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REGE 15 FEB 13
Gazette of December 17th., 1912.
Telegram from Ministry of Industry and Commerce to Diplomatic Representatives in the United States, Great Britain and Japan, and the Consuls-General at Singapore, Batavia and Vladivostock for transmission to the Consuls at the various ports.
To the Consuls at the various ports:-
The laws for the election of Members to the Senate, and the Regulations for putting the above laws into effect have already been communicated to you by telegraph. On the 8th. instant detailed regultions were published, which provide that the members of the Electoral College of Chinese resident Abroad shall be elected by the Chambers of Commerce, Chinese Societies, Chinese Clubs and Literary Associations formed by Chinese resident abroad. The elections shall be conducted in the same manner as is customary for the election of President or other officer of such Chamber of Commerce, Society, etc. and the person elected must be possessed of the following qualifications.:-
(1). He must be a Chinese male subject of 20 years of age or upward.
(2). He must be the owner of movable or immovable property to the value of $500 or upward.
(3). He must have none of the disqualifications enumerated
in Art. 6 of the Election Laws of the House of Representatives.
On the same day an Order was issued dealing with the
election of members to the Senate by the Electoral College of
Chinese resident abroad, and providing that the election of such
members should take place on February 10th. in the second year of
the Republic.
We have therefore to order you to make careful enquiries and forward by telegraph to this Ministry without delay for record a list of all the Chinese Socities, Chinese Clubs and Literary Associations founded before the publication of the Electoral Laws, that is to say, before August 10th. of the First Year of the