August 13, 1917 (12th Parliament, 7th Session)

Mr. DOHERTY:

They are to receive and transmit. It was necessary that we should have some central place in France and in England to which all of those boxes or receptacles could be forwarded for distribution to the special returning officers called upon to do the counting. We called them " ballot boxes " but by definition, we make it clear that any suitable receptacle shall answer the requirement of a "ballot box."