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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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Voting for
Europeans remained restricted to men aged 21 or over who had been born to European parents (or a European father and was able to read, speak and write English), who were British subjects and had been continuously resident in Fiji for 12 months, and who either owned at least £20 of freehold
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consisted of 32 members, including 16 'official' members who were civil servants, fifteen 'unofficial' members (five
Europeans, five Fijians and five
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was appointed
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requested its members not to participate in the elections in any form, whilst the
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was appointed as the first
Speaker of the Legislative Council.
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advised
Muslims not to accept nomination to the Council.
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Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
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Fiji
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as one of the nominated Indian members in 1957. After
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380:Diplomatic missions of
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687:Re-elected
657:Re-elected
571:), and the
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175:Kamal Kumar
134:Legislative
1458:Categories
1358:1977 (Sep)
1353:1977 (Mar)
1243:1871 (Sep)
1033:References
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987:A. R. Manu
915:Europeans
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625:Candidate
187:High Court
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63:Executive
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421:Monarchy
392:Passport
366:Minister
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235:Mar 1977
727:Eastern
644:Eastern
615:Results
611:radio.
384:in Fiji
321:Recent
98:Cabinet
51:History
634:Notes
628:Votes
492:Senate
212:Voting
863:1,423
850:1,900
794:1,240
780:1,348
765:2,718
735:1,041
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