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Return showing the Number of Seamen's Electors' Rights issued and exercised, the Number of Electors who voted as Absent Voters, and the Number of Postal Votes issued and exercised —continued.

BAY Of ISLANDS BY-ELECTION. (10th April, 1929.) Return showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at the Bay of Islands By-election, on Wednesday, 10th April, 1929; the Number of Informal Votes; the Number of Electors who did not vote; the Number of Electors on the Roll; the Percentage of Votes recorded for Candidate elected (a) to the Total Number of Electors on the Roll, and (b) to the Total Valid Votes recorded.

Men on roll .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,984 Women on roll .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,896 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,880 Proportion per cent, of men and women on the roll: Men, 60*56; women, 39'44. Men who voted .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,900 Women who voted .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,431 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,331 Proportion per cent, of votes by men and women respectively to the total number of votes recorded : Men, 58'82 ; women, 41 18. Percentage of votes recorded by men and women respectively to the total number of men and women on the roll: Men, 81'88 ; women, 88'06. Percentage of the total number of votes recorded to the total number of electors on the roll : 84'32. Percentage of informal votes recorded : 0'42.

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Seamen's Electors' Rights. Postal Votes. Number of ■en i Total at u t Number of Electors Number of Number of Electoral District. AT i. c Number ol Q , who voted iotal ,,, . , , Number of Seamen>s Seamen s as Absent Number of Electors who Electors S^. m , e t ns Rights Reissued voters. Postal Votes t , exer ?, lse , cl , who °°- Rights fo . i but not • A their Postal exercise their issued. exercised. exercised _ issued. | Postal Votes. : i i i " Waikato .... .. .. 457 57 45 12 Waimarino .. 1 1 561 62 57 5 Waipawa .. .. .. .. 318 ! 72 68 4 Wairarapa .. 1 1 463 119 116 3 Wairau .. .. 9 9 .. 369 155 152 3 Waitaki.. .. .. .. .. 415 99 94 5 Waitemata .. 269 185 84 740 125 115 10 Waitomo .. .. .. .. 448 74 63 11 Wallace .... .. .. 471 139 132 7 Wanganui .. 7 5 2 716 160 157 3 Wellington Central 494 287 207 559 126 106 20 Wellington East .. 103 60 43 695 '99 90 9 Wellington North 321 218 103 713 | 119 94 25 Wellington South 122 66 56 501 132 125 7 Wellington Suburbs 148 93 55 790 109 94 15 Westland .. 7 2 5 362 218 207 11 I I ; i Totals .. 2,544 1,771 773 38,887 8,757 7,977 780

Percentage of Votes Number of Votes recorded. recorded for Number AT , Candidate elected. Number oi o j Candidates. ! Electors ™ ° (a) j (b) Tl , , | who did % To Total To Total n or g .j ae . Informal. Total. not vote. 011 0 ' Number of ' Valid Candldate ' Electors Votes on Roll. recorded. j ] Rush worth'' " " 35 8,331 | 1,549 9,880 44-38 : 52-85