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to and along the closed road intersecting Section 10 of the aforesaid Mayfield Estate, to and along the north-western and western boundaries of Section 11 of the aforesaid Mayfield Estate, to and along the road foiming the western boundary of the southern portion of Section 02, Oreti Hundred, to and along the southern boundaries of Sections 51 and 61, to and along the road foiming the western boundaries of Sections 44, 43, 80, 86, 89, 80, 91, and 94, to and along the road forming the northern and western boundary of Section IS3, to and along the road forming the western boundary of Section 182, to and along the southern boundaries of Sections 69 and 25, all of the said Oreti Hundred, to the Waimatuku Stream ; thence by that stream to the ocean ; thence bounded towards the south and north-west generally by the ocean to Bligh Sound, the place of commencement: including Centre, Pig, Resolution, and adjacent islands. Invercaroili.. This district is bounded towards the noith generally by the Waihopai River from the New River Harbour to Mill Road; thence bounded towards the south-east generally by that road to and along Main East Road to the eastern boundary of the Borough of Invercargill; thence bounded towards tho east generally by the said eastern boundary of the Borough of Invercargill to the south-eastern corner of

the said borough ; thence again tow-aids the east by the eastern boundary of tie Ecrough of South Invercargill ; thence by the northern, eastern, southern, and touth-■western boundaries of the said Borough of South Invercargill to New River Harbour; ihence bounded towards the -west by the eastern shores of the said New River Harbour to the tramway crossing the said harbour; thence bounded towards the south-east-, south-west, and north-west generally by the said tramway and the south-western and north-western boundaries of the aforesaid Borough of Invercargill to the Waihopai River, the place of commencement. Awarua. This district is bounded towards the west, north, and east generally by the Wallace and Mataura Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, from the ocean at the mouth of the Waimatuku Stream to the ocean at a point due south of the road at the south-western corner of Section 8, Block 11, Otara Survey District; thence bounded towards the southwest gtrierally by the ocean (o the mouth of the Waimatuku Stream, the place of commencement • exclusive of the Invercargill Electoral District, hereinbefore described; and including Stewart Island, Ruapuke Island, Dog Island, and all adjacent islands.

POPULATION. Table showing the Actual and Nominal Populations of the Electoral Districts in the South Island. (Quota, 18,131.)

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I Actual Population. No. Name of District. ijS'umber of Actual Total. p^ on . 1^". a ' Members. | population. Urban. j Rural. I I 1 Nelson .. .. .. 1 9,342 6,669 16,011 17,878 2 Motueka .. .. .. 1 .. 13,532 13,532 17,321 3 Buller .. .. .. 1 3,892 10,348 14,240 17,137 4 Westland .. .. .. 1 7,325 7,846 15,171 17,368 5 Wairau .. .. .. 1 4,358 10,792 15,150 18,172 6 Hurunui .. .. .. 1 .. 13,540 13,540 17,331 7 Kaiapoi .. .. .. 1 5,194 9,331 14,525 17,138 8 Christchurch North. .. 1 18,365 .. 18,365 18,365 9 Christchurch East .. .. 1 18,304 .. 18,304 18,304 10 Christchurch South .. 1 17,995 .. 17,995 17,995 11 Avon .. .. .. 1 18,381 .. 18,381 18,381 12 Riccarton .. .. 1 11,770 5,585 17,355 18,641 J3 Lyttelton .. .. 1 15,001 2,853 17,854 18,653 14 Ellesmere .. .. 1 991 12,739 13,730 17,574 15 Ashburton .. .. 1 4,825 9,443 14,268 16,912 16 Timaru .. .. .. 1 14,162 3,697 17,859 18,894 17 Temuka .. .. .. 1 .. 13,213 13,213 16,913 18 Oamaru .. .. .. 1 5,729 9,897 15,626 18,397 19 Waitaki .. .. .. 1 2,100 13,097 15,197 18,864 20 Dunedin North .. .. 1 17,648 192 17,840 17,894 21 Dunedin West .. .. 1 17,997 .. 17,997 17,997 22 Dunedin Central .. .. 1 17,965 .. 17,965 17,965 23 Dunedin South .. .. 1 14,681 2,511 17,192 17,895 24 Chalmers.. .. .. 1 3,495 11,529 15,024 18,252 25 Wakatipu .. .. 1 .. 13,610 13,610 17,421 26 Clutha .. .. .. I .. 15,038 15,038 19,249 27 Mataura .. .. .. 1 3,679 11,364 15,043 18,225 28 Awarua .. .. .. 1 .. 15,064 15,064 19,282 29 Invercargill .. .. 1 15,204 2,230 17,434 18,058 30 Wallace".. .. .. 1 .. 14,925 14,925 19,104 Totals .. .. 30 248,403 229,045 477,448 541,580