crap. m1] THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 957
and does not apply to the Imperial naval forces, but
apparently in South Africa the command-in-chief will apply
also to the Imperial naval forces while in South African
waters. Of course it carries with it no actual power of any
kind whatever.
$ 3. THE PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA
The Parliament is to consist of the King, a Senate, and
a House of Assembly. The Senate! was to be composed
in the first instance of eight nominated members selected by
the Governor-General in Council, of whom four should be
selected on the ground of their thorough acquaintance by
reason of official experience or otherwise with the reasonable
wants and wishes of the coloured population of South Africa.
In addition each province elected eight members. These
members were chosen by the two Houses of the Colonial
Parliament sitting together on the principle of proportional
representation with the single transferable vote, on a date
before the day appointed for the coming into effect of the
Union. In both cases the senators will hold office for ten
years, and casual vacancies will be filled up by the Governor-
General in Council in the case of nominated members, and
in the other cases by the Provincial Councils on the principle
of proportional representation with the single transferable
vote ; but those appointed by the Councils will only hold
office until the expiration of the first ten years. Parliament
may provide as to the manner in which after the expiration
of ten years the senators shall be elected, but if no special
provision is made it will be carried out by the Provincial
Councils sitting together with the members of the House of
Assembly for the province on the principle indicated above.
A senator must be thirty years of age, be qualified as a voter
for the election of members of the House of Assembly in one
of the provinces, have resided for five years in the Union as
constituted at the time of his nomination or election, be
a British subject of European descent, and if an elected
member be possessed of immovable property within the
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