Correspondence.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2969, 20 October 1879, Page 3

Correspondence.

PUBLIC OPINION AND SIR GEORGE

GREY.

(To the Editor,

Sir,—Previous to the late elections Sir G. Grey repeatedly made the statement that if ho had an opportunity of appealing to the country he would be supported by an overwhelming majority. Another statement was to the eflect that the Opposition represented land, money aud sheep, while he represented the people. If your readers will consult the table showing the population of the electoral districts in the colony iv Brett's Almanac, and take the late division list on tho no-confidence motion, and at the same time remember that the clcctious took place while Sir George Grey was in oflice as head of the Governmcut, which must have beeu much in his iavour, they will find that those members supporting Sir George Grey represent 205,803; those voting against him 197,107. lv those numbers Onehuuga,2,ol3, and half of the Thames population are not included, as the two seats are practically unrepresented. So that 205,5G3 out of 411,172 the population of tho Colony, can scarcely bo considered an "overwhelming majority." Kir George Grey admits that the capitalists of the colony arc against him, or rather that he is fighting agaiust the capitalists.—Yours _.c, T. A. Gubii.