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and the state is to be divided into seventy-two electoral 
districts each returning one member. As soon as possible 
after the passing of the Act commissioners are to be appointed 
to divide the state into electoral districts. For the purposes 
of the division a quota of electors shall be ascertained by 
dividing by seventy-two the total number of electors whose 
names appear upon the several electoral rolls of the state 
on January 1, 1911. In making the division, consideration 
shall be given by the commissioners to—(a) community or 
diversity of interest ; (b) means of communication ; (c) 
Physical features ; (d) the area of proposed districts which 
do not comprise any part of a city or town; and subject 
thereto the quota of electors shall be the basis for the 
division of the state into electoral districts, and the commis- 
sioners may adopt a margin of allowance to be used whenever 
necessary, but in no case shall such quota be departed from 
to a greater extent than one-fifth more or one-fifth less, 
On or before March 31, 1911, in each proposed electoral 
district maps shall be distributed showing the boundaries of 
the proposed district and the several contiguous districts, 
and the number of electors in the proposed. district and 
in the several contiguous districts. Objections may be 
raised and lodged with the commissioners up to April 30, 
and they must be considered by the commissioners before 
the final division is made. When they have taken into 
consideration any objections, the commissioners shall on or 
before June 30,191 L, forward to the Home Secretary reports of 
the division made, specifying the quota of electors, the names 
of each electoral district, its boundaries, and the number of 
electors therein, together with signed maps and rolls of electors 
entitled to vote. The Governor in Council is required forth- 
with to proclaim the names and boundaries which shall 
become the electoral districts of the State of Queensland. 
Provision is also made in the Act for the registration of 
voters so as to secure the correctness of the provisional list 
drawn up by the commissioners, 
It is also provided that whenever at any time the number 
of voters on the roll of any district is so much above or below