POPULATION OF PROPOSED ELECTORAL DISTRICTS (TABLE SHOWING).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1881 Session I, H-21c

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1881. NEW ZEALAND.

POPULATION OF PROPOSED ELECTORAL DISTRICTS (TABLE SHOWING).

Laid on the Table with the leave of the House.

TA BLE stowing the proposed Electoral Districts in each Provincial District of the Colony; the estimated Approximate Population of each Electoral District; the Number of Representatives, on the1 assumption of a Total Representation of 91 Members, and the Proporlion of Representation to which each District would be entitled on the Basis of Population, making the quota for Country Districts to be less than the quota for Town Districts by as nearly as possible 25 per cent. The following proposed Electoral Districts liave been taken as Town Districts for the purpose of the above computation: Auckland City North, Auckland City West, Auckland City East, Newton, Parnell, Napier, Thorndon, Te Aro, Wellington South, Nelson, Christeliurch North, Christchurch South, Sydenham, Timaru, Oamaru, Kaikorai, Roslyn, Dunedin West, Dunedin East, Dunedin Central, Dunedin South, and Invercargill. Quota for Country District. .. 4,903 Quota for Town District 6,537

Electoral District. Approximate Total Population April, 1881 (exclusive of Maoris, Cliinese,and Persons on Shipboard). Troposed No. of sentatives. Proposed Proportion of Tot.il Representation to which each JJistru't wouLl be entitled on the assumed Basin. 1-0=1 Member. Excess of Share (in proposed Number of Members). 1-0=1 Member. Deficiency of Share (in proposed Number <A Members). 1-0=1 Member. Provincial District op Auckland. Bay of Islands Marsden Rodney Waitemata Franklin North Franklin South Coromandel Thames Auckland North Auckland West Auckland East Newton Parnell Eden | 4,234. 4,932 5,054 4,790 4,810 5,485 5,356 5,503 5,479 6,024 5,106 5,833 6,053 5,782 5,506 4,722 4,743 4,863 4,680 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 0-86 101 103 0-98 0-98 1 12 1-09 112 0-84, 0-92 078 089 093 1 18 112 096 097 099 095 0-14 002 0-02 001 003 0-12 009 0-18 0-16 0-08 022 011 0-07 0-18 0-18 Manukau Waikato < Waipa Tauranga East Coast [instead of Gisborne] . 004 003 0-01 005 Total Provincial District of Auckland, but") including population of part of Gisborne ! Electoral District, 640 persons, in Hawke's t Bay Provincial District j 98,955 19 1872 0-28

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Electoral Distriet. Approximate Total Population April, 1881 (exclusive of Maoris, Chinese, and Persons on Shipboard). Proposed No. of sentatives. Proposed Proportion of Total Representation to which each District would be entitled on the assumed Basis. 1-0=1 Member. Excess of Sbiiro (in proposed Number of Members). 1-0=1 Member. Deficiency of Share [in proposed Number of Members). 1-0=1 Member. Provincial District op Taranaki. Taranaki New Plymouth Egmont 5,422 4,0'20 5,407 1 1 1 1 11 0-82 1 10 018 0-11 010 Total Provincial District of Taranaki 14,849 3-03 003 Provincial District of Hawke's Bay. Hawke's Bay Napier Waipawa 4,877 5,757 5,868 1 1 1 0-99 0-88 1-20 0-01 0-12 020 Total Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, but"] including population of part Hawke's Bay Electoral District in Wellington Provincial , District, 188 persons, and excluding popula- | tion of part Gisborne, 610 persons (see Auckland) 16,502 307 007 Provincial District op Wellington Wanganui Waitotara Rangitikei Manawatu Foxton Hutt Wairarapa South f Wairarapa North Thorndon Te Aro Wellington South 4,640 4,278 5,181 5,316 5,152 5,042 5,370 5,119 7,178 7,110 6,477 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 095 0-87 1-06 1-08 1-05 1-03 1 10 1-04 1-09 1-09 0-99 0-05 013 006 008 005 0-03 010 004 009 0-09 001 Total Provincial District of Wellington, butl excluding population of part Hawke's Bay i Electoral District, 188 persons (see Hawke's C Bay Provincial District) J 60,863 11 11-35 035 ■Provincial District of Marlbobough. Picton Wairau 3,685 4,535 1 1 0-75 0-92 025 008 Total Provincial District of Marlborough, but~) including population of part Wairau in | Provincial District of Nelson, 54 persons, y and excluding population of part Cheviot, | 1,107 persons (see Canterbury) 8,220 1-67 0-33

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Electoral District.. Approximate Total Popuhit ion, ! April, 1881 (exclusive of Maoris, Chinese, and i Persons on Shipboard) Proposed No. of sentatives. Proposed Proportion of Total Representation to which each District would be entitled on the assumed Baeis. 1-0=1 Member. Excess of Share (in proposed Number of Members). 10=1 Member. Deficiency of Share (in proposed Number of Members). 1-0=1 Member I Pkovincial District of Nklson Motueka Waimea Nelson Buller Reefton 4,264 4,903 6,7:20 4,! 82 4,30-1 1 1 1 I t 1 0-87 1-00 1-03 0-85 0-88 0-13 0-15 0-12 0-03 Total Provincial District of Nelsou, but ex-"] eluding population of part Wairau, 54 persons (see Marlborough Provincial District); and excluding population of part Cheviot, y 561 persons (see Canterbury); also excluding part of Grevmouth, 656 persons (see Westland) J 21,373 6 4-63 0-37 Provincial District of Westland. Greymoutli Kumara Hokitika 4,943 4,651 5,223 1 1 1 101 095 107 o-oi 0-05 6*07 Total Provincial District of Westland, but in.-"] eluding population of part of Greymouth, > 656 persons, in Nelson Provincial District J 14,817 303 003 Provincial District of Oantkrbury Cheviot Ashley Kaiapoi Avon Lincoln Heathcote Akaroa Selwyn Christchurch North Christchurch South St. Albans Stanmore Sydenham Lyttelton Coleridge Ashburton Wakanui Geraldine Gladstone [instead of Seadown] Tiraaru Waimate [instead of Gladstone] Total Provincial District of Canterbury, in-~| eluding population of part Cheviot in Nel- j son, 561 persons, and 1,107 persons in Marl- ! borough; and excluding part of Wakatipu, [ and part of Waitaki, 47 persons (see Otago Provincial District) J 5,102 5,147 5,292 5,435 4,400 4,928 4,636 4,796 7,487 7,701 5,008 5.144. 8,460 4,127 5,038 4,379 4,299 5,473 4,670 6,565 5,048 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-04 1-05 1-08 1 11 090 1-01 , 095 0 98 1 15 1 18 103 105 1-29 0-84 103 089 088 112 0-95 1-00 1-03 010 005 0-02 004. 005 008 0-11 001 0-15 0-18 0-03 0-05 0-29 016 003 0-11 012 012 0-05 003 113,195 21 21-56 0-56

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Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General. James McKerrow, Surveyor-General.

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Electoral Districts. Approximate Total Population April, 1881 (exclusive of Maoris, Chinese,and Persons on Shipboard). Proposed No. of sentatives. Proposed Proporlion of Total Representation to which each District would be entitled on the nssumed Basis. 10=1 Member. Excess of &hare (in proposed Number of Members). 1-0=1 Member. Deficiency of Share (in proposed Number of Members). 1-0=1 Member. Provincial District op Otago. Wakatipu Dunstan Hokonui Waitaki 5,140 4,552 4,763 5,123 5,790 4,799 3,919 4,562 4,622 6,221 6,142 6,951 6,936 6,382 6,266 5,952 5,404 4,750 5,495 5,322 5,056 4,462 4,950 6,689 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-05 093 0-97 104. 0-89 098 0-80 0-93 0 94 0-95 0-94 1-07 106 098 096 1-21 1 10 0-97 1 12 1-08 1-03 091 1-01 1-02 007 003 005 Oamaru Moeraki « Mount Ida Waikouaiti Port Chalmers lloslyn Kaikorai Dunedin West Dunedin East Dunedin Central Dunedin South Peninsula Taieri Tuapeka Bruce Clutha Mataura Wallace Oil 002 0-20 007 006 005 0-06 0-04 0-07 0-06 0-02 004 021 0-10 0-03 0-12 0-08 003 009 Awarua Invercargill Total Provincial District of Otago, but in- "| eluding population of part Wakatipu, and > part Waitaki in Canterbury, 47 persons J. 0-01 0-02 130,248 21 2394 006 91 91-00