The question whether ballot papers sent to polling boxes after the solini hour were valid or not was settled by the Chinese authorities on. Monday when instructions wore given that these papers should not be included the count of the vote.
The question arose during the elec tion of 27 delegates of the Individual Group to the Assembly of the Chinese Ratepayers Association for the eleetion of Chinese couneittors and com: mittee men. After the polling boxes had been sealed at the time xed by the Association, more than 1,000 papers were sent to the station at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, North 'Soochow Road, last Friday, by several voters. 'These' were kept aside, how-
With the settlement of the ques: tion on Monday, the result of the lection was announced, Mr. Vu Ya-ching, Mr, Wang, Shao-lai, Mr. Hsu Chi-ching, Mr. Ling. Kong-hou, Mr. Poi Yung-ching, Mr. Wang Man-yang were among those elected to the Assembly.
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