Parliament.

24. There are two Houses of Legislature in Victoria—viz., the Upper House or Legislative Council, consisting of 30 members returned in six provinces, one member for each province retiring every two years, but being eligible for re-election, a property qualification existing for both electors and members; and the Lower House or Legislative Assembly, which page 22 consists of 86 members, returned in 55 districts or electorates. There is no property qualification for members of this House, and every male of 21 years of age or upwards, untainted by crime, is allowed a vote. In May of the present year (1880) the electors on the rolls of the Legislative Council numbered 32,772, and those on the rolls of the Legislative Assembly 200,701. Of the whole population of the colony 2 in every 9 are electors for the Lower House, and there is a member to every 10,457 persons. If Victoria were to be represented according to population in the same proportion as the United Kingdom, she would, instead of sending 86 members to Parliament, return only 16.