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 to fill one seat, thus giving a minority a better chance of being represented, and a larger percentage to fill all, thus leaving a smaller number unrepresented. This last figure (the right-hand end of each lowest row) represents the percentage of the Electors in the Kingdom who would be represented in the House, supposing all the Districts similar to the one under consideration: and this percentage we find to rise, from 51 in the case of single-Member Districts, to 86 in the case of six-Member Districts.

The obvious conclusion is—let the Districts be as large as possible, and let each Elector give one vote only.

The effect, on the composition of the House, will be yet more clearly seen by considering the following three Tables, which are calculated on the assumption that, in any District, all proportions, between 'red' and 'blue,' are equally probable, and that 6-11ths of the House are 'red' and 5-11ths' blue.' Table IV. gives the percentage of the whole body of Electors represented by the 'red' Members, Table V. the percentage represented by the 'blue,' and Table VI. the percentage unrepresented:—