. 



Results of Exclusion from Poll, f 

 Notes. — * Latent force of preferences 2, 3, &c. contained in 10 lower 

 counts not recorded, having been transferred to next in order 

 of voters' own preference among remaining candidates. 

 b Ditto ditto, contained in 7 lower counts, ditto ditto ditto. 



def & alone received the full benefit of the whole of their own 

 effective transfer preferences from all counts. 



% Those who at the several counts are either elected or lowest are thence- 

 forward by present law excluded from the Poll. 



