THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
A Cknsvs Pitom.Kir. As most, people know, a Bepresentation Commission is set up after the taking of each census to make an adjustment of Parliamentary representation in accordance with the disclosed statistics of population. For a long time past the North Island has been gaining seats steadily from the South Island. The following table shows the North Island gains at each census since that of 1906: Seats g|lined hv Census North Island 1960 ... 3 1911 I 101 G.’ 3 1921 ] How many North Island visitors will fie in Dunedin when the census in taken is a matter of conjecture. The figures ultimately may prove to he comparatively small in relation to the population of the Dominion, or that of either Island, though sufficient to swell considerably the apparent population of Dunedin.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1926, Page 2
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135THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1926, Page 2
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