§ 7. Mr. THOMAS RICHARDSONasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether it will be possible to publish a Return showing the number of votes cast for each candidate in the recent elections of insurance committees?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe Commissioners propose to issue to all approved societies a Return showing the result of the recent elections in every insurance committee area. Since, however, the method of election adopted was that known as the single transferable vote, the votes by which any candidate was elected were not necessarily those cast for him on the first count as, in many instances, the second or subsequent preferences were those which became operative.