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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

NORTH ISLAND REPRESENTATION COMMISSION AND MIDDLE ISLAND REPRESENTATION COMMISSION (REPORTS OF THE).

Presented to the House of Representatives pursuant to " The Representation Act, 1887."

NORTH ISLAND. EEPOET. To His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies. May it please Your Excellency,— We, the members of the North Island Representation Commission appointed by Your Excellency, have the honour to report that we sat on the Bth instant to consider objections relating to the reapportionment of the thirty-four North Island electoral districts and their boundaries. Forty-one objections and suggestions were received and duly considered and dealt with by the Commissioners in the manner set forth in the attached schedule, and the Commission finally approved and confirmed the apportionment and boundaries of the electoral districts, and now respectfully submit for Your Excellency's consideration the names and descriptions of the same, together with the actual and nominal populations respectively agreeing with the totals as allotted by the Joint Commission. Given under our hands and seals, this eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two. J. W. A. Marchant, Chairman. J. Giles. Wm. A. Richardson. G. Mueller. James Mackenzie,