ANNUAL MEETING. 
807 
And the following candidates had less votes recorded in their favour than the voting 
papers entitled them to, viz. : — 
Iso. 
10 . 
. 110 vote 
15 . 
. 11 „ 
35 
20 . 
. 33 „ 
33 
23 . 
. 21 „ 
33 
27 . 
. IB „ 
— 193 
Other smaller discrepancies, it will be seen, occurred, partly in consequence of some of 
the voting papers being informal, by a larger number of votes being allowed to 
remain than the prescribed number, but they are not of much importance, the 
greatest difference in the votes for any one candidate being in Section No. 1 four, 
No. 3 four, and No. 4 eight. 
Tuequand, Youngs and Co. 
Public Accountants. 
A. 
No. in Voting 
Papers. 
Names of Candidates. 
No. as per 
Scrutiny on 
Thursday. 
dJ C . 
Number of Votes. 
Increase. 
Decrease. 
*“ 4 >*> Cv 
cr? C r C> 
o 
y O ^ 
m 
As per 
Scrutiny 
on 
Thursday. 
As per 
Scrutiny 
on 
Monday. 
j 27 
Woolley, George Stephen . . . 
2 
i 
1053 
1064 
11 
7 
Brown, William Scott .... 
1 
2 
1064 
1063 
1 
i 18 
Reynolds, Richard. 
O 
O 
3 
1018 
1012 
G 
23 
Stoddart, William Walter . . . 
4 
4 
985 
1004 
19 
1 
Abraham, John. 
5 
5 
962 
954 
8 
10 
Evans, Henry Sugden .... 
10 
6 
802 
905 
103 
20 
Savage, William Dawson . . . 
7 
7 
874 
902 
28 
5 
Bottle, Alexander. 
6 
8 
894 
893 
1 
15 
Haselden, Adolphus Frederick 
8 
9 
845 
851 
G 
9 
Edwards, George. 
9 
10 
838 
839 
1 
13 
Groves, Thomas B. 
11 
11 
792 
780 
12 
14 
Hanbury, Cornelius. 
12 
12 
771 
762 
9 
25 
Sutton, Francis. 
13 
13 
745 
749 
4 
2 
Atherton, John Henry .... 
14 
14 
730 
720 
10 
11 
Gissing, Thomas Waller . . . 
15 
15 
681 
688 
rr 
i 
26 
Williams, John. 
. 16 
16 
659 
604 
55 
21 
Savory, Charles Harley .... 
17 
17 
594 
593 
1 
19 
Sanger, William Albert.... 
18 
18 
588 
512 
76 
22 
Stacey, Samuel Lloyd .... 
19 
19 
397 
384 
13 
4 
Betty, Samuel Chapman . . . 
20 
20 
385 
379 
6 
16 
Hornsbv, John Harwood . . . 
22 
21 
360 
358 
2 
12 
Greenish, Thomas. 
21 
22 
363 
355 
8 
24 
Stott, William. 
23 
23 
342 
347 
5 
Q 
o 
Barnes, James B. 
24 
24 
328 
325 
3 
17 
Quiller, Charles Rowett . . . 
25 
25 
297 
299 
2 
8 
Carr, John. 
26 
26 
205 
198 
7 
6 
Breton, Walter. 
27 
27 
152 
147 
5 
Totals . 
17,724 
17,687 
186 
223 
The Ciiaikman : I think the meeting will have received Mr. Young’s report with 
satisfaction, as far as all the other scrutineers are concerned, and I hope it will be 
satisfactory to those scrutineers who are present. 
' Mr. Williams : As my name, I find, is one of those who have benefited by this 
fraud which has been perpetrated, I trust I may be allowed to say, and say distinctly 
and emphatically, that I am no party in any way, directly or indirectly, to it. I 
trust, Sir, that the very few words I wish to say will be sufficient for the meeting, and 
