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EXHIBIT No. l. Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 6th May, h>ll. North oj Auckland Railway Commission. Youb memorandum of the Ist instant, addressed to the Registrar-General, asking for the population according to the recent census of the country for a distance of seven miles on each side of the proposed eastern and western routes of the North of Auckland Railway, has been referred to me. In reply I have to inform you that it is practically impossible to get exactly what you require, but the attached schedule gives the populations required approximately, and may probably be sufficient for the purposes of the Commission. Every sub-enumerator's district is divided into small blocks, shown on our maps by the Survey Office, and the exact population of these blocks are ascertained for the purposes of the Representation Commissioners. These are the blocks mentioned by letters or figures in the schedule. Where the whole of a block has come within the seven-mile line the population is correct, but where the sevenmile line runs through a block the population of the portion included has been estimated proportionately as the division appears on the map. The figures given for parts of blocks are therefore only approximately correct. The populations for Paparoa Biding and part Wairau Riding of Otamatea County are not yet available, but as these apply exactly to both routes their exclusion will not affect the totals for comparative purposes. The total for each route would merely be increased by the same number. 1 return the map forwarded. M. Fraser, Government Statistician. The Under-Secretary, Public Works Department, Wellington.

Population (Approximate) within Seven-mile Radius of Western and Eastern Branches (proposed) of the North Auckland Railway. West. East. Otamatea Comity — I Otamatea County — Wairau Riding (part). Wairau Riding (part). Paparoa Riding. Paparoa Riding. Mareretu Riding (Sub - district IV), Mareretu Riding (Sub - district IV), Blocks I. l>, 3, 4 .. .. ..165 Blocks 1, 2, 8, 4 .. .. ..165 Matakohe Riding (Sub-district 111) — Matakohe Riding (Sub-district III) Matakohe Road Diatriot, Block 7 and Matakohe Road District, Block 7 and part Block 5 ~ .. .. 99 part Block 5 .. .. .. 86 Outlying part N.W. Road District, „,, • n j,/ ,uy (~ Wnangarei County „, ~ , ~.j- '/, , j.', . ~f,' Waipu Riding (Sub-district Vl)— rokatoka Riding (Sub - district VI), Wdpu Road District, Blocks G, parts .... Block * t M Hfl.andE .. .... 20 utiangaiei bounty \ Va ipu North Road District. Blocks A, iVaipu Riding (Sub-distnct VI) D E part B 155 Waipu Road District. Blocks G. parts ~ ~' .' " r>j- '/a i ••"I-α m y -ii l ,j Outlying Riding (Sub-district V). Waipu North Road District. Blocks A, ~ . „.,. , a \ ~ . "*, n •pj f, 7 . Mangapai Kidnig (Sub-district V) — ~ " I ':" r , ,V- , a V,... : V ™ " Blocks J. X, L, M .. .. 115 Mangapni Ridmg (Sub-district All)- ~ ■ „ \ . /VT n U i i tj 6 * • D j TV , tSi i Ruarangi Road District (XII), Bocks Buarangi Road District, parts Blocks w p w r at F G H I 71 ' '' ... •', ■ ,' •V> j tv'a • j vi i i L- Waikiekie Road District, Blocks J, X, Waikiekie Road District. Blocks-I. K. , », XT ~ „ '„ „ ' ~. I M N O P O R 173 L ' M ' N, °' R ' parts Q, P • • 169 n lj ; M ' iN '.y.' r ' £.' L ] a -,:, • • .'.' Outlying Riding, Blocks S, T .. 32 Outlying Ridniff, Blocks S, T .. 32 mi d i T >- • , m i t,, ■ ? t> jtva • a th l Maungakaramea Koad District, Blocks Maungakaramea Road District, Blocks - a tS n t-» t? oio part O ana A .. iuj M Ridi (Sub-districts XI and Maunu Riding (Sub-district IX), Blocks IX)— C, parts B, E, H, I .. .. 178 Block fi Hobson County— B , , ' n 14 Okahu Riding (Sub-district IX), Blocks w - i»vr ,a V. a- + "•'+ vn'u D F G H nartsC I J 50 Ullnm Rldlng Bub " dietricl Ull) ' U, H,U,H parts 01, J . .. OU Blocks 10, parts 11 and 9.. .. 15 Maunganui Riding (Sub - district X), ' c Blocks E, parts D, F .. .. 82 Hobson County— Tangiteroria Riding (Sub-district A r l). Tangiteroria Riding (Sub-district XI), Blocks 1, 2, 3, 4.. .. ..' 192 Blocks 3, 4, 1, part 2 .. .. 163 Maungaru Riding (Sub - district VI). Maungaru Riding (Sub - district VI), Blocks 1, 2, 3 .. .. 187 Blocks 1, 2, part 3 .. 152 Tangowahine Riding — Tangowahine Riding — Sub-district V, Blocks C, D, part B .. 250 Sub-district V, Blocks C, part D .. 113 Sub-district VI, Blocks A, E, D, parts Sub-district VI, Blocks A, E, parts B, C 65 B, D 54 Total .. .. .. 1,798 I Total .. .. .. 1,928 6th May, 1911. M. Fraser, Government Statistician.