Reg. XIV. (4)(a).]
The surplus arises from original votes, and therefore the whole of E's papers are divided into sub-parcels according to the next preferences recorded thereon, a separate parcel of the exhausted papers being also made. Let it be assumed that the result is as follows:
G is marked as next available preference on 10 papers.
H " " 5 "
L " " 3 "
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Total of unexhausted papers 18
No. of exhausted papers 1
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Total of papers 19
Reg. XIV. (4)(b).]
The values of the papers in the sub-parcels are as follows:—
G 1,000
H 500
L 300
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Total value of unexhausted papers 1,800
Value of exhausted papers 100
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Total value 1,900
Reg. XIV. (4)(d).]
The value of the unexhausted papers is 1800, and is greater than the surplus. This surplus is therefore transferred as follows:—All the papers unexhausted are transferred, but at a reduced value, which is ascertained by dividing the surplus by the number of unexhausted papers. The reduced value of all the unexhausted papers, when added together, with the addition of any value lost as the result of the neglect of fractions, equals the surplus. In this case the new value of each paper transferred is 966 (the surplus)/ 18 (the number of unexhausted papers) = 53, the residue of the value, 47, being required by E for the purpose of constituting his quota.
The values of the sub-parcels transferred are:—
G = 530 (i.e. 10 papers at the value of 53)
H = 265 (i.e. 5 " " )
L = 159 (i.e. 3 " " )