[219:1] 35-36 Vic., c. 33.
[220:1] He must, within a day after receiving the writ in boroughs and two days in counties, give notice of the day of election. This must be not less than three days in boroughs, or four in counties, after the notice is given; and must be in boroughs within four days of the receipt of the writ, and counties within nine days. If, on the day fixed for nomination, the election is contested, he must appoint for the polling a date falling within the next three days in boroughs, and not less than two nor more than six days distant in counties.
[221:1] "In one only of the three kingdoms the ballot helped to make a truly vital difference; it dislodged the political power of the Irish landlord. In England its influence made for purity, freedom, and decency, but it developed no new sources of liberal strength." Morley, "Gladstone," II., 370. But the ballot is also said to have slowly strengthened the Liberal party in English rural districts by shielding the agricultural labourer.
[221:2] 35-36 Vic., c. 33, §§ 27, 31. Rogers, II., 118.
[221:3] 24-25 Vic., c. 53.
[221:4] Com. Papers, 1881, XXXVIII.-XLV.
[222:1] Com. Papers, 1881, XLIII., XLV., and schedules to these reports.
[222:2] 46-47 Vic., c. 51.
[222:3] Ibid., § 3.
[222:4] 17-18 Vic., c. 102, §§ 2, 3.