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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