Result Of The Boys' Election.

RESULT OF THE BOYS' ELECTION .

Our anticipation that the contest at the Boys' Election on the 25 th ult . would be a keen one has been realised . Of the 59 , 651 votes issued for this particular election , 54 , 745 were accepted by the Scrutineers , the unused votes , together with the smaller

number that were rejected for some fault of omission or commission on the part of the voters , being 4906 , or about one in every 12 issued . Moreover , with the exception of No . 1 , whose friends seem to have been determined there should be no doubt

about his obtaining a place , there appears to have been a tolerably close poll , beginning with 28 47 , obtained by No . 2 , and gradually diminishing to 1905 , which were obtained for No . 30 . As to the distribution of success , London was able to carry nine out of its 17 candidates , while of the four cases in which it was

interested conjointly with one or more Provinces , two had the satisfaction of obtaining places . Of the 47 applicants from the Provinces 19 were successful , the Unsuccessful List being composed of eight London , two partly London and partly Provincial ,

and 28 Provincial . Of these , however , one London and two Provincial will have their names struck from the roll , as they will have attained the age of 11 years before the October election comes round .

The highest on the roll was a candidate from London and Middlesex , who had 177 votes in hand at starting , and for whom his friends and supporters polled a further 3077 votes , making his total 3254 . Nos . 2 and 3 were both from London , and would undoubtedly have succeeded even if not a single additional vote

had been polled for either at this election , No . 2 , who started with 2374 votes to his credit , obtaining altogether 28 47 , while No . 3 , with 2591 votes , increased them to 2700 . No . 4 , hailing from London , Kent , and Sussex , scored 26 39 , of which 1081 were brought forward from October , 188 9 ; and then followed two

more London candidates , No . 5 , with 1625 votes in hand , obtaining a further 937 , making together 2562 , while No . 6—a new case entirely—polled 2552 votes . The first purely Provincial candidate , with claims on Durham and N . and E . Yorkshire , secured the seventh place with 251 7 , of which 1990 were brought

forward , and then followed two more London cases , No . 8 , who had 1558 votes in hand , concluding the day with 2510 , and nine , who by a rare coincidence , stood No . 9 on the Approved List , obtaining 248 7 , of which 1354 were votes in hand , and 1133 were votes polled at this contest . No . 10 was one of two

candidates from Shropshire , and , having but this one chance left him , his friends made strenuous efforts to carry him in , and had the satisfaction of doing so , his final return being 2445 , of which all but 7 8 were polled on the 25 th ult . No . 11 from Surrey started with 9 61 votes and finished with a total of 2422 , one of the two

Jersey candidates with 1950 votes to the good increasing his poll to 2374 votes , being next in order , and then a seventh London candidate , who had 2326 votes in hand , and for whom his friends wisely restricted their further endeavours to polling only 11 additional votes , making together 2337 . 0 ne oi two candidates

from the District of Madras , whose name would otherwise have been struck from the list , stood 14 th with 2265 votes , of which 1680 votes were brought forward , while the second Jersey candidate increased his total from 18 31 votes to 2251 votes , and thus secured his election into the School just a short time before

completing his 1 ith year . The East Lancashire candidate , who also had no other chance left , secured the 16 th place with 2219 votes , and the Bristol one , who was in the same position as regards chances , was next with 2185 , of which only 6 9 were brought forward . The Norfolk candidate , with 1590 votes to his credit ,

polled 2178 , and was placed at No . 18 , the first of the two West Yorkshire candidates—a new case—being 19 th with 2120 votes , and then another London boy , who polled 2114 , and the Leicestershire and Rutland youngster with 2095 votes , both these being

new cases . One of three Warwickshire candidates , whose only chance this was of obtaining admission , was placed at No . 22 , his poll , made up of 4 62 votes brought forward and 1612 votes polled at this contest , being 2074 . The Northumbrian lad , who

Result Of The Boys' Election.

brought forward 1524 votes , obtained 206 7 votes , and with them the 23 rd place , and a London candidate the 24 th with 2022 votes , of which 979 were from the last October election . Hants and the Isle of Wight placed one of its two candidates at No . 25 , the total poll being 2009 votes , of which 165 were in hand when the

contest began . No . 26—a new candidate—from Cheshire , obtained 197 8 votes , and one of the two Somersetshire boys stood next with 1974 votes , of which only six were brought forward . Worcestershire and Warwickshire together obtained for their representative the 28 th place with 194 6 votes , and West

Yorkshire carried its second candidate , who was placed No . 29 , both these having a few votes in hand from the previous contest . The youth from Suffolk brought up the rear of the successful candidates , his votes brought forward being 1080 , and those polled at this election 825 . Of the 38 unsuccessful candidates ,

as many as eight obtained upwards of 1000 votes , the Lincolnshire lad being at the head of them with 1779 , of which 1307 remained over from last October , while next in order stood one of the three Cumberland and Westmorland candidates with 1768 votes . With this candidate we greatly sympathise . It was his last

chance , and it only needed 150 more votes to have secured his admission . A London candidate was at No . 33 with 16 97 votes , then one of the three Derbyshire boys with 149 8 votes , and then four , hailing from London , or with claims on London and a

Province . The last seven candidates polled under 10 votes each , among them being two from London and Somersetshire respectively , who polled each two votes . As these were both last cases , it seems to us that it was a mere farce to have sent in petitions on their behalf .

The total of the votes brought forward from October , 188 9 , was 32 , 049 , and the total of those issued for this election was 59 , 651 , amounting together to 91 , 700 . The total poll amounted to 86 , 794 , the balance or difference being , as we said at the outset , 4906 votes , which were either spoiled or unused .

Result Of The Girls' Election.

RESULT OF THE GIRLS' ELECTION .

Keener still was the election of 22 from an approved list of 43 candidates for the Girls' School at the Quarterly General Court on Saturday last . Nearly as many votes were brought forward from October last , as in the case of the Boys' Election , and more were issued for this occasion ; and as the number of

candidates was considerably smaller , there were some 30 of the children who polled from 1000 upwards . Again , 11 girls polled upwards of 3000 votes , the first on the list obtaining 3404 , while the last who succeeded polled 2795 , the difference between the highest and lowest successful being only 609 . As to the

distribution of success we find that of the 12 London candidates , seven obtained places among the elected 22 , while out of the 31 Provincial 15 were successful . The honour of heading the poll was secured by a London girl , who had 3285 votes to her credit from October last , her final poll being , as we have said , 3404 .

No . 2 , who increased her 801 in hand to 3341 , and No . 3 , starting with 86 9 votes and finishing up with 3267 votes , were also from London . The next in order from Turkey had 306 7 votes to her credit and polling 199 additional votes , compiled in all 3266 ; No . 5 , from Wiltshire , whobrought forward 3136 votes , increased

them to 3201 , while No . 6—one of four girls from Devonshirepolled 3172 , of which 2220 already stood to her credit from last October . No . 7 , from East Lancashire , raised her total of 1713 by 145 1 additional votes to 3164 , while Nos . 8 and 9 were both of them new cases from South Wales , the former from the Eastern

Division , having 3120 votes , and the latter from the Western Divsion , 3115 votes . A London girl stood next with 3014 votes , of which 215 remained over from October , 188 9 , and one of the two Durham girls was only six votes behind , her score from the

previous election being 709 and her total score 3008 . No . 12 , one of three hailing from West Yorkshire , and an entirely new case , polled 2993 votes , the Derbyshire case , with 1023 votes in hand , being next with 2977 . No . 14 , with claims on Essex and Kent , raised her total from 723 to 2957 votes , and No . 15 , London ,