nomination papers for the Muhammadan electorate of Bombay City, separate Attesting Officers being dispensed with.

(iv.) Rule 4 of this schedule has been amended so as to permit the electoral roll being posted at the office of the Collector of Bombay instead of at the Chief Presidency Magistrate's office.

(v.) An amendment of a similar nature has been made in Rule 3 of Schedule V so as to permit of the electoral roll of the Sind Jagirdars being posted at the taluka headquarters, as well as the district head-quarters.

These five amendments are based upon considerations of administrative convenience.

(vi.) In accordance with the wishes of the Bombay Government the voting papers of all electorates in that Presidency will henceforth be printed in counterfoil.

Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and Assam.

(i.) In accordance with the wishes of these Governments the procedure for electing candidates through the agency of delegates, which obtained in Bengal in the case of the local bodies' and the Muhammadans' electorates, and in Eastern Bengal and Assam in the case of the Muhammadans' electorate, has been abandoned, as practical experience proved it to be unsatisfactory. Selection will now be made by means of direct voting.

(ii.) Under the rules of 1909 municipalities in Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam which had more than one vote were at liberty to distribute their votes as they pleased. They are now required to assign their votes to one candidate only, or to two candidates where two members are to be elected.

Governor-General's Council.

The only change made in the electoral procedure relating to the Imperial Council is a slight alteration of detail in the method to be followed by the non-official members of the Bengal and Bihar and Orissa Provincial Council in selecting their representatives for the Imperial Council. The change has been introduced at the instance of the two local Governments concerned, and is expected to work more conveniently than the old system.

IV.-Other changes which cannot be classed under any of the three foregoing categories.

(i.) Regulation XIII in the case of all Councils has been amended since it was held to be doubtful whether in the

shape in which it was enacted in 1909 it was intra vires of the Indian Councils Act, 1909, since Section I (2) of that Act, in pursuance of which this Regulation was framed, only authorizes regulations prescribing the number of additional members necessary to form a quorum. Moreover, the Regulation, in the form in which it was enacted in 1909, appears to have overridden Section 15 of the Indian Councils Act of 1861, since it took no account of the provision made therein for the senior Ordinary Member of Council presiding in the absence of the President, and of the Vice-President appointed under Section 4 of the Indian Councils Act, 1909.

(ii.) A clause has been inserted in Regulation I relating to all Provincial Councils, except those of Madras, Bombay and Bengal, to make it clear that the sanction of the Governor-General is required to the nomination of expert no less than of ordinary members of the

Council.

(iii.) Throughout the schedules (Imperial and Provincial) relating to the Madras Presidency, the words 'Fort St. George Gazette' (the official title of the Madras Government Gazette) have been substituted for the words Local official gazette' in order to avoid possible confusion with the district gazettes which are published in the Madras Presidency.

(iv.) The form of Regulation X, which specifies the term of office of an elected or nominated member, was found to preclude the election of a candidate to a seat on the Councils before the seat was actually vacant. It would have been inconvenient to postpone the completion of all elections until the outgoing member has actually completed his term of office, and to avoid this necessity the Regulation has been recast.

kimminatim papers for the Muhammadan electorate of Bumbay City, separate Attesting Officers being disjanand with.

(1×) Puls + of this schedule has been amended so as to permit This electoral roll being posted at the office of the Collootus of Bombay instead of at the Chief Presidency Magistrate's ullics.

(*) An amandment of a similar nature has been made in Hude 2 uf Achedules V so as to permit of the electoral roll ut the Mind Jagirdars being posted at the taluka headquaticis, as well as the district head-quarters.

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shape in which it was enacted in 1909 it was intra vires of the Indian Councils Act, 1909, since Section I (2) of that Act, in pursuance of which this Regulation was framed, only authorizes regulations prescribing the number of additional members necessary to form a quorum. Moreover, the Regulation, in the form in which it was enacted in 1909, appears to have overridden Section 15 of the Indian Councils Act of 1861, since it took no account of the provision made therein for the senior Ordinary Member of Council presiding in the absence of the President, and of the Vice-President appointed under Section 4 of the Indian Councils Act, 1909.

(ii.) A clause has been inserted in Regulation I relating to all Provincial Councils, except those of Madras, Bombay and Bengal, to make it clear that the sanction of the Governor-General is required to the nomination of expert no less than of ordinary members of the Council.

(iii.) Throughout the schedules (Imperial and Provincial) relating to the Madras Presidency, the words 'Fort St. George Gazette' (the official title of the Madras Government Gazette) have been substituted for the words Local official gazette' in order to avoid possible confusion with the district gazettes which are published in the Madras Presidency.

(iv.) The form of Regulation X, which specifies the term of office of an elected or nominated member, was found to preclude the election of a candidate to a seat on the Councils before the seat was actually vacant. It would have been inconvenient to postpone the completion of all elections until the outgoing member has actually completed his term of office, and to avoid this necessity the Regulation has been recast.

APPENDIX VII

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA1

in The Government of India (second edition)

p. xi (Contents) sections 50 and 52 and heading over s. 50. Before Madras insert Bengal.

p. xii. (Contents) sections 71, 72, and 86. Before Madras insert Bengal.

p. xiii (Contents). After section 123 insert :—

123A. Laying of certain proclamations, &c., before

Parliament

ib.

p. xxix. Viceroys and Governors-General. After Lord Minto insert 1910 Lord Hardinge.

p. xxx. Secretaries of State. After John Morley insert 1910 Earl of Crewe; 1911 (March) Viscount Morley; 1911 (May) Marquess of Crewe.

p. 90, line 8. For is still in force in the Presidency towns read has been repealed and re-enacted for the Presidency towns by Act III of 1909.

p. 91, lines 1, 2. After operation insert until the year 1912, and for has been continued ever since read continued until 1912. For of read or.

p. 93, line 12.

For Secretary of State read Governor.

p. 103, line 3.

p. 103, line 4.

After of insert Acts of.

p. 105, line 10.

p. 105, line 22.

For legislature read legislation.

After Lieutenant-Governor insert LieutenantGovernor in Council.

p. 108. After the addition to line 14 insert As to the Government of India Act, 1912, see the Second Supplementary Chapter.

p. 112, line 1. Before Madras insert Bengal.

p. 112, last two lines. For Military Supply read Education, and to secretaries add footnote, In the case of the Depart

1 Most of these additions and corrections are due to the changes consequent on the announcements made at the Delhi Coronation Durbar.