3 FEBRUARY 1917, Page 3

The Report-ends with a certain number of miscellaneous reconn menclatione.

Chief among these is one to the effect that in a single- Member constituency where there arc more than two candidates, the election shall be held on the system of voting known as the. alterna- tive vote. It may be worth while to explain the meeniug of this. If there are, say, three candidates at an election, a man may like to support and vote for a man who is representative of neither of the two great parties in the State. At the same time, he may not want to throw away his vote altogether, which he might do by voting for the so-called crank. Under the alternative system of voting he can vote for Mr. Crankley, but can specify that if Mr. Crankley disap pears on a first count, his vote shall be trans- ferred to Mr. Bung or Mr. Blather.