960 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART IV 
original draft each division was to return three or more 
members, unless for special reason in case of sparsely popu- 
lated regions the number might be reduced by the commis- 
sion. In defining the divisions the commission would be 
guided by the quota obtained by dividing the total number 
of voters in each province as settled at the last registration by 
the number of members of the Assembly to be elected in 
that province, and would divide the districts so that the 
number of voters in each division should be a multiple of the 
quota, and the number of members to be elected should be 
equal to the multiple. At the Bloemfontein Conference 
the principle was adopted of single-member constituencies, 
and the divisions will contain as nearly as may be the quota. 
The commission could, however, pay attention to (a) com- 
munity and diversity of interests, (6) means of communica- 
tion, (c) physical features, (d) existing electoral boundaries, 
(e) sparsity or density of population, and may vary the 
quota to as much as 15 per cent. either way. 
The number of members to be elected in the first case is 
fixed at fifty-one for the Cape, thirty-six for the Transvaal, 
and seventeen each for Natal and the Orange Free State 
Province. These numbers shall in no case be diminished 
unless the total number of members of the Assembly chosen 
for the four original Colonies reaches 150 or ten years have 
elapsed from the Union, whichever is later. Provision is 
made for the increase of the number of members on the 
result of the census of 1911 and of each quinquennial census 
thereafter. The quota of the Union will be fixed by dividing 
the total number of male European adults in the Union as 
ascertained by the census of 1904 and as specified in the 
Act itself by the total number of the members of the Assembly 
as constituted under the Act, and each province will be 
entitled to an additional member or members if its population 
has increased since the census of 1904 by a number equal to 
the quota or a multiple thereof. No additional member 
shall, however, be allotted to any province until the total 
number of European adults in such Province exceeds the 
quota of the Union multiplied by the number of members