THE GENERAL ELECTION.

THE MAORI SEATS. Following is the result of the election for four Maori seats : — Southern District, Tame Parata (G.) ; Eastern District, A. T. Ngata (G.) : Western District, None Heke (O.) ; Western District, Henare Kaihau (G.). The elected members all sat in the previous Parliament. The Second Ballot Act does not apply to the Maori electorates. STATE OF PARTIES. The Maori elections make the newParliament complete. The eighty members may be classified thus j— Government ..*. 51 j Independent 3 Opposition 25 [ Labour ... - 1