the king may appoint to administer the government of the Union. The king may authorize the governor-general to appoint any person to be his deputy within the Union during his temporary absence, and in that capacity to exercise for and on behalf of the governor-general during such absence all such powers and authorities vested in the governor · general as the governor-general may assign to him, subject to any limitations expressed or directions given by the king, but the appointment of such deputy shall not affect the exercise by the governor-general himself of any power or function.

12. There shall be an executive council to advise the governor-general in the government of the Union and the members of the council shall be chosen and summoned by the governor-general and sworn as executive councillors, and shall hold office during his pleasure.

13. The provisions of this act referring to the governor-general in council shall be construed as referring to the governor-general acting with the advice of the executive council.

14. The governor-general may appoint officers not exceeding ten in number to administer such departments of state of the Union as the governor-general in council may establish; such officers shall hold office. during the pleasure of the governor-general. They shall be members of the executive council and shall be the king's ministers of state for the Union. After the first general election of members of the house of assembly, as hereinafter provided, no minister shall hold office for a longer period than three months unless he is or becomes a member of either house of parliament.

15. The appointment and removal of all officers of the public service of the Union shall be vested in the governor-general in council, unless the appointment is delegated by the governor-general in council or by this act or by a law of parliament to some other authority.

16. All powers, authorities, and functions which at the establishment of the Union are in any of the colonies vested in the governor or in the governor in council, or in any authority of the colony, shall as far as the same continue in existence and are capable of being exercised after the establishment of the Union, be vested in the governor-general or in the governor-general in council, or in the authority exercising similar powers. under the Union, as the case may be, except such powers and functions as are by this act or may by a law of parliament be vested in some other authority.

17. The command in chief of the naval and military forces within

the Union is vested in the king or in the governor-general as his representative.

18. Save as in section twenty-three excepted, Pretoria shall be the seat of government of the Union.

IV. PARLIAMENT.

19. The legislative power of the Union shall be vested in the parliament of the Union, herein called parliament, which shall consist of the king, a senate, and a house of assembly.

20. The governor-general may appoint such times for holding the sessions of parliament as he thinks fit, and may also from time to time, by proclamation or otherwise, prorogue parliament, and may in like manner dissolve the senate and the house of assembly simultaneously, or the house of assembly alone: provided that the senate shall not be dissolved within a period of ten years after the establishment of the Union, and provided further that the dissolution of the senate shall not affect any senators nominated by the governor-general in council.

21. Parliament shall be summoned to meet not later than six months after the establishment of the Union.

22. There shall be a session of parliament once at least in every year, so that a period of twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of parliament in one session and its first sitting in the next session.

23. Cape Town shall be the seat of the legislature of the Union.

Senate.

24. For ten years after the establishment of the Union the constitution of the senate shall, in respect of the original provinces, be as follows:

(i) Eight senators shall be nominated by the governor-general in council, and for each original province eight senators shall be elected in the manner hereinafter provided:

(ii) The senators to be nominated by the governor-general in council shall hold their seats for ten years. One-half of their number shall be selected on the ground mainly of their thorough acquaintance, by reason of their official experience or otherwise, with the reasonable wants and wishes of the colored races in South Africa. If the seat of a senator so nominated shall become vacant, the governor-general in council shall nominate another person to be a senator, who shall hold his seat for ten years.

(iii) After the passing of this act, and before the day appointed for the establishment of the Union, the governor of each of the colonies shall summon a special sitting of both houses of the legislature, and the two houses sitting together as one body and presided over by the speaker of the legislative assembly shall elect eight persons to be senators for the province. Such senators shall hold their seats for ten years. If the seat of a senator so elected shall become vacant, the provincial council of the province for which such senator has been elected shall choose a person to hold the seat until the completion of the period for which the person in whose stead he is elected would have held his seat.

25. Parliament may provide for the manner in which the senate shall be constituted after the expiration of ten years, and unless and until such provision shall have been made

(i) the provisions of the last preceding section with regard to nominated senators shall continue to have effect;

(ii) eight senators for each province shall be elected by the members of the provincial council of such province together with the members of the house of assembly elected for such province. Such senators shall hold their seats for ten years unless the senate be sooner dissolved. If the seat of an elected senator shall become vacant, the members of the provincial council of the province, together with the members of the house of assembly elected for such province, shall choose a person to hold the seat until the completion of the period for which the person in whose stead he is elected would have held his seat. The governor-general in council shall make regulations for the joint election of senators prescribed in this section.

26. The qualifications of a senator shall be as follows:He must

(a) be not less than thirty years of age;

(b) be qualified to be registered as a voter for the election of members of the house of assembly in one of the provinces;

(c) have resided for five years within the limits of the Union as existing at the time when he is elected or nominated, as the case may be;

(d) be a British subject of European descent;

(e) in the case of an elected senator, be the registered owner of immovable property within the Union of the value of not less than five hundred pounds over and above any special mortgages thereon.

For the purposes of this section, residence in, and property situated within, a colony before its incorporation in the Union shall be treated as residence in and property situated within the Union.

27. The senate shall, before proceeding to the dispatch of any other business, choose a senator to be the president of the senate, and as often as the office of president becomes vacant the senate shall again choose a senator to be the president. The president shall cease to hold office if he ceases to be a senator. He may be removed from office by a vote of the senate, or he may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the governor-general.

28. Prior to or during any absence of the president the senate may choose a senator to perform his duties in his absence.

29. A senator may, by writing under his hand addressed to the governor-general, resign his seat, which thereupon shall become vacant. The governor-general shall as soon as practicable cause steps to be taken to have the vacancy filled.

30. The presence of at least twelve senators shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the senate for the exercise of its powers.

31. All questions in the senate shall be determined by a majority of votes of senators present other than the president or the presiding senator, who shall, however, have and exercise a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes.

House of assembly.

32. The house of assembly shall be composed of members directly chosen by the voters of the Union in electoral divisions delimited as hereinafter provided.

33. The number of members to be elected in the original provinces at the first election and until the number is altered in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be as follows:

These numbers may be increased as provided in the next succeeding section, but shall not, in the case of any original province, be diminished until the total number of members of the house of assembly in respect of the provinces herein provided for reaches one hundred and fifty, or until a period of ten years has elapsed after the establishment of the Union, whichever is the longer period.

34. The number of members to be elected in each province, as provided in section thirty-three, shall be increased from time to time as may be necessary in accordance with the following provisions :

(i) The quota of the Union shall be obtained by dividing the total number of European male adults in the Union, as ascertained at the census of 1904, by the total number of members of the house of assembly as constituted at the establishment of the Union:

(ii) In nineteen hundred and eleven, and every five years thereafter, a census of the European population of the Union shall be taken for the purposes of this act:

(iii) After any such census the number of European male adults in each province shall be compared with the number of European male adults as ascertained at the census of 1904, and, in the case of any province where an increase is shown, as compared with the census of 1904, equal to the quota of the Union or any multiple thereof, the number of members allotted to such province in the last preceding section shall be increased by an additional member or an additional number of members equal to such multiple, as the case may be:

(iv) Notwithstanding anything herein contained, no additional member shall be allotted to any province until the total number of European male adults in such province exceeds the quota of the Union multiplied by the number of members allotted to such province for the time being, and thereupon additional members shall be allotted to such province in respect only of such excess:

(v) As soon as the number of members of the house of assembly to be elected in the original provinces in accordance with the preceding sub-sections reaches the total of one hundred and fifty, such total shall not be further increased unless and until parliament. otherwise provides; and subject to the provisions of the last preceding section the distribution of members among the provinces shall be such that the proportion between the number of members to be elected at any time in each province and the number of European male adults in such province, as ascertained at the last preceding census, shall as far as possible be identical throughout the union:

(vi) "Male adults" in this act shall be taken to mean males of twenty-one years of age or upwards not being members of his majesty's regular forces on full pay:

(vii) For the purposes of this act the number of European male. adults, as ascertained at the census of 1904, shall be taken to be