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or leasehold property or had an annual income of at least £120. For Indo-Fijians, eligibility was also restricted to men aged 21 or over. They had to be a
British subject or from British India, have lived continuously in the Fiji for at least two years, be able to read or write in English, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Urdu, and for the previous six months, have either owned property with an annual value of five years, had a net annual cash income of at least £75, or held a Government or municipal licence worth at least £5 annually.
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Europeans and Indo-Fijians, three of the five representatives were elected from single-member constituencies, with the other two appointed by the Governor. All five Fijian members were appointed from a list of ten candidates submitted by the
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September 1947. Voting took place in the Northern and Western and Southern constituencies on 20 September, with voting in the Eastern constituency carried out between 15 and 22 September.
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565:Legislative Council
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414:Former and informal
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79:Wiliame Katonivere
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571:), and the
402:Visa policy
175:Kamal Kumar
134:Legislative
1351:Categories
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1246:1977 (Mar)
1136:1871 (Sep)
996:References
892:Europeans
834:Vishnu Deo
604:Candidate
187:High Court
140:Parliament
984:Aftermath
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421:Monarchy
392:Passport
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594:Results
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212:Voting
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806:1,972
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