ight members in the Senate and fifty-one in the House of
Assembly. The qualifications of voters for the election of members of
the House of Assembly are the same as those existing in Cape Colony at
the establishment of the Union, and are as follows:--Voters must be born
or naturalized British subjects residing in the Cape province at least
twelve months, must be males aged 21 (no distinction being made as to
race or colour), must be in possession of property worth L75, or in
receipt of salary or wages of not less than L50 a year. No one not an
elector in 1892 can be registered as a voter unless he can sign his name
and write his address and occupation. A share in tribal occupancy does
not qualify for a vote. A voter of non-European descent is not qualified
for election to parliament (see further SOUTH AFRICA). The number of
registered electors in 1907 was 152,135, of whom over 20,000 were
non-Europeans.

For provincial purposes there is a provincial council consisting of the
same number of members as are elected by the province to the House of
Assembly. The qualifications of voters for the council are the same as
for the House of Assembly. All voters, European and non-European, are
eligible for seats on the council, but any councillor who becomes a
member of parliament thereupon ceases to be a member of the provincial
council. The council passes ordinances dealing with direct taxation
within the province for purely local purposes, and generally controls
all matters of a merely local or private nature in the province. The
council was also given, for five years following the establishment of
the Union, control of elementary education. All ordinances passed by the
council must have the sanction of the Union government before coming
into force. The council is elected for three years and is not subject to
dissolution save by effluxion of time. The chief executive officer is an
official appointed by the Union government and styled administrator of
the province. The administrator holds his post for a period of five
years. He is assisted by an executive committee consisting of four
persons elected by the provincial council but not necessarily members of
that body.

To the provincial council is entrusted the oversight of the divisional
and municipal councils of the province, but the powers of such
subordinate bodies can also be varied or withdrawn by the Union
parliament acting directly. Divisional councils, which are elected