Special efforts are to be made this year to persuade Britich and American voters, qualified under the Land "Regulations to cast their lots for the election of members of the Shanghai Municipal Connell, to go t0 the polis and to get their hames on to the register of those entitled to vote. Figures prove that there has been a great deal of apathy displayed by voters other than Japanese uring recent elections. Last year, for example the number of voees polled was 1,900, representing 46.67 per cent. of the total qualified vote on the register. The Japanese registered 771 votes, which are the equivalent, of 8325 per cent, of their total vot~ ing strength. Other nationalities voted only up to 38.16 of thei vell strength, Many residents of the International Settlement have shown themselves 12 be somewhat hazy about the quallations required for voting. view of the: list of voters now being prepared, an offeial of the Shanghai
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