18.
public duties to take a part in Legislative discussions and controversies. 14. That in a population of 75,000 the whole number of Electors should be only 75, or practically only 45, being one in every 166 inhabitants, (as the Colonial Secretary proposed), would appear to be as "close a borough" and as
Marron CL
as the establishment
Suffrage does over
2 afforded
grievance for popular discontent to deal with. The justices of the Peace in the Colony on the special jury list consists of 34, the Common Jury list of 118 members - the number of individuals who are rated at a rental above £40 per
are 244 in number, –
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Annum is 650, above £30 it is 1135,
above £20-1566, and above £10-1999; I do not know in what respect a
£10 Suffrage
would be objectionable,
especially if guarded by the "Educational" test which I have suggested.
15.
As regards the revision of the Electoral Lists, the Books of the Assessors (being
officialized by the Executive Council) might be simple and sufficient evidence of right to vote as far as the property of voter concerned, - and if the electoral right should emanate from being on the Jury Lists when they have been revised, the Hong Kong Gazette would furnish the best evidence, as it registers the