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INEQUALITY OF THE REPRESETATION.

The cehsus tables recently issued are an improvement in manyrespects upon previous ones from the Registrar-GeneiaTs Department. Table 14 shows the proportion of electors to population, and representatives to population, and to electors in each electoral distiict, and compares them m 1871 with 1874. In the City of Dunedin, the population on March 31, 1874, was 18,499 of whom 9,529 were males, and only 3,242 electors, bince 1871, the population has increased 3,695, and the male population 1,995, wluie the number of elactors has decreased by 4/7. As Dunedin Las only two members, it has one for every 9,249 persons. 4,764 males, or 1,621 electors. Each of the other electoral districts m this Province returns a single member. ■lne member for Waitaki represents 7,947 persons—s,l6o males, or 656 electors ; the member toi l Dunstan, 3,515 persons—2,4oß males, or 763 electors; the member for Mount Ida 2 688 persons-1,783 males, or 344 electors, the member for Waikouaiti, 3,249 persons-1,224 males, or 534 electors; the member for Port Chalmers, 3,085 persons—l,s92 males, or 503 electors; the member for Eoslyn, 4,277 persons-2,112 males, 760 electors; the member for Caversbam, 4,400 persons 2,321ma1e5, or 609 electors; the member for the Taieri, 4,555 persons—2,6s2 males, or 617 electors; the member for Bruce, 4,429 persons 2,555 males, or 755 electors ; the member for Tuapeka, 4,797 persons-2,947 males, or 1,203 electors; the member for Clutha, 3,120 persons-1,831 males, or 483 electors ; the member for Waikaia, 2,571 persons *- 1,846 males, or 434 electors; the member for Wakatip, 4,687 persons—3,ssß males, or 1,110 electors ; the member for Mate" 4,746 persons—2,664 males, or 1,011 electors ; the member for Riverton, 3,054 persons 1,781 males, or 549 electors; the member forlnvercargiJl, 2,479 persons-1,290 males, or 489 electors; and the member for Wallace 1,453 persons-1,011 males, or 103 electors. [ln passing, we may remark that while the members on the electoral rolls in the Northern Provinces 'and Canterbury have been largely increased since 1871, the reverse has been the case in all the Otago districts, with the exception of the Taieri Tuapeka, Riverton, Wakatip, and Mataura.l dancing at some of the other districts, we notice that the Wairarapa (Wellington) has two representatives, each of its members representing 2,314 people 1,358 males, or 326 electors. Each of Auckland City’s members represent about 4,200 persons—the member for City East but 939 electors, and the member for City West 1,921. Franklin (Auckland) returns two members who unitedly represent 7,965 persons, or 1,515 electors. Nelson City returns a member for every 2,831 persons—l,3B2 males and 379 electors. The Thames has only one member, who represents 12,239 people-6,949 males and •3,466 electors. There is a monstrous discrepancy between this and the suburbs of Nelson, which has equal representation with a population of 1,899—962 males, and 299 electors; Colhngwood, with 1,306 people, 766 males and 2a9 electors ; Totara (also a mining constitueJ*cy)> with 2,793 people, 1,824 males, and 143 electors ; Cheviot, with 1,253 people, 847 males, and 267 electors; Lyttelton, with one less elector than Cheviot and Wallace, which has only 1,453 people, 1,011 males, and 103 electors, two more than it had in 1871. The 103 squatting electors of Wallace thus have an equal voice in Parliament with the more than thirtythre times as numerous mining electors of the Thames, and Nelson’s 759 electors an equal voice with the 3,242 of Dunedin. The Thames, with 3,466 electors, is the only constituency in the Colony that has a larger proportion of electors to representatives than Dunedin, with 1,621; but the Buller is elose behind ns with 1,582. The recent registration of votes cannot seriously affect the figures ; and it is imperative that 1 arliiuueut should at once do justice to Dunedin and the Thames.

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Evening Star, Issue 3800, 29 April 1875, Page 2

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INEQUALITY OF THE REPRESETATION. Evening Star, Issue 3800, 29 April 1875, Page 2

INEQUALITY OF THE REPRESETATION. Evening Star, Issue 3800, 29 April 1875, Page 2

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