New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – No. 8

Page 399

✨ Licensing Poll Results and Agricultural Statistics



Feb. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 399

Results of Licensing Poll, 1925.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th February, 1926.

THE accompanying returns, compiled from particulars furnished by the several Returning Officers, are published for general information.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

RETURN showing Number of Valid Votes recorded, &c., in each Licensing District at the Licensing Poll taken under the Provisions of the Licensing Act, 1908, the Licensing Amendment Act, 1910, and the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, on the 4th November, 1925.

District. Number of Electors on Effective Roll. For National Continuance. For State Purchase and Control. For National-Prohibition. Number of Valid Votes recorded.
Bay of Islands 8,401 3,426 726 3,317 7,469
Marsden 9,229 3,362 707 4,209 8,278
Kaipara 8,790 3,446 624 3,686 7,756
Waitemata 13,615 4,769 1,338 6,109 12,216
Eden 13,379 4,392 1,092 6,534 12,018
Auckland 34,135 14,373 2,492 12,739 29,604
Grey Lynn 12,674 4,400 920 5,951 11,271
Roskill 14,518 4,069 1,046 7,878 12,993
Parnell 18,939 4,544 1,412 6,279 12,235
Manukau 13,925 5,032 1,067 6,540 12,639
Franklin 10,979 3,700 687 5,204 9,591
Raglan 8,154 3,125 681 3,483 7,289
Thames 8,508 3,657 449 3,440 7,546
Ohinemuri 7,637 3,148 648 3,000 6,796
Tauranga 9,608 3,572 761 4,115 8,448
Hamilton 11,286 3,500 1,184 5,243 9,927
Waikato 7,888 2,973 683 3,372 7,028
Rotorua 8,258 3,131 749 3,431 7,311
Bay of Plenty 7,428 3,114 443 2,368 5,925
Waitomo 8,482 4,309 568 2,702 7,579
Gisborne 10,266 4,356 632 4,128 9,116
Hawke’s Bay 10,955 4,982 640 4,061 9,683
Napier 10,732 4,520 1,030 4,206 9,756
Waipawa 8,078 3,574 656 2,972 7,202
Pahiatua 8,203 3,688 461 3,289 7,438
Masterton 8,678 3,655 561 3,544 7,760
Wairarapa 7,915 3,537 515 3,057 7,109
Stratford 7,415 3,132 324 3,399 6,855
Taranaki 10,807 4,214 588 5,104 9,906
Egmont 7,574 3,441 278 3,140 6,859
Patea 8,542 3,562 477 3,693 7,732
Wanganui 10,996 4,561 767 4,652 9,980
Waimarino 8,229 4,168 743 2,396 7,307
Oroua 8,147 3,212 690 3,452 7,354
Rangitikei 9,421 4,102 568 3,796 8,466
Manawatu 8,262 3,456 500 3,312 7,268
Palmerston 11,297 4,351 652 5,018 10,021
Otaki 7,791 3,322 737 2,870 6,929
Hutt 11,487 4,154 1,303 4,849 10,306
Wellington 35,970 15,221 3,364 12,973 31,558
Wellington S. 11,505 4,497 945 4,855 10,297
Wellington Suburbs 13,641 4,906 1,270 6,055 12,231
Nelson 9,462 3,991 777 3,739 8,507
Motueka 7,291 3,813 535 2,236 6,584
Buller 8,458 4,120 481 3,200 7,801
Westland 8,958 4,637 441 3,194 8,272
Wairau 8,733 3,760 639 3,532 7,931
Hurunui 7,980 3,675 623 2,826 7,124
Kaiapoi 8,599 3,314 630 3,816 7,760
Christchurch 36,709 14,160 3,053 15,478 32,691
Riccarton 10,592 4,221 892 4,535 9,648
Avon 12,088 4,369 871 5,695 10,935
Lyttelton 10,777 4,239 722 4,781 9,742
Ellesmere 8,121 3,672 589 3,089 7,350
Ashburton 8,108 3,558 628 3,111 7,297
Timaru 10,673 4,077 771 4,918 9,766
Temuka 7,759 3,535 460 3,181 7,176
Waitaki 8,573 3,573 428 3,850 7,851
Oamaru 9,161 3,297 619 4,373 8,289
Dunedin 34,262 11,768 2,514 16,729 31,011
Dunedin South 11,270 3,976 679 5,573 10,228
Chalmers 7,869 2,814 403 3,774 6,991
Clutha 8,493 3,090 577 3,895 7,562
Wakatipu 7,486 3,479 396 2,970 6,845
Mataura 8,283 2,880 649 3,762 7,291
Wallace 8,038 3,608 418 3,350 7,376
Invercargill 11,332 4,072 876 5,432 10,380
Awarua 8,192 3,239 388 3,990 7,617
Totals 754,011 299,590 56,037 319,450 675,077

No-License Districts.

District. Number of Electors on Effective Roll. License to be restored. License be not restored. Number of Valid Votes recorded.
Eden 13,379 4,245 7,368 11,613
Grey Lynn 12,674 4,379 6,573 10,952
Roskill 14,518 3,818 8,721 12,539
Ohinemuri 7,637 4,114 2,663 6,777
Masterton 8,678 3,671 4,058 7,729
Wellington South 11,505 4,552 5,460 10,012
Wellington Suburbs 13,641 4,552 7,261 11,813
Ashburton 8,108 3,920 3,391 7,311
Oamaru 9,161 3,495 4,743 8,238
Clutha 8,493 3,143 4,283 7,426
Mataura 8,283 3,366 3,794 7,160
Invercargill 11,332 4,723 5,543 10,266
Totals 127,409 47,978 63,858 111,836

Notification of the Number of Valid Votes recorded in respect of National Prohibition at the Licensing Poll taken on the 4th day of November, 1925, and of the Result thereof.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th February, 1926.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 16 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1910, as modified by section 58 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, I, Francis Joseph Rolleston, Minister of Justice, do hereby notify that the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll throughout New Zealand, taken in accordance with Part II of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, was 675,077.

And I do further notify that the total number of valid votes recorded throughout New Zealand in respect of the proposals submitted under section 56 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, was as under, viz.:

For national continuance .. .. 299,590
For State purchase and control .. .. 56,037
For national prohibition .. .. 319,450

As the total number of valid notes recorded in favour of either of the proposals for State purchase and control or for national prohibition without compensation does not amount to more than one-half of all the valid votes recorded at the poll, I hereby notify, under section 59 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, that the result of the poll is that national continuance is deemed to have been carried.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

The Census and Statistics Act, 1910.—Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1926.

THE following estimated average yields per acre of wheat and oats for the season 1925–26 have been compiled from reports furnished by Stock Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, and are now published for general information.

District. Wheat. Bushels per Acre. Oats. Bushels per Acre.
North Island 26·45 28·84
Nelson 19·05 24·01
Marlborough 29·86 34·43
Canterbury 28·85 33·39
Otago 32·69 42·59
Southland 33·55 43·10
Average (estimated) for the Dominion, season 1925–26 29·06 35·83
Average (actual) for the Dominion, season 1924–25 32·62 38·72

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the Dominion should be approximately 4,600,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 5,447,758 bushels for the season 1924–25.

The percentage of oats threshed for the five seasons ending with 1924–25 was 26·95 of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be approximately 3,700,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 5,707,174 bushels for the season 1924–25.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.



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⚖️ Results of Licensing Poll, 1925

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
10 February 1926
Licensing Poll, Voting Results, Alcohol Regulation
  • F. J. Rolleston, Minister of Justice

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9 February 1926
Agriculture, Wheat Yield, Oats Yield, Statistics
  • Malcolm Fraser, Government Statistician