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Seamen's Eleotors' Rights. Absent Voters' Permits. th i t-,- x ■ . i tvt t. c Number oi m . , »t \ at i r Number of Electora District. U< ± i -v i Number ot D , total Number Number ol ,, , T7 . , Total Number ,, , Seamen s , ., , ., , ,X ' .Absent Voters , r, , Seamen s D . ;, . , ot Absent Absent Voters -„ ■, • . oi Seamen s t>, Ufa, Rights issued Voters' Per Permits oxer ermits lsHued 'Rights issued. Kig?* 8 . but not V °r 1 rmlts cxer " but not s exercised. . , nuts issued. cised. . , exercised. exercised. Otago Central .. .. .. .. 18 12 6 Dunedin North .. 7 3 4 94 84 10 Dunedin West .. 28 II 17 96 72 24 Dunedin Central .. 28 13 1.5 78 65 13 Dunedin South .. 10 5 5 61 52 9 Chalmers .. .. 20 9 II 94 66 28 Bruce .. .. .. .. .. 42 28 14 Clutha .. .. .. .. .. 46 23 23 Wakatipu .. .. .. .. .. 17 12 5 Mataura . . . . . . . . . . 47 33 I I Wallace .. .. I I .. 21 12 12 Invercargill . . . . . . . . . . 27 20 7 Awarua .. .. .. .. .. 61 36 25 Totals.. .. 1,256 566 690 4,474 3,031 .1,443 I Dunedin Central By-elec- 105 55 50 414 233 181 tion Dunedin Central By-election, 3kd February, 1915. D J Percentage of Votes Number of Votes recorded „ „ ' ,°. col ' dcd for Number »-,. , Candidate elected j, Number of ,. Candidates. .- Electors „. "] (a) lb) who did To total | To Total For each Informal m . . not vote. ' ' Number of Valid Candidate. Votes. ' ' Electors Votes on Roll. recorded. '■ Statham, Charles Ernest ..4,033 Munro, James Wright .. ; 3,926 11 7,970 1,443 9,413 42-85 50-67 Number of Electors on Roll. 9,413 Men on roll . . .. .. . . .. 4,503 Women on roll .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,910 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,413 Proportion per cent, of men and women on the roll .. Men, 48 ; women, 52 Men who voted .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,758 Women who voted .. .. . . . . .. .. ..4,212 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,970 Proportion per cent, of votes recorded by men and women respectively to the total, number of votes recorded .. Men, 47 ; women, 53 Percentage of votes recorded by men and women respectively to the total number of men and women on the roll .. .. .. .. .. Men, 83-46 ; women, 85-78 Percentage of the total number of votes recorded to the total number of electors on the roll .. .. . , . . . . .. 84-67 Percentage of informal votes recorded .. .. .. .. .. 0-14 J, His lop, Chief Electoral Oificer. Chief Electoral Office, Wellington, June, 1915.