INTERESTING LOCAL OPTION STATISTICS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 1279, 28 November 1903, Page 7

INTERESTING LOCAL OPTION STATISTICS.

,r " ' The following interesting tabl( tJk the 1896,1899, and 1902 Local Optic a, prepared by the Rev. Edward "\ »n Polls. The results stated belo Va.lker, shows the percentage of w are based on the Registrar-Gei roters who voted for No-Liconse iral's figures :— Total Ni record nmber of Electors ling Valid Votes. Number who Voted for No License. Percentage. -■ ; < 1896 1902 ; 1896 1899 1902 1896 1899 1902 1899 • AUCKLANDCity of Auckland Parnell Eden... •Grey Lynn « Waitemata Marsden •Kaipara ..Bay of Islands . Jlannkau Franklyn Thames Ohinemuri ... ■ Waikato Bay of Plenty 13034 3785 , 3626 3305 3073 2612 3132 3790 3988 3846 2676 3100 *13706 4574 4555 3304 3711 3928 3935 3758 4750 . 5629 4383 3997 14594 3852 3537 4107 . 4035 3844 3560 2750 4478 '8861. 4178 3795 4165 \ 4225 . 4783 1360 1472 1314 1583 892 1161 1607 1775 1533 939 1131 5869 1724 1919 1184 1517 1195 1492 1635 2374 3127 1445 1403 6524 1435 16S8 2175 1648 2032 1353 850 .1927 1737 2090 1808 1587 1838 36-69 3590 4059 39-76 51-51 34-11 3706 42-4<) 41-50 39 88 35 09 36-43 4282 3792 4212 35-83 ■'.40-87 ■_■■ ' 30; 12 , 37 91 4356 4155 55-55 3*9? 3510 .4132 ' 41-70 3725 46-31 5295 40-84 52-86 3800 3391 4303 5108 5002 47-G4 3810 43'50 ; 44-41 49967 60230 - .64481 19550 24884 28642 3913 Provincial totals and percentages ... HAWKE'S BAY— Napier Hawke'aBay Waipawa ... "Waiaptt ... , .... Provincial totals and percentages ... TARANAKI— Tarianaki ... ... Egmont ... Hawera 3970 3874 3711 3962 i i 4013 760 4154 5021 3854 1 3133 3544 4879 15410 1627 1524 1441 1896 1685 629 1741 2562 2006 1417 1640 2568 40-98 3933 3891 ' 47-85 - ■ 41-98 Void 41-91 51-00 4744 52-05 45-22 4627 52-63 49 52 . 15517 13948 6491 6617 7631 41-83 4286 3316 3413 11015 4760 4289 4129 4402 3414 4295 2007 1527 1794 1872 1977 1874 2021 . 1403 2t33 46 80 46 04 52-5ii 3722 45 09 45 38 4591 41-09 4966 13178 12111 5328 ■' 1' 5723 5557 4S37 43-42 45-88 Provincial totals and percentages ... j ■WELLINGTON— ; . City of Wellington •Newtown *Hutt ' fWellington Suburbs Otaki Paliiatua Wangauui Patea Rangitikei ... Palmersfcon North Martawata Masterton Wairarapa •Oroua / I 13168 15568 15175 4985; i 3721 - 4951 6194 7496 2995 1920 37-59 39*78 4929 6008 51 59 _ • 34-60 29-27 451 » 4JI-5-2 4035 42 91 39 01 42 61 51-57 3974 ■ — j.. . , 417 i 3154 ■ 318f> 42(16 22837 377*5 3156 3195 3421 3(509 - i - - 3891 10-91 4001 - 41 55 4r>c,i 3S-HO 40-3U :!m-.'1 41 ."9 3-2 1(5 . 6126 3371 37»3 5207 ■ 36-23 3775 4055 3.'«)8 .'!880 3920 _ 2464 31(54 4745 4611 , 3*71 4637 3109 ?.f>30 JJJI7-2 :S100 j 1623 629 1561 1748 1205 14I.K) 1274 1221 142:1 1161 21'20 987 1713 216-2 1462 1(5:21 lose 144-8 '2001 1538 1062 I • isoo 22(57 2265 ma 197(5 ! 1100 I ' liMi i " 1727 ltMb 4310 51-1W 47-77 41* VI ay-81 42-61 4503 4849 4347 4854 - - Provincial totals and percentages ... | NELSON, MATSLBOROUGH, AND ■WKSTLANDCity of Nelson Motueka ... Wairau ... , Bnller - ... ?.;. Grey ... ;... Westland ... 47378 I 5071U I I I I I 6I2S1 I I 1835-) I ■_ I 2-2818 j i 29(561' : I i —:-: I :8 3:r ! i i [ 40 23 4S-UJ) I I : I 3728 2985 4108 4355 3190 3546 4513 2994 4'242 M73 457-{ 1819 - 4243 2657 4323 4102 . 3393 3220 21938 1020 854 1123 1498 1127 982 1348 864 1356 1948 144B 497 1327 799 1809 1593 ir>24 883 27 38 28-'U 27 3: 1. 3439 32 32 2769 29 86 •2S-18 3! 94 37 <!5 31 06 V.-i.l 3127 3007 43-23 88-83 44 91 27-57 22212 23314 1 I " 7461 8000 "29 73 I r 32-00 , 36-46 : ■ : 6604 Provincial totals and percentages ... ' ' CANTEBBURY— City of Christchurch • Avon Riccarton ... ' Lyttelton ... ♦Hnranui ■■• tAshley Kaiapoi Bllesmere •Courtenay Selwyn ... ...., ' Aehbnrton Geraldine Timaru i Waitaki ; 15106 3086 3314 • 3494 3376 4031 2969 15653 4030. 3759 3154 4074 3418 3408 4245 - 36.S2. 3983 3358 16298 ,, 4169 "■". 3236 " 3874 3472 5261 979 949 1120 6538 1592 1347 1444 7888 2187 1365 2012 1032 3482 , 31 72 2363 32 05 ::'•■■ 41-76 3950 3588 3909 48-33 52-15 42-18 5193 47 00 . ~ - - - 1287 2235 1502 - I 35-13 ,| 44-55 39-50 4080 5483 43 94 — I II 1186 I 1796 1173 58'9l 4623 54 07 58 55 6205 50-19 54-30 55-58 5190 3184 3976 3575 3709 3465 3936 2890 3040 3081 4625 , 3578 , 4856 3411 1164 1565 1422 1560 1625 1464 2022 . 1490 1921 1519 2319 1336 1644 1804 2870 1796 2637 1896 3655 3936 39 77 42-06 46 90 4295 47-63 40-79 : 4823 45-23 • I Provincial totals and percentages ... . .53285 56376 60466 19800 24361 31386 37-15 4321 OTA GO AND SOtriULAND—, City of Dunedin .... .,. •Chalmers ..'. ... Caversham ... ... Oatnaru ... ... fWaibemo ... ... •Mount Ida Waikouaiti Taieri Bruce • Clntba ... ... ... — Mataura ... , ... Tuapelfa ... Inyercargill Wakatipu ... ... Wallace ... Awarua • 14583 15561 • 17240 4558 5397 4319 4466 6774 8518 2773 2938 2459 30-62 43'53 49-40 6083 54/43 5693 i - i I 4149 3903 3345 4668 3907 1003 12G4 1615 1294 1986 1975 885 28-41 41-37 3868 42 54 5055 Void I - 3103 2890 308 L 3727 3933 3195 4543 3175 3175 2922 3160 3445 J3568 3752 4173 3339 4638 3661 3573 3174 3251 3017 3695 3869 '3613 4825 3587 5147 3837 4201 3713 1278 1124 1541 1989 1657 1052 1824 940 1027 1113 - 1495 1606 J1967 2170 2192 1331 2800 1202 . 1305 1569 1698 2031 ' 2372 2245 2939 1841 3079 1654 2323 2208 41-18 38 89 5001 5336 4213 3292 4015 29 60 3234 38-09 i - 47-22 46 61 55-10 5783 ■52-52 39*8(5 4SC56 32-83 3655 45-99 482G 50-28 5496 6130 (i'213 60 91 5132 59 82 4310 5529 59 46 Provincial totals and percentages ... i . I I 2§648 I ; 40647 36-95 46-48, 5472 60024 61628 74269 22184 II 259898 ; [[285390 309959 98312 I 11120542 I I 151524 3782 I 42-23 I 4888 Colonial totals and percentages Notk. —All electoral boundaries were more or less altered prioi * New electorates in* 1902. f Discontinued electorates in 1902. JThe Registrar-General omitted these figures, as legal pi pondlcgly affected. H See note above , „ ,.,.-,.. • , Where the word " void occurs above, it indicates cases in wl district where there is not a simultaneous Parliamentary contest. The Newtowa und Brioce pplls io 1902 were declared void on pi responsible. f to the 1902 poll. ' f roceedinga were pending." The totals for the colony are correabich not half the electors on the roll voted as the law requires in a stition through alleged irregularities, for which officials were solelj