MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1764, 15 October 1879, Page 2

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

LYTTELTON. Wednesday, October 15. [Before J. Boswick, R.M.] Civil. Oases.—Forbes v Bell, claim £24 10s ; judgment by default. Lyttelton Borough Council v Robert Thompson, claim £ls ss. game v J. Gallagher, claim £1; judgment for plaintiff in each case with costs.

ADULT MALES AND THE FRANCHISE. From a return just published it appears that there i» » total European population in the ■colony, over -21 years of age, of 116,008 persons, of whom 82,271 are on the electoral roll printed for the year 1879. There are 14,553 Maoris over 21 years of age, 6686 of whom are on the electoral roll, but only 2842 recorded their -votes for the four Maori districts during the recent election. In the Auckland provincial district there are 21,793 persons over 21 years of age, of whom 21,319 are on the electoral roll; in the Taranaki district, there are 2532 persons over 21 years of age, of whom 1871 are on the electoral roll; in the Hawke’s Bay district there are 4585 persons over 21 years of age ; of whom 3191 are on the electoral roll; in the Wellington district there are 14,362 persons over 21 years of age, of whom 9590 are on the electoral roll; in the Nelson district there are 9935 persons over 21 years of age, of whom 6495 are on the electoral roll; in the Marlborough district there are 1889 persons over 21 years of age, of whom 1495 are on the electoral roll; in the Canterbury district there are 25,004 persons over 21 years of age, of whom 14,869 are on the electoral roll; in the Westland district there are 4357 persona over 21 years of age, of whom 2204 are on the electoral roll; and in the Otago district there are 31,551 persons over 21 years of age, of whom 21,237 persons are on the electoral roll.