CITY OF AUCKLAND LICENSING POLL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 294, 11 December 1896, Page 2

CITY OF AUCKLAND LICENSING POLL.

In the returns of the local option nnli «i the City of Auckland as published byth Returning Officer an error h M occumS tho clerical staff adding U p the S given instead of the voters, as present , by, T vAcb- In, tfae official »«ff»KJ hshed, tho numbers given for licen.es , ft continue are 6269; for reduction «f licensee, 5,317 ; for no liceußeg, 4,783 • foui number ot votea recorded, 16 369'• i formal, 456. This morning a reporter of the faTAR waited on the Returning Officeri» reference to the matter. That gentlem** admits that, upon iurfcher consideration of the Act he is now donbtf ß whether the mode adopted in making up tho total was correct. Clerki arc engaged abstracting and checking t h« total numbers, male and female roteri »nd immediately tho results are available Mr King intends to consult the Crown Solid tor, who, of course, will duly advi«ere M » alleged irregularity or error connected witk tho published totals of the licensing p o ii* However, it cannot affect the result. Mr' King claims bliac Clause 3 of tho Electoril Act, 1893, provides, after proper reDri uenfcation bo tho Clerk of Writs, for « Gazette notice to issue, to validate any ia. complete matter. Mr King wishej ti known thab complaints against any of his subordinates, if brought under notice will receive attention and inquiry, ±\[ voting papers, issued and unissued, sad in. formal, in connection with the licetting poll were endorsed, and lodged with Mr F J. Burgees, Clerk of the City Licettiu Bench, in the early part of the weak, beioe duly sealed. *