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No. 18. The Betuening Officer, Marsden, to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaet. Sic, — Eesident Magistrate's Office, Wangarei, 19th August, 1865. In reply to your circular letter of tho 2nd instant, in which you are pleased to instruct me to furnish by the first opportunity three copies of the Electoral 801 l (as passed by the Bevising Officer) for the years 1865-6,1 have the honor to inform you that they shall be forwarded to your office as soon as I receive them from the printers; and with respect to the information called for in tho second paragraph of your letter, I have the honor to state that there are seven hundred and thirty-nine (739) electors in the Bolls for the years 1865-6, being two hundred and eighty-two (282) in excess of the number on the 801 l for the years 1864-5. I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, H. B. Aubeet, Wellington. Beturning Officer for the Electoral District of Marsden. No. 19. The Undee Seceetaet to the Betuening Officee, Lyttelton. Sic, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 18th August, 1865. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th August, 1865, and am directed by Mr. Bichmond to draw your attention to the fact that in this letter you state the number of electors on the Bolls for the districts of City of Christehurch and Heathcote as 1,113 and 1,061 respectively ; whereas in the Bolls for those Districts forwarded in your letter of the 14th instant the numbers of electors are for City of Christehurch 1,292, and for Heathcote 1,052. I have to request you to be good enough to explain this discrepancy. I have, &c, Wm. Donald, Esq., Beturning Officer, W. Gisboene, Lyttelton. Under Secretary. No. 20. The Betuening Officee, Lyttelton, to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaet. Sic,— Lyttelton, 27th August, 1865. In. explanation of the discrepancy referred to in your letter, in the number of electors in the Electoral Bolls, and in the numbers as given in mine of the 7th of August, I have the honor to state that not having the complete Bolls to refer to, they being at Christehurch in the printer's hands, to enable me to reply to your inquiries as requested by return of post, I forwarded the numbers as furnished by the printers. I cannot account for the extraordinary mistake by them made. I have, &c., The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Wm. Donald. No. 21. The Eetttbning Officer, Lyttelton, to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaet. S IE Lyttelton, 2nd September, 1865. I have the honor herewith to enclose three copies each of the Electoral Bolls for the Districts of Lyttelton and Ellesmere. I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wm. Donald, Wellington. Beturning Officer. No. 22. The Undee Seceetaet to the Betuening Officee, Lyttelton. Sib,— Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 13th September, 1865. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter (2nd September, 1865,) forwarding Electoral Bolls for the Districts of Lyttelton and Ellesmere, in which the number of Electors for the former appear as 366, and the latter 122. In your former letter you stated the number for Lyttelton to be 367, and for Ellesmere 123, and I am directed by Mr. Bichmond to request you to explain the discrepancy. I have, &c, Wm. Donald, Esq., Beturning Officer, W. Gtsboene, Lyttelton. Under Secretary. No. 23. The Betuening Offices, Hampden, to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaet. S IB Hawkesbury, 29th August, 1865. I beg to transmit for your information the 801 l of Electors for the District of Hampden for the year commencing on the first of October next, and also the original lists as signed by the Bevising Officer. I have, & c ., J. W. Muedock. To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Begistration Officer, Wellington. , Hampden Electoral District. 2

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VARIOUS ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.