. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . ks.—-16th March, 1912 (see above) ; 12th December, 1912,about 8 , with rumble. After-shocks.—-I have received records of fifty-two (Mr. P. G. Morgan,Director of the Geological Survey, says seventy after-shocks were reported).Those reported to me occurred as follows : 22nd February, 16 ; 23rd Feb-ruary, 7 ; 24th February, 7 ; 25th February, 5 ; 26th February, 2 ; 27thFebruary, 2 ; 2nd March. 2 ; 5th March, 2 ; 6th March, 1 ; 8th March 2 ;10th March, 3 ; 12^h March, 1 ; 15th March, 2. Most of the shocks,according to most observers
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . ks.—-16th March, 1912 (see above) ; 12th December, 1912,about 8 , with rumble. After-shocks.—-I have received records of fifty-two (Mr. P. G. Morgan,Director of the Geological Survey, says seventy after-shocks were reported).Those reported to me occurred as follows : 22nd February, 16 ; 23rd Feb-ruary, 7 ; 24th February, 7 ; 25th February, 5 ; 26th February, 2 ; 27thFebruary, 2 ; 2nd March. 2 ; 5th March, 2 ; 6th March, 1 ; 8th March 2 ;10th March, 3 ; 12^h March, 1 ; 15th March, 2. Most of the shocks,according to most observers, were immediately preceded by loud twenty-six observations actually taken by Mr. Morgan, twelve wereshocks with rumbles, seven shocks without rumbles, and seven rumbleswithout perceptible shaking. ^WWWWWWWiWW WW WW WP WQ[[Much valuable assistance was given to me in the collection of data byMr. P. G. Morgan; also by Mr. T. Thompson, County Engineer, Westport,ar*d by many private correspondents.] Hogben.—Recent Earthquakes in Netv Zealand. 303. X 1. Origin of earthquake of 24th June, 1891. * %} „ „ 26th May, 1912. X 4. „ „ 22nd February, 1913. X 5. „ „ 16th March, 1912. 304 Transactions. Art. XLV. — Preferential Voting in Single-member Constituencies, withSpecial Reference to the Counting of Votes. By G. Hogben, , [Bead before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 24th September, 1913.] This subject was so fully discussed in October, 1882, by Professor B. , of Melbourne University, in a paper on Methods of Election,read before the Royal Society of Victoria, that some apology seems to benecessary for discussing it again. But if an interval of thirty years is notin itself a sufficient reason for a restatement of the arguments then used,I may be pardoned for saying that, absolutely conclusive as ProfessorNansons arguments were, the method of counting the votes proposed byhim was so cumbrous as to deter the ordinary politician from givi
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