H.—33.

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Return showing Number of Seamen's Electors' Rights and Absent Voters' Permits issued and exercised in each Electoral District — continued.

Bruce By-election, 14th April, 1920.

Seamen's Electors' Right. Absent Voters' Permits. Electoral District. xt _t * Number of Number of o , Total Number Seamen's t>. . S ■> • a , d- iiights issued of Seamen s Rights ®, . , Rights issued. exercised. . , ° exercised. Total Number Number of . > ,„ , , of Absent Absent Voters' n ., . , T7 j. > t> t> -4. Permits issued Voters Per- Permits exer- , . , ... , ., but not mits issued. cised. . , exercised. Waitaki 176 315 352 361 411 377 187 191 167 200 162 123 311 112 130 284 303 288 317 325 154 126 132 173 141 96 272 89 46 31 49 73 94 52 33 65 35 27 21 27 39 23 Oamaru Dunedin North Dunedin West Dunedin Central Dunedin South Chalmers Bruce Clutha Wakatipu Mataura Wallace 1 15 39 79 22 43 1 13 28 52 17 43 2 11 27 5 Invercargill .. Awarua 1 1 1,773 1,256 517 16,713 13,788 2,925

Number of Votes recorded. Percentage of Votes recorded for Candidate elected. Candidates. For each Informal m . , Candidate. Votes. Number of Electors who did not vote. Number of Electors on Roll. (a) (b) To Total To Total Number of Valid Electors Votes on Roll recorded. Informal Votes. Total. Edie, John .. .. 2,421 Begg, James .. .. 2,297 16 4,734 2,672 7,406 32-69 j 7,406 32-69 j 51-31 Men on roll .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,945 Women on roll .. .. .. .. .. ... .. 3,461 Total .. .. .. .. ..:.... 7,406 Proportion per cent, of men and women on the roll .. Men, 53 ; women, 47 Men who voted .. .. .. .. .. .... 2,582 Women who voted .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,152 Total .. .. .. .. ... .. 4,734 Proportion per cent, of votes recorded by men and women respectively to the total number of votes recorded .. Men, 55 ; women, 45 Percentage of votes recorded by men and women respectively to the number of men and women on the roll Men, 65-45 ; women,' 62-18 Percentage of the total number of votes recorded to the total number of electors on the roll .. .. .. .. .. ' .. 63-92 Percentage of informal votes recorded .. .. .. .. ... 0-34