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TABLE VI.

Number of Members assigned to each District.		Number of votes each Elector can give.
		6.	5.	4.	3.	2.	1.
	1.	....	....	....	....	....	49
	2.	....	....	....	....	49	32
	3.	....	....	....	49	34	24
	4.	....	....	49	36	26	19
	5.	....	49	39	29	21	16
	6.	49	41	34	26	19	14

By inspecting these Tables, we see two things:—

First, that the fewer and larger the Districts, i.e. the greater the number of Members returned (on an average) by each District, the more equitable the result. This conclusion we have already arrived at, from general considerations. (See p. 6, line 1.) We observe, further, that the advantage, in fairness of result, increases rapidly at first and more slowly afterwards. For instance, in Table VI, if each Elector be allowed one vote only, the change from single-Member to two-Member Districts changes the percentage of unrepre-