dated the __________ I have made my return to her Majesty's writ to the effect that the said William Henry Sykes has been duly elected a member to serve in Parliament for the said city.
I also certify, that I have caused 1,840 voting papers of the said 1,850 polled for the said William Henry Sykes, taken in the order prescribed by Sect. 19 of the Act, to be sealed under my official seal, and the same are retained by me; and that the name of the said William Henry Sykes having been cancelled on the remaining 10 voting papers, the same respectively have been appropriated to the candidates respectively secondly named therein, and that, after such appropriation, it appears that the votes not polled for the said William Henry Sykes, and beyond the quota necessary for his return as aforesaid, are 2,588 in number, and that the same have been respectively given to, and are now appropriated for, the other candidates hereinafter named according to the numbers stated opposite to their names respectively, viz.:—
| John Farley Leith, Esq. | 1549 |
| Lord Elcho | 483 |
| Henry James Bailie, Esq. | 250 |
| Hon. Arthur Gordon | 225 |
| Edward Ellice, Jun., Esq. | 48 |
| Colonel Robert Ferguson | 30 |
| Robert Campbell, Esq. | 2 |
| Alexander Dunlop, Esq. | 1 |
And I acquaint you that I have transmitted to you, by the hands of _________ , one of the poll-clerks appointed and duly sworn to officiate at the said election, the said 2,588 voting papers.
I also certify, that it appears that 119 registered electors of the said city have not voted at the poll this day.
I have, &o.,
To the Registrar for Scotland.
It will be observed that the names in the above certificate, other than that of Mr. Leith, are the names of gentlemen who are supposed not to have been candidates for Aberdeen, but to have been candidates elsewhere, and for whom some Aberdeen voters have thus indicated their preference by giving unsolicited votes.
The certificate of the returning officer in the case of the
