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do not think it is desirable to become involved in

the complexities which would be entailed in the preparation

of separate registers for these small sections of the

community and therefore propose that the electoral law

should be so framed as to provide that if no Portuguese

candidate or no Indian candidate received a sufficient

number of votes to bring him within the ten candidates

heading the poll, then the Portuguese or Indian candidate,

as the case might be, who secured the majority of votes

cast for Portuguese or Indian candidates respectively should

be declared to be elected irrespective of the number of

votes secured by him and should thus displace in the list

of the ten candidates who would have been elected by reason

of securing the highest number of votes the candidate or

candidates securing the lowest numbers.

(e) Representation of Europeans of British race, of Europeans

not of British race, and of United States citizens of

European race need not be specifically secured by any

arrangement similar to that noted in the preceding sub-

paragraph. It will be open to the whole non-Chinese

electorate to choose any such candidates who may stand for

election and it will also be possible for such persons to

enter the Council by securing nomination.

The foregoing paragraphs give an outline of the method whereby

it is proposed that twenty persons shall be elected to membership of the Municipal Council. The next question for consideration is the method by

which the remaining ten members shall be nominated.

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When I published my original proposals, which contemplated a Council consisting of forty-eight members, of whom sixteen would be nominated by Chinese and non-Chinese bodies in equal proportions, I asked

As a result a for advice and suggestions as to the nominating bodies. number of bodies have been suggested, of which I consider that the

following are the most suitable.

These bodies, assuming that they are

finally selected, should be empowered to nominate the specified number of

members belonging to the race group set after their names;