OF ELECTION IN TASMANIA. 



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E has 720 first votes. 



F has 100 first votes. 



The numbers on the Second Conn 



A, 800 — 50 votes transferred to 

 other candidates = 750 (elected). 



B, 420 + 20 votes transferred from 

 the surplus votes of D — 440 



C, 180 -f- 10 votes transferred from 

 the surplus votes of D = 190 



D, 780 — 30 votes transferred to 

 other candidates = 750 (elected). 



E, 720 + 40 votes transferred from 

 the surplus votes of A = 760 

 (elected). 



F, 100 + 10 votes transferred from 

 the surplus votes of A = 110. 



A has 50 surplus votes, and as 

 E is marked 2 on 640 out of the 

 800 papers, and F is marked 2 

 on 160, it follows that E is 

 entitled to four-fifths and F to 

 one-fifth of the surplus. The 

 Returning Officer will therefore 

 transfer 40 of A's surplus votes 

 to E, and the remaining 10 of 

 A's surplus votes to F. 



D has a surplus of only 30 

 votes, and, following the same 

 course, 20 of his surplus ballot- 

 papers are found to be trans- 

 ferable to B, and the remaining 

 10 to C. 



t will then be as follows : — 

 A, D, and E are now declared 

 elected, but another Member is 

 required, and there must there- 

 fore be another transfer of any- 

 surplus votes and a Third Count. 

 The only candidate who had a 

 surplus on the Second Count 

 was E, who had a surplus of 

 3 votes in consequence of 

 having had 40 of A's surplus 

 votes transferred to him. He 

 will retain permanently 30 of 

 those surplus votes because 

 the) r are necessary to give him 

 the requisite quota of 750 votes, 

 but the other 10 of A's surplus 

 ballot-papers will now be trans- 

 ferred to the candidates whose 

 names are marked on them with 

 the figure 3, and on them the 

 name of B is marked 3. 



The numbers on the Third Count will therefore stand as 



follows : — 



A 750 (elected) 



B,440 + 10 votes 

 transferred from 

 E's surplus on the 

 Second Count = 450 



190 



D ,,,.., ., 750 (elected) 



There still remains a Member 

 to be elected, and there are not 

 any more surplus votes to be 

 transferred. It therefore be- 

 comes necessary to reduce the 

 number of candidates by ex- 

 cluding- the one who is lowest 



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on the poll as it now stands, 

 and to transfer his votes to the 

 candidates who are marked 2 

 on the ballot-papers which have 



