REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS.
Sir,—ln an article : 'in your . issue ;of January 11 on, tho redistribution of electorates you make' the/mistake of saying that on a-population basis the South'lsland is over-represented, having 37 European members, against 30 in the. North Island. l As a matter of 'fact there are '11 members for this island, against 35 in tho So that' if tho census shows that the North Island, has increased in the s'aino proportion; over, the South,, as in previous terms,. the South will stand to lose, two seats, bringing it down to 33, as against 43 in the North, which is tlio samo as you anticipated—l am, etc., A, H. BURGESS. • Gisborne, January 14." .' >. 0
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 13
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115REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 13
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