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1905. NEW ZEALAND.

LOCAL FRANCHISE (PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO NUMBER OF VOTERS POSSESSING THE).

Return to an Order of the. House of Representatives dated the 4th July, 1905. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House the return laid on the table last session, on the motion of the member for Christchurch City (Mr. Ell), showing the distribution of voting-power in country districts, together with the additional information which has come to hand during the recess."—(Mr. Ell.)

Voting-power in Country Districts.

[Note. —The names of those local bodies which have supplied the (the date on which the previous return was presented), are printed in it: required information since the 16th August, 100' lies in the annexed return.] Name of Local Body. Number possessing Franchise. Number entitled to cast Three Votes. Number entitled to cast Two Votes. Number entitled to cast One Vote. Summary. 8,164 4,277 181 Counties Road districts Town districts .. .. f m . n Grand totals 77,217 35,617 114,455 8,403 3,816 r 267 60,650 27,524 4,007 117,289 12,486 12,622 92,181 bounties — Akaroa Akitio Amuri Ashburton .. Bay of Islands Bruce Buller Castlepoint .. Cheviot Clifton Clutha Collingwood .. Cook Coromandel .. Egmont Eketahuna .. Featherston .. Geraldine Grey Hawera* Hawke's Bay Hobson Hokianga 625 350 215 2,281 903 1,032 1,341 90 278 672 1,772 750 1,238 795 731 469 461 1,292 1,425 841 770 594 143 18 35 491 15 109 5 24 68 41 76 13 222 8 66 22 125 223 25 171 27 3 111 15 12 270 22 178 17 14 55 107 177 49 174 9 91 45 46 184 28 96 35 3 371 317 168 1,520 866 745 1,319 52 155 524 1,519 688 842 778 574 402 290 885 1,372 574 708 588 * Information not supplied by local body.