THE REPRESENTATION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5759, 13 September 1879, Page 2

THE REPRESENTATION.

(From the Lyttelton Timts.) The House of Representatives comprises eighty-four European members. We can exhibit best in a tabular form the present state of the representation in the various provincial districts, and the distribution which ought to obtain, taking as the basis of our calculations the population of each district as given by the returns of the census which was taken last

These figures speak for themselves. They show that we are entitled to four more mem- , here, and that no other district is so unfairly represented as we are; indeed, with the exceptions of Westland, which is entitled to one member more, and Otago, whinh is entitled to two members more, the other districts have at least their full due, and many of them have more than their just share. The most glaring instance of over-representation occurs in;the case of Nelson, which has nine members when ic ought to have five ; it has one member for about every 2800 inhabitants.

year 1 Number of Actual num Provincial berofEepreDistrict. tion. itives to which senlatives a entitled. present. Auckland 82.661 17 13 Taranaki 9.463 2 3 Wellington .. 61,068 10 10 Hawke’s Bay.. 15,015 3 3 Marlborough 7,557 li 21 Nelson . .. 25,128 Westland 16,932 4 3 Canterbury .. 91,9-22 18i 1U Otago .. .. 114,460 23 21 414,215 “ S4