TO CORRESPONDENTS.
"Alpha."— Tho Upper House in Victoria (the Legislative Council) is an. elective" chamber. According to on Act to provide for inc. reform of the Constitution of Victoria, passed in 1303, the Council is now composed of 35 members, retained in 17 prorinces, and one member representing the public ecrvice and railway ofneera. They must be ranles, at least 30 ty««xa of age, and o£ not lees than ten years' residence in the State. The member in eaoh constituency who, if two nro olectwl, receives ■ tha Highest number of votes retains Ma seat for mix years, whilst the other member retains hie sent for three years only, subject, of course, to tho dissolution of both Homes in tho cose of a deadlock. One bolt ot the , members will then retire every three, years. Ho payment is received by memoero of the Council as «uoh. '"E.B." — Cannot afford space.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1907, Page 6
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149TO CORRESPONDENTS. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1907, Page 6
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