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It will be observed that the names in the above certificate, other than that of Mr. Leith, are the names of gentlemen who are supposed not to have been candidates for Aberdeen, but to have been candidates elsewhere, and for whom some Aberdeen voters have thus indicated their preference by giving unsolicited votes.

The certificate of the returning officer in the case of the