If at any time a number of candidates,

equal to the number of persons to be elected, has obtained the quota, such candidates shall be treated as elected, and no further steps shall be taken.

| ORDINANCE NO. 9 kd

XIII. (1) Any candidate the value of whole

parcel, on the first preferences being counted, is equal

• • to or greater than the quota, shall be declared elected.

1. (2) Tf the value of the papers in any such pareel is equal to the quota, the papers shall be sel aside as finally dealt with.
2. (8) If the value of the papers in any such parcel is greater than the quota, the surplus shall be transferred to the continuing candidates indicated on
   • • the voting papers as next in the order of the voters preference, in the manner prescribed in the follow- ing rules. XIV. (1) If and whenever as the result of any operation preseribed by these rules a candidate has a surplus, that surplus shall be transferred in accord- ance with the provisions of this rule.
3. (2) If more than one candidate has a surplus, the largest surpus shall be dealt, with first and the others in order of magnitude; provided that every surplus arising of the first count of votes shall be dealt with before those arising on the second count, and so on, > (3) Where two or more surpluses are equal, the Kula Sachiva shall decide, as hereinafter provided in in Rule XIX, which shall first be dealt with.
4. (4) (a) If the surplus of any candidate to be transferred arises from original votes only, the Kula Sachiva shall examine all the papers in the parcel belonging to the candi- date whose surplus is to be transferred, and \ divide the unexhausted papers into sub- parcels according to the next preferences recorded therein. He shall also make a seperate sub-parcel of the exhausted papers. : 80 I. KS. V. CALENDAR
   • (h) He shall ascertain the valug of the papers in cach sub-parcel and of all unexhausted papers. I
   • (e) If the value of the unexhausted papers is equal to or less than the surplus, he shall transfer all the unexhausted papers at the value at which they were received by the candidate whose surplus is being transferred.
   • (d) If the value of the unexhausted papers is greater than the surplus, he shall transfer the sub-parcel of unexhausted papers and ~ the value of which each paper shall he ascertained by dividing the surplus by the total number of unexhausted papers.
5. (5) Tf the surplus of any candidate to be trans- ferred as well as original votes, the Kula Sachiva shall re-examine all the papers in the sub-parcel last | transferred into sub-parcels according to the next preferences recorded thereon. He shall thereupon deal with the sub-parcels in the same manner as is provided in the case of the sub-parcels referred to in clanse (4). |
6. (7) All papers in the parcels of sub-parcels of an elected candidate not transferred under the rule shall be set, aside as finally dealt with. XV. (1) If after all surpluses have been trans- ferred, as hereinbefore directed, less than the num- | her candidates required has been elected the Kuia Sachiva shall exclude from the poll the candidate lowest on the poll and shall distribute his unexhausted papers among the continuing candidates according to the next preferences recorded thereon. Any un- exhausted paper shall be set aside as finally dealt with.
7. (2) The papers containing original votes of any excluded candidate shall first be transferred, the transfer value of each paper being one hundred. ORDINANCE NO. 9 81
8. (8) The papers containing transferred votes of an excluded candidate shall then be transferred in the order of the transfers in which and at the value at which he obtained them.
9. (4) Bach of such transfers shall be deemed to he a seperate transfer.
10. (5) The process directed by this rule shall be repeated on the successive exclusions one after another of the candidates lowest on ‘the poll untill the last vacancy is filled either by the election of a eandi- date with the quota or as hereinafter provided. XVI. (1) If, after the completion of any transfer under these rules, the value of the votes obtained hy the candidate is equal to or greater than the quota, the transfer then proceeding shall be completed, hut no further papers shall be transferred to him. XVIL. (1) If, after the completion of any trans- fer under these rules the value of the votes of any candidate shall be equal to or greater than the quota, he shall be declared elected.
11. (2) If the value of the votes of any such candi- date shall be equal to the quota, the whole of the paper op which such votes are recorded shall he set aside as finally dealt with.
12. (3) If the value of the votes of any such candi- date shall be greater than the quota, his surplus shall thereupon be distributed in the manner herein- before provided, before the exclusion of any other candidate. i = XVIII. (1) When the number of the continuing N candidates is refused to the number of vacancies re- maining unfilled the continuing candidates shall be declared elected. 82 TI. Ru 8. V. CALENDAR
13. (2) When only one vacancy remains unfilled and | the value of the votes of some ong continuing candi- | date exceeds the total value of all the votes of the other continuing candidate together with any surplus not transferred, that candidate shall be declared elected.
14. (3) When only one vacancy remains unfilled and there are only two continuing candidates, and those two candidates have each the same value of votes and no surplus remains capable of transfer, one candidate shall be declared excluded under the next succeeding T rule, and the other declared elected,