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

Tauranga By-election, 28th March, 1923. Return showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at the Tauranga By-election, 28th March, 1923; the Number of Informal Votes ; the Number of Electors who did not vote j the number of electors on the roll \ the percentage of votes recorded for candidate elected («) to the total number of electors on the roll, and (b) to the total valid votes recorded.

Men on roll .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,921 , Women on roll .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,000 Total 8,921 Proportion per cent, of men and women on the roll .. Men, 55 ; women, 45 Men who voted .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,229 Women who voted .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,401 Total 7,630 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 total number of men and women on the roll .. .. . . .. .. Men, 85-94 ; women, 85-03 Percentage of the total number of votes recorded to the total number of electors on the roll .. .. .. .. .. .. 85-53 Percentage of informal votes recorded .. .. .. .. .. 0-46

SftHllll Seami sn's Electors' Right. Beami Absent Voters' Pen mits. Electoral District. Total Number of Seamen's Rights issued. , T „ v . Number of Number oi c „ , o , Seamen s Seamen a „. u . , x,. , , Rights issued R, S hts , but not exercised. -, exercised. Total Number Number of of Absent Absent Voters' Voters' Per- Permits exermits issued. cised. Number of Absent Voters' Permits issued but not exercised. Ashburton Timaru Temuka Waitaki 7 4 3 204 328 233 247 258 564 380 434 331 146 242 172 194 151 384 171 161 283 192 196 221 481 289 352 277 125 194 129 160 118 328 140 43 45 41 51 37 83 91 82 54 21 48 43 34 33 56 31 Oamaru Dunodin North Dunedin West Dunodin Central Dunodin South Chalmers Clutha Wakatipu Mataura Wallace Invercargill Awarua 2 1 27 40 104 19 31 1 10 17 50 7 14 1 1 17 23 54 12 17 I 1 2 I 2 1 1 2 1 2 Totals • 2,690 1,481 1,209 19,797 16,341 3,456 Tauranga By-election .. Oamaru By-election 1 1 266 342 211 266 55 76

Number of Votes recorded. Percentag recon Candida' ;e of Votes led for ;e elected. Candidates. i For each Informal ,., . , Candidate. Votes. lotaL Number of Electors who did not vote. Number of Electors on Roll. (a) To Total Number of Electors on Roll (6) To Total Valid Votes recorded. "acmillan, Charles Edward do la Baroa Joseph George 4,360 35 7,630 1,291 8,921 48-87 57-41 3,235