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3, TEMPLE GARDENS,
TEMPLE.

Jan: 29: 06

Dear Miss Markham

So far as I have had time, I
have looked into the question of Colonial
practice in electoral division to-day.

The only precedent I can find
on our side is New South Wales,
and that is dead in point.
There an arbitrary number of
members was first fixed, and then
a quota was obtained by dividing
the total number on the electoral
rolls by this figure. After each