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PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION.

IX view of the Commission's report in reference to the altered electoral boundaries, the relation of the two islands in respect of Parliamentary representation during the past 30 years is of interest, and has been as follows: —

Various allowances are made for fractional differences, but in effect •the representation, in recent years

at least, has been almost exactly in proportion to actual population, disregarding- fractions. The North Island now comprises nearly 59 per cent, of the population, and on this basis the forecast of 45 seats, arrived at by other calculations, is confirmed.

North South. Census Island. Island. 1886 30 '40 1891 31 39 1896 34 30 1901 38 38 1906 41 35 1911 42 34 1916 (estimate) 45 31

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1737, 6 October 1917, Page 2

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PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1737, 6 October 1917, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1737, 6 October 1917, Page 2

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