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1883. NEW ZEALAND.

LICENSING DISTRICTS AND COMMITTEES (RETURN SHOWING NUMBER OF), ETC.

Return to an Order of the Rouse of Representatives, dated 4th July, 1883. Ordered, " That there be laid on the table a return showing—(l) The number of licensing districts in the colony; (2) the number of Committees that have been elected by the ratepayers ; (3) the number of contested and uneontested elections ; (4) the number of districts wherein the Licensing Committee has been appointed by the Government."— (Mr. Button)

Return showing the Number of Licensing Districts in the Colony, the Number of Committees that have been elected by the Ratepayers, the Number of Contested and Uncontested Elections, and the Number of Districts in which the Ratepayers failed to elect Committees.

By Authority: Geobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington. — lBB3.

i umber of licensing districts m the colony 'umber of Committees elected by ratepayers ... ... ... ... 244 fumber of contested elections ... ... ... ... ... 105 lumber of uncontested elections ... ... ... ... ... 139 244 fumber of districts in which ratepayers failed to elect Committees ... ... 125 369 C. J. A. Haselden, Department of Justice, Acting Under-Secretary. Wellington, 28th August, 1883.