THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE.
The following figures give the particulars of the number of male adults to each representative in the following electoral districts : I. Thirty - six Electoral Districts in which the Numbers are Between 1000 and 1750, the Average for the Whole
of the Districts being 1400.
Marsden 1517 Waitemata 1055 Auckland City East ... 1131 Auckland City West... 1124 Parnell 1064 Newton ... 1378 Eden ... 1285 Eranklyn 1104 Thames 1749 Waipa ... 1227 Waikato 1110 Rangitikei 1048 Mannwatu 1741 Wanganui 1022 Hutt ... 1019 Wairarapa 1280 Napier... 1193 Wairau 1057 Buller ... 1390 Ashley... 1545 Hokitika 1708 ICaiapoi 1457 Avon ... 1018 Selwyn 1518 Akaroa 1013 Geraldine 1079 Waikouaiti 1375 Taieri ... 1508 Bruce ... 1260 Olutha... 1327 Tnapeka 1314 Waikaia 1449 Dunstan 1154 Wakatipu 1326 Riverton 1158 Wallace 1169 II. —Fourteen Elector alDistricts between 1750 and 3500. East Coast 1833 City of Wellington 2534 Clive ... 2198 Grey Valley ... 2109 Christchurch ... 2043 Heathcote 2214 Coleridge 3500 Timaru 1943 Gladstone 2677 Waitalci 2009 City of Dunedin 2006 lioslyn... 1784 Caversham 1844 Mataura 1982 III.- -Twelve Electoral Districts between 700 AND 1000. Mongonui 820 Rodney 974 Grey and Bell... 938 J'lgmont 948 Welliuyton County ... 900 Picton ... S32 Totara ... 941 Cheviot 75S Lyttelton 911 Port Chalmers 976 Mount Ida 859 Invercargill 940 IV. —Seven Electoral Districts UNDER 700. Onehunga 443 New Plymouth 646 Suburbs of Nelson 433 City of Nelson 670 Waimea 695 Motueka G63 Collingwood ... 438 Total—69 districts, returning 84 members.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 385, 28 June 1879, Page 20
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234THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE. New Zealand Mail, Issue 385, 28 June 1879, Page 20
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