Source: Lithgow Mercury, 29 July 1898, p.5 col.4, published declaration by Returning Officer. Same totals in SMH 29 July, p.6 col.2. Year Book of Australia (1899) had Cook on 758, a total that matched the Statistical Register. Relevant issues of The Mountaineer were not available in NSW State Library microfilm collection.
Corrections: Statistical Register reported 1,105 votes, at odds with the published declaration. The Register has been ignored on this occasion and the published result used.