ELECTORAL RETURNS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19040, 10 June 1925, Page 11

ELECTORAL RETURNS.

TH E. CITY REG ISTRAT lONS. .DRIFT TO THE SUBURBS. [Br. TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] •WELLINGTON. Tuesday. The compulsory systerii of electoral registrator! is adding a : large number of names-to' the rolls.' Returns are still being' received fortnightly from many of the' 76 electoral districts in : the Dominion. The'total number of names on the roll up till April 20 was 679,376. This falls many thousands short-of the number of electors; on the . rolls at the last general election, when 700,111 electors were listed. That, however, represented the main' roll and two supplementary rolls compiled right .up to the date of the issue of the'writs for-the election, so that the comparison is not a fair, one. Up .to May 15, 12,304 additional, registrations have been effected, increasing the total to 691,680.' Further returns received up till May 31 have hot yet been collated, but they represent steady increases in all electorates.

Since last election a drift of the population from the city areas to the outlying suburbs consequent - upon the growing popularity of _ suburban residence and the steady advance of commerce in the - business districts of the towns is indicated. The drift from the business and. industrial areas' is specially conspicuous in the Wellington .returns, but the same trend is observable in the other cities.

Th,e figures for Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Duriedin are as follow: ' 1 '■ -

; . ' AUCKLAND. 1925. Waitemata v. 12.486' Eden.. .. 12,017 Auckland East .. 11,103 Auckland' Central, 8,901 -Auckland West' '11,243 Grey Lynn :.»■ 11,755 Roskill iv 13.105 •• Patnell . . 12,633 ■ Manukau a .12,081 '1922. 11,184 9;359 11,409 10,343 11,068 10,821 11,797 12,146 10,715 WELLINGTON. Wellington North 11,302 Wellington Central 9,867 Wellington East . 11,792 Wellington South 10,867. Wellington Suburbs 12,779 , Hutt' 1 .. .. 10,742 ' 11,749 10,533 11,500 .10,733 10,792 9, ST 4 CHRISTCHURCH. '* ' Christchurch North 11,718 Christchurch East 10,323 Christchurch South 10,504 Riccarton •• 9-521 Avon va v. 10,989 Lyttelton .„< . •• , 9.8011,975 11,336 10,559 9,627 11,059 9,974 DUNEDIN. Dhnedin' North 10,658 Dunedin West .. 10,572 Duneciin: Central i .10,783 Dunedin South ... 10,589 Chalmers '. .. 7,537 10,922 10,830 11.124 10.420 7,630