cmap. 111] THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 961 
allotted to the province for the time being, and thereupon 
additional members shall be allotted to such province in 
respect only of such excess. As soon as the number of the 
Assembly reaches 150 no further increase is to take place 
unless Parliament otherwise decides, and the distribution 
of members among the provinces will then be made so far as 
possible uniformly proportionate to the number of European 
male adults in that province. The allocation of any addi- 
tional members to divisions and the redivision thereby 
rendered necessary will be carried out by a commission of 
three judges appointed by the Governor-General in Council. 
The redivision and allocations shall only take effect at the 
first general election after they have been made. 
These elaborate provisions are based on those contained 
in the Constitutions of the Transvaal ! and the Orange River 
Colony,? and are intended to avoid the evil seen in the Cape 
and in Natal, where representation has at times completely 
disagreed with the alteration in population. They will 
probably be effective for their purpose, though inevitably 
rather complicated. 
The qualifications of members are that they must be 
qualified to be registered as voters® for the election of 
members of the Lower House in an electoral division of the 
Union, have resided five years in South Africa, and be British 
subjects of European descent. Here again the colour bar 
is noteworthy, and marks a retrogression from the point of 
view of the Cape practice. Provision is made that the 
voters at Assembly elections shall be those qualified to vote 
in the existing Colonies for the election of members of the 
Assembly, while in matters of procedure, such as registration 
! Letters Patent, December 6, 1906, s. 15 and Sched. iii. 
* Letters Patent, June 5, 1907, s. 18 and Sched. iii. 
This excludes female members, and there is no female suffrage, which 
would be peculiarly out of place in a country like South Africa. Cf. The 
Government of South Africa, ii. 396 seq. ; House of Commons Debates, ix. 
1611, 1612. 
' These words, like ‘ European adults’, are vague, and the question was 
raised whether a South African or an American was a European; see 
House of Lords Debates, ii. 863 ; House of Commons, ix. 1603, 1604. 
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