✨ Electoral District Boundaries and Population Statistics




Oct. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1139

ing along the road between Sections 99 and 100, Block II.,
Tuapeka East District, and continuing southerly through
that block to the railway-line near Section 29, thence along
the railway-line to Forsyth Railway-station, thence along
the road continuing south-westerly, passing Sections 10, 24,
28, 39, 25, and 63, Block V., Tuapeka East, Sections 18, 46,
and 47, Block VII., Waitahuna East, and Sections 25, 20,
19, 22, 24, 13, and 84, Block VI., Waitahuna West, to
Breakneck Road, at the riding boundary. This district in-
cludes also the Ridings of Earnscleugh, Dunstan, Manuheri-
kia, and Matakauui, of Vincent County; and the Boroughs
of Alexandra, Roxburgh, and Lawrence.

Wakatipu comprises the whole of Lake County; and the
Ridings of Carrick, Clutha, Hawea, and Lindis, of Vincent
County; together with the Waikaiia Riding, of Southland
County; and that portion of Mataura Riding, of Southland
County, which lies to the north-west of Okapua Stream, and
of a line from the source of that stream to the Waikaka
River, and thence on northwards to the riding boundary.
This district includes also the Boroughs of Queenstown,
Arrowtown, and Cromwell.

Mataura comprises the Waihopai and Toetoes Ridings, of
Southland County; and that portion of the Mataura Riding,
of the same county, which is situated to the south of the
Southern Trunk Railway; together with that portion of
Hokonui Riding, of Southland County, which is situated to
the south of the Otamita Stream. This district includes
also the Borough of Gore. That part of the western boun-
dary of this electoral district extending from Foveaux Strait
to Otamita Stream is unaltered.

Awarua comprises the Ridings of Wallacetown and
Winton, of Southland County; that portion of Awarua Rid-
ing which is situated to the north of the Waihopai River,
south of the Seaward Bush Railway-line, and of the Borough
of South Invercargill; and also that part of Oreti Riding, of
Southland County, which lies south-west of the road leading
southerly from Josephville Railway-station via Glenure to
the Waimea. This district includes also the Boroughs of
Campbelltown and Winton, and Stewart Island, Dog Island,
Centre Island, and other adjacent islands.

Invercargill comprises the Boroughs of Invercargill, North
Invercargill, East Invercargill, South Invercargill, Avenal,
and Gladstone; and that portion of Awarua Riding, of South-
land County, which lies between the Waihopai River and
the Seaward Bush Railway, and of a line running west from
the southern boundary of the Borough of South Invercargill
to the New River Estuary.

Wallace comprises the whole of the Counties of Wallace
and Fiord, and the whole of the Oreti Riding, of Southland
County, excepting that portion which is situated to the
south-west of the road leading southerly from Josephville
Railway-station via Glenure to the Waimea; together with
that portion of Hokonui Riding, of Southland County, which
lies north of the Otamita Stream. The district includes
also the Borough of Riverton.

TABLE SHOWING THE ACTUAL AND NOMINAL POPULATIONS
OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS IN THE NORTH ISLAND.
Quota, 10,545.

Number. Name of District. Number of Members. Actual Population (Census 1891). Actual Total (Census 1891). Nominal Population.
Town. Rural.
1 Bay of Islands 1 .. 8,681 8,681
2 Marsden 1 .. 8,231 8,231
3 Waitemata 1 .. 8,209 8,209
4 Eden 1 2,455 6,606 9,061
5 City of Auckland 3 31,082 362 31,444
6 Manukau 1 2,994 5,998 8,992
7 Parnell 1 3,967 5,332 9,299
8 Thames 1 4,664 4,583 9,247
9 Franklin 1 .. 8,720 8,720
10 Waikato 1 .. 7,968 7,968
11 Waipa 1 .. 7,857 7,857
12 Bay of Plenty 1 .. 8,578 8,578
13 East Coast 1 2,172 6,578 8,750
14 Hawke’s Bay 1 2,303 6,487 8,790
15 Napier 1 8,545 1,602 10,147
16 Waipawa 1 .. 8,805 8,805
17 Masterton 1 3,114 5,912 9,026
18 Wairarapa 1 .. 7,877 7,877
19 New Plymouth 1 3,350 5,753 9,103
20 Egmont 1 .. 8,080 8,080
21 Waitotara 1 .. 7,728 7,728
22 Wanganui 1 5,074 4,105 9,179
23 Rangitikei 1 .. 8,769 8,769
24 Palmerston 1 4,303 5,150 9,453
25 Otaki 1 .. 8,757 8,757
26 City of Wellington 3 31,690 .. 31,690
27 Suburbs of Wellington 1 2,178 6,827 9,005
31 281,446

TABLE SHOWING THE ACTUAL AND NOMINAL POPULATIONS
OF THE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND.
Quota, 10,545

Number. Name of District. Number of Members. Actual Population (Census 1891). Actual Total (Census 1891). Nominal Population.
Town. Rural.
1 Nelson 1 6,684 2,768 9,452
2 Waimea Sounds 1 .. 7,724 7,724
3 Wairau 1 3,301 5,591 8,892
4 Grey 1 6,043 3,411 9,454
5 Inangahua 1 .. 7,843 7,843
6 Buller 1 2,779 5,604 8,383
7 Westland 1 2,186 6,865 9,051
8 Ashley 1 .. 8,390 8,390
9 Kaiapoi 1 .. 8,562 8,562
10 Avon 1 4,580 4,881 9,461
11 Lyttelton 1 4,559 4,879 9,438
12 Ellesmere 1 .. 8,697 8,697
13 Riccarton 1 .. 8,665 8,665
14 City of Christchurch 3 31,150 304 31,454
15 Selwyn 1 .. 8,597 8,597
16 Rakaia 1 .. 8,599 8,599
17 Rangitata 1 .. 7,660 7,660
18 Pareora 1 .. 7,728 7,728
19 Timaru 1 3,761 5,238 8,999
20 Waitaki 1 .. 7,788 7,788
21 Waihemo 1 .. 7,742 7,742
22 Oamaru 1 5,724 3,695 9,419
23 Waikouaiti 1 .. 7,820 7,820
24 Dunedin North 1 6,848 2,945 9,793
25 City of Dunedin 3 30,004 1,153 31,157
26 Caversham 1 7,658 2,102 9,760
27 Taieri 1 .. 7,781 7,781
28 Bruce 1 .. 8,005 8,005
29 Clutha 1 .. 8,470 8,470
30 Tuapeka 1 .. 7,916 7,916
31 Wakatipu 1 .. 8,147 8,147
32 Mataura 1 .. 8,623 8,623
33 Awarua 1 .. 8,168 8,168
34 Invercargill 1 4,959 4,093 9,052
35 Wallace 1 .. 8,223 8,223
39 344,913

By Authority: GEORGE DIDS BURY, Government Printer, Wellington.



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πŸ›οΈ Proposed Boundaries for Middle Island Electoral Districts (continued from previous page)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
14 October 1891
Electoral Districts, Middle Island, Tuapeka, Wakatipu, Mataura, Awarua, Invercargill, Wallace

πŸ›οΈ Population Statistics for North Island Electoral Districts

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
14 October 1891
Population, Census, North Island, Electoral Districts

πŸ›οΈ Population Statistics for Middle Island Electoral Districts

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
14 October 1891
Population, Census, Middle Island, Electoral Districts