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Delegates elected to the Local Government Conference. Bay of Islands. —Vernon Reed, Esq., M.P. Marsden-Kaipara. —H. J. Slade, Esq., Chairman, Hobson County Council. Auckland. —C. J. Parr, Esq., Mayor of Auckland; H. Schofield, Esq., Chairman, Hospital Board; G. J. Garland, Esq. ; M. J. Coyle, Esq., Mayor of Mount Albert; J. G. Rutherford, Esq. ;H. R. French, Esq., Clerk, Warkworth Town Board; Ebenezer Allen, Esq. Thames-W aihi-Goromandel. —H. Lowe, Esq., Mayor of Thames ; H. M. Corbett, Esq., Chairman, Ohinemuri County Council. Waikato. —John Bailey, Esq., Chairman, Waikato County Council; John Fisher, Esq., Chairman, Waipa County Council. Bay of Plenty. —D. J. McEwen, Esq., Chairman, Tauranga County Council. Taranaki. —Ebenezer Maxwell, Esq., New Plymouth Harbour Board; Joseph Brown, Esq., Chairman, Taranaki County Council. Stratford.^- William Hathaway, Esq., Chairman, Stratford County Council. Hawera-Patea. — J. T. Quin, Esq., Chairman, Eltham County Council. Wanganui. —William Ritchie, Esq., Chairman, Waitotara County Council; E. N. Liffiton, Esq., «x-Mayor of Wanganui. * Wellington. —David McLaren, Esq., Mayor of Wellington ; James Trevor, Esq., Chairman, Hospital Board; Robert Lee, Esq., Chairman, Education Board ; J. W. McEwan, Esq., Mayor of Petone ; F. W. Venn, Esq., Chairman, Horowhenua County Council. Palmerston North. — J. A. Nash, Esq., Mayor of Palmerston North ; J. G. Wilson, Esq., Chairman, Manawatu County Council. Wairarapa. —W. J. Welch, Esq., Chairman, Masterton County Council; Alexander D. McLeod, Esq., Chairman, Featherston County Council. Waipawa. —F. Cowper, Esq., Chairman, Dannevirke County Council. Hawke's Bay. —Mason Chambers, Esq., Chairman, Hawke's Bay County Council; A. E. Jull, Esq., Chairman, Counties Association. Wairoa. —Joseph Corkill, Esq., Mayor of Wairoa. Cook. —Dr. J. C. Collins, Hospital Board. Waiapu. —K. S. Williams, Esq., Chairman, Waiapu County Council. Wairau-Picton. — J. G. Armstrong, Esq., Chairman, Awatere County Council. Nelson. —Horatio Everett, Esq., Waimea County Council; C. J. Harley, Esq., Nelson City Council. Buller-Inangahua. —D. J. Williams, Esq., Chairman, Buller County Council. Grey. —Henry Bignell, Esq., member Hospital Board. Westland. —T. Kennedy, Esq., Chairman, Westland Hospital Board. North Canterbury. — J. Bruce, Esq., Chairman, Akaroa County Council; M. Dalziel, Esq., Chairman, Education Board ;J. H. Davidson, Esq., Amuri County Council; R. Evans, Esq., Chairman, Waipara and Eyre County Councils ; F. Horrell, Esq., Chairman, Hospital Board and Rangiora County Council; R. Moore, Esq., Deputy Chairman, Lyttelton Harbour Board ; J. Storry, Esq., Chairman, Ellesmere County Council. Ashburton. —John Studholme, Esq., Ashburton County Council. South Canterbury. —W. S. Maslin, Esq., Hospital and Charitable Aid Board ; C. N. Orbell, Esq., Chairman, Levels County Council. Waitaki. —R. Milligan, Esq., Chairman, Oamaru Harbour Board. Otago. — J. Wilson, Esq., Mayor of Dunedin ; J. H. Walker, Esq., Chairman, Hospital Board ; H. M. Driver, Esq., Chairman, Bruce County Council; D. Stewart, Esq., Mayor, Balclutha ; A. S. Orbell, Esq., member of Waikouaiti County Council; H. O'Neill, Esq., Chairman, Waihemo County Council. Vincent-Maniototo. —John Smart, Esq., Chairman, Vincent Hospital Board. Southland, Wallace, and Fiord. —William Macalister, Esq., Southland Education Board; H. J. Middleton, Esq., member of Southland County Council; John Fisher, Esq., Southland Education Board.