THE NEW ELECTORATES.
WORK OF THE COMMISSION. Wellington, March 22. Theke is very little to add to the tele graphic summary we gave yesterday of the report of the Boundary Commissioners. The boundaries of the electoral district of Waikato were omitted from those we published yesterday, and they are now appended Waikato comprises the countiesof Raglan, Kawhia, West Taupo, Waipa, and Waikato, excepting that portion of the last-named county which is situate west of the road running northerly from the north-west corner of the borough of Cambridge (Victoria Road) to the parish of Tamahere. The borough of Hamilton is included within the boundaries of this electoral district, as also are the town districtsof Ngaruawahia, Te Awamutu, and Kihikihi. The total of population represented in the North Island is 247,217, the total in the South Island 326,347, according to the census of 1886. According to the nominal population, the Bay of Islands (9,199) is the smallest Auckland constituency, Waitemata (10,322) the largest. The following is a list of the new electorates with population (based on census of
1886). North Island. Number Name o£ District. of persons. Population. Bay of Islands .. 1 7,187 Marsden ... 1 7,788 Waitemata 1 8,645 City of Auckland.. 3 29,111 Newton .. .. 1 8,746 Kden 1 7,908 Parnell 1 8,856 Manukau 1 8,736 Franklin 1 7,655 Thames 1 8,848 Waikato 1 7,721 Te Aroha 1 7,962 East Coast 1 7,943 Hawke’s Bay 1 7,816 Napier .. .. 1 9,182 Waipawa .. 1 7,159 Masterton 1 7,890 Wairarapa 1 7,112 New Plymouth .. 1 7,841 i'gmont 1 7,023 Waitotara 1 7,097 Wanganui 1 8,377 Kangitikei . 1 7.063 Palmerston 1 7,977 City of Wellington 3 28,617 Hutt 1 7,056 Total 30 247,217 South City of Nelson Island. 1 9,126 Waimea-Picton .. l 7,834 Wairau' 1 8,378 Bullor 1 7,395 lnangahua 1 7,184 Grey 1 8,015 Westland l 8,083 Ashley l 7,529 Kaiapoi . 1 7,595 Avon 1 7,485 City of Christchurch 3 29,137 Heat.bcote 1 8,619 Hal swell 1 7.889 Banks 1 7,764 Selwyn 1 7,283 E lesmere 1 7,205 Ashburton 1 7,614 Geraldine 1 7,550 Tiniaru 1 a 136 Waimate 1 7,106 Waitaki 1 7,906 Oaniarn 1 8,778 Mount I la .. 1 7,204 Peninsula 1 8,888 Port Chalmers .. 1 7,911 City of Dunedin.. 3 2,914 Dunedin Suburbs 1 9,328 Taieri 1 8,030 Bruce r 7,532 Clutha i 7,710 Tuapcka l 7,213 Mataura i 7,490 Wakatipu i 7.207 Wallace i 7,738 Awarua i 7,622 Invercargill i 8,708 Total 40 326.347 Total members 70 573,564
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 457, 26 March 1890, Page 4
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407THE NEW ELECTORATES. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 457, 26 March 1890, Page 4
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