ELECTORIAL ROLL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2949, 15 October 1925, Page 3

ELECTORIAL ROLL.

PREVIOUS TOTAL ALREADY EXCEEDED. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE STILL EXPECTED. At the beginning of the month the total number of names on the electoral rolls was 730,200, as against a total of 700,111 for the year 1922 (says the Dominion). It is expected that the figures this year will be fairly substantially increased by the number of registrations effected botween October 1 and October 15, especially in view of the compulsory requirements of the Act passed this year. The following figures show the total number of electors registered in the previous election years:—

1908 537,003 1911 590,042 1914 616,403 1919 \ . 683,420 1922 700,111

The increase between 1908 and 1911 was 53,039; between 1911 and 1914, 26,001; between 1914 and 1919, 67,377. The decrease of 16,691 between 1919 and 1922 was due to the war. The following Wellington and adjacent district figures show the state of the rolls as at September 30, compared with the fiugures for 1922:

1925 1922 Manawatn 8,212 7,443 Palmerston 11,087 10,122 Otaki 7,040 7,307 Halt 11,207 9,874 Wellington Nth. 12,278 11,749 Wellington Cen. 10,528 10,553 Wellington East 12,495 11,500 Wellington S. 11,342 10,773 Wellington Subs. 13,495 10,792 Pahiatua 8,076 7.581 Mastenton 8,604 8,261 Wairarapa 7,633 7,790 Stratford 7,215 7,288 Taranaki 10,531 9,481 Egmont . 7,797 7,452 Patea 8,466 8,398 Wanganui 10,842 9,938 Waimarino 8,101 8,223 Oroua. 8,074 8,146 Rangitikei 9,292 8,860