Marlborough Times. "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume III, Issue 275, 24 August 1881, Page 2

Marlborough Times. "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881.

The Representation Bill, which is now being discussed by the House, provides that after the dissolution of the present Parliament the House of Representatives shall consist of ninety one members over and beyond the member to he elected for Maori electoral districts. There are now four Maori representatives in Parliament, and the increased representation is therefore seven. For the purposes of the election of such members, the colony is divided into ninety-one electoral districts, the boundaries of which are defined in the schedule. The electoral districts in the South Island are 55 in number, and are named as follows :—Picton, Nelson, Motueka, Waimea, Wairau, Buller,

Reefton, Greymouth, Cheviot, Kumara, Hokitika, Ashley, Kaiapoi, Avon, St. Alban’s, Stanmore, Sydenham, Christchurch North, Christchurch South, Heathcote, Lyttelton, Akaroa, Lincoln, Selwyn, Coleridge, Ashburton, Wakanui, Geraldine, Timaru, Gladstone, Waimate, AVaitaki, Oamaru, Moeraki, Waikouaiti, Port Chalmers, Roslyn, Dunedin West, Dunedin East, Dunedin Cental, Dunedin South, Peninsula, Caversham, Taiori, Mount Ida, Dunstan, Bruce, Tuapcka, Clutha, Mataura, Awarua, Invercargill, Wakatipu, Hokonui, and Wallace. In the North Island 36 electoral districts are defined, viz:—Bay of Islands, Marsden, Rodney, Waitemata, Auckland North, Auckland AVest, Auckland East, Newtown, Parnell, Eden, Manukau, Franklin North, Franklin South, Coromandel, Thames, AVaikato, AVaipa, Tauranga, East Coast, Hawke’s Bay, Napier, AVaipawa, Rangitikei, Manawatu, AVaitotara, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Taranaki, Eginont, Foxton, Hutt, AVairarapa North, AVairarapa South, Thorndon, Te Aro, and Wellington South. The boundaries of Picton are defined as follow Towards the North and East by the sea from Elaine Bay, in Tennyson Inlet, to the mouth of the Wairau River; towards the South by the AVairau River and Tophouse Creek to where the road from Nelson crosses the latter ; thence towards the AVest by right lines passing over Ben Nevis, Mount Rintoul, Mount Richmond, Dun Mountain, Saddle Hill, Mount Duppa, Castor Peak, Elliot Peak, Mount McLaren, and the summit of the watershed to Elaine Bay, the starting point: together with Arapawa and other adjacent islands. The boundaries of AVairau are :—Towards the North by the Picton Electoral District; towards the East by the sea; towards the South and AVest by the Clarence River to its source; thence towards the North-west by the summit of St. Arnaucl Mountains to Picton Electoral District.