THE PROXY VOTE. 



563 



Table 7. 



Number op Dkaths from Phthisis in Governmknt Subsidised Hospitals 

 Expressed as a Percentage of Total Deaths b'rom Phthisis in each 

 State. 



5.— THE PROXY VOTE. 

 By PROFESSOR E. J. NANSON. 



After a general election we frequently see in tlie Press tabular 

 statements of the votes polled and the number of members elected by 

 the several parties. In the case of two parties whose candidates are 

 denoted respectively by the earlier and later letters of the alphabet 

 the statement for ten districts each retuiTiing one member might be 

 as follows : — 



101 Q 



K 



S 



T 



U 



V 



w 



X 



Y 



Z 191 ^ f-^ 



fA 



a> I 



100^ 

 99 I 

 98 ! 



100 [ 

 97 I 

 lOU J 

 Ul\ 

 122 / 



120 ( 



121 ) 



Votes ... 932 1,07S 



Seats ... 6 4 



In the case of three parties whose candidates are denoted respeo 

 tively by the earlier, the middle, and the later letters of the alphabet 

 the statement for six districts, each returning one member, might ba 

 as follows : ■ — 



