Hon. Mr. Hall.

REPRESENTATION.

ANALYSIS.

Title. 7. Mode of forming new rolls. 1, Short Tit,le. 8. Notice of formation to be gazetted by Colonial 2. Ilouse to consist of ninety members, in addition Secretary. to Maori members. 9. Time of issue of writs for new Parliament. 3. Colony divided into eighty-nine electoral dis- 10. If neeesmry, Governor may issue writs for a triets. new Parliament without reference to this 4. Number of members to be returned by each Act. dist,iet 11. In suck ease, elections to be held upon rolls then 5. Maps of districts to be prepared by Colonial in force. Secretary. Schedule. 6. When new rolls to be formed for altered dia- triets.

A BILL INTITULED

AN AcT to make further Provision for the Representation of the People of New Title. Zealand in Parliament.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament i assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :-

1. The Short Title of this Act is " The Representation Act, 1880." Short Title. 2. After the dissolution or expiration of the present Parliament, the House House to consist of 5 of Representives shall consist of ninety members, over and beyond the four ninety members, in addition to Maori members to be elected for tile Maori electoral districts under the provisions members. of " The Maori Representation Act, 1867," or any Act amending or continuing the same. 3. For the purposes of the election of the said number of members of tlie colony dirided into 10 said House, the colony shall be divided into eighty-nine electoral districts, eighty-nine electoral districts. as the same are respectively named, defined, and set forth in the Schedule to this Act. 4. The number of members to be returned by each of the said districts re- Number of met,ibers .. spectively shall be as set forth opposite the name of such district in the said to be returned by 16 Schedule. ' each district. 5. The Colonial Secretary shall cause properly-authenticated maps of the Maps of districts to said electoral districts to be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the said be prepared by Colonial Secretary. House. 8, Within thirty days after thd coming into operation of this Act, the When new rolls to b, 20 Registrar appointed for each electoral district defined in the Second Part of the formed for altered districts. said Schedule shall form a new electoral roll for such district, in the manner provided by " The Registration of Electors Act, 1879," and this Act. NO. 113-1.

1 Representation.

Mode of forming 7. For the purpose of forming such new rolls, the following provisions shall new rolls. have effect:- (1.) The electoral rolls in force on the day when this Act comes into operation shall be the rolls from which new rolls shall be formed. (2.) The Registrar shall place on the new roll the name of every elector 5 registered on any electoral roll whose qualification in respect of a freehold estate or residence is within the district for which such new

roll is to be formed : Provided that if any elector on the original roll is registered in respect of a freehold estate sit:uate in two or more of the districts 10 defined in the Second Part of the said Schedule, the Registrar may, in forming the new rolls, omit the name of such elector from the roll of either one or more of the new electoral districts in which such elector may not appear to the Registrar to have a sufficient electoral qualification. 15 (3.) The provisions of the seventh to the twenty-fifth sections of " The Regis- tration of Electors Act, 1879," both inclusive shall not apply to any roll formed under this Act. (4.) Except for the purpose of giving effect to this Act, no names shall be added to or placed upon an electoral roll formed under this Act after 20 it comes into operation, until the expiration of the time limited for the return of the writs at the general election upon the expiration or dissolution of the present Parliament. (5.) Except where the provisions of this Act are inconsistent, or express provision is otherwise made, every roll formed under this Act shall 25 be deemed to have been formed under " The Registration of Eleetors Act, 1879."

Notice of formation 8. Upon such new electoral rolls being so formed, every Registrar shall to be gazetted by give notice thereof to the Colonial Secretary, who shall publish the fact in the Colonial Secretary. Gazette ; and from the day of such publication the electoral roll so formed for 30 each such district shall be the electoral roll for such district for all purposes.

Time of issue of 9. Writs for the election of members of the House of ]Representatives in writs for new the ensuing Parliament shall be issued for all the electoral districts constituted Parliament. under this Act, as soon as conveniently may be after the fact of the formation of new rolls has been published as hereinbefore provided. 85

If necessary, 10, Notwithstanding anything in this Act, if it shall appear to tile Governor 'Governor may issue to be necessary to summon a Parliament before new electoral rolls shall have writs for a new Parli&ment without been formed under this Act, as before provided, the Governor may from time to reference to this Act. time issue writs for the election of members of the House of ]Representatives, in like manner as if this Act had not been passed. 40

In such case 11. In such case, no election shall take place under this Act (except such as elections to be held shall take place under the last preceding section) until after the dissolution or *pon rolls then in force. expiration of the Parliament next succeeding this present Parliament, and in that case the several electoral rolls in force under " The Registration of Electors Act, 1879," at the time of such expiration or dissolution shall be the rolls 45 from which new rolls shall be formed, as provided in the seventh section of this Act. V-

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SCHEDULE. Schedule.

PART I.

UNALTERED DISTRICTS.

-Mangonui, One Member. This district comprises that portion of the North Island which lies to the northward of a right line from Rocky Bay (south of the Three Gables) to the , mouth of the Koatu River; together with the adjacent islands.

Marsden, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Mangonui Electoral District; towards the East by the sea; towards the South by the southern boundaries of the Parishes of Mangawai and Kaiwaka, by the southern banks of the Kaiwaka and Otamatea Rivers to the mouth of the said Otamatea River, by a right line to the north head of the last-mentioned river, and by the northern shore of Kaipara Harbour to tile North Sand Head; and towards the f South-west by the sea ; together with the adjacent islands. i , One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by Auckland Harbour; towards the West by the centre of Queen Street; towards the South by the centre of Karangahape Road to Suburban Section 15 ; towards the South-east by that section to the Grafton Road, thence by Suburban Section 18, the Domain, and Allotment No. 96 to and across the Strand ; and thence by a right line, 1500 links, along the city boundary to the harbour.

New Plymouth, One Member. This district comprises the Town of and Town Belt, as laid ont by the New Zealand Company.

Waitara, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west by the sea and the Waipa Electoral District; towards the East and South-east by the Waipa Electoral District and the Wanganui River to a point due east of Mount Egmont; thence towards the South by a right line due west to the summit of Mount Egmont; and towards the West by a right line from the summit of Mount - Egmont to the southern angle of the Grey Block, and by the western boundary - line of the said block, excepting the New Plymouth Electoral District.

Egmont, One Member. This district is bounded towards the East and North by the Waitara Electoral District; towards the South-east by the Wanganui Electoral District ; and towards the South-west and West by the sea.

Hutt, One Member. This district is bounded towards the South-east by right lines from peak to peak along the summit of the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges to Taourakira Head ; towards the South-west by the sea and Port Nicholson; towards the North-west and North by the Electoral District: together with Somes and Ward Islands. 4 Representation.

Totara, One Member. This district is bounded towards the East by the Hokitika Electoral District; towards the South-east by the summit of the Southern Alps to Mount Aspiring; towards the South by a right line from Mount Aspiring to the mouth of the Awarua River; and towards the North-west by the sea: together with the adjacent islands. Avon, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the AAhley and Kaiapoi Electoral Districts ; towards the East by the sea ; towards the South by the north bank of the River Avon from its mouth to the Stanmore Road; thence by the Suburban Electoral District to the south-east boundary of Section No. 145, thence by that boundary-line till it is crossed by a creek running easterly into the River Heathcote, the middle of that creek till- it meets a line in continuation of the south-east boundary of Section No. 180, the line so continued to tile south-east boundary of Section No. 180, the middle of the road lying on the north-west boundary of Section No. 156 as far as a point where that road first meets a branch of the River Heathcote, a line drawn thence due west to a point where it crosses the Great South Road, and by the Great South Road; and towards the West by the Waimakariri and Ross Road, and the Weeden and Ross Road.

PART II.

ALTERED DISTRICTS.

Rodnev, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Marsden Electoral District; towards the East by the sea to the Weiti River; towards the South by the Parishes of Okura, Pukeatua, and Kaukapakapa to the Kaipara Harbour; and towards the West by the harbour ; together with the Great and Little Barrier Islands, Kawau, Kaiti, Motuhora, Owaiki, Tiritiri Matangi, and other adjacent islands.

f'Faitemata, One Member.

This district is bounded towards the North by the Rodney Electoral District; towards the East by the sea and the Waitemata Harbour to the Whau Portage, thence by the said portage to the Manukau Harbour; towards the South by the said Harbour ; towards the West by the sea ; and again towards the North and East by the Kaipara Harbour; together with adjacent islands in the Waitemata Harbour. Auckiand North, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west by the Waitemata Harbour, from the middle of Union Street to the middle of the Queen-street Wharf; thence towards the East by a line along the middle of the wharf and the middle of Queen Street to the middle of Cook Street; thence towards the South by a line along the middle of Cook and Union Streets to the harbour.

Auckland Sottth, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by Freeman's Bay from the middle of Franklyn Road to the middle of Union Street, thence by the Auck- land North Electoral District to the middle of Queen Street; thence towards the East by a line along the middle of that street to the middle of Karangahape Road; thence towards the South by a line along the middle of that road and Ponsonby 1Road to the middle of Franklyn Street; and thence towards the West by a line along the middle of that street to Freeman's Bay. Representation. 5

Parnell, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Waitemata Harbour ; to- wa*is the East by Allotments Nos. 401,391, 881, and 45, Parish of Waitemata, by Allotments Nos. 12A, 26, and part of 7, to the south-western corner of Allotment No. 25, all of Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland, thence by a right line to the. junction of the Panmure Road with tile Great South Road ; towardi the South-west by the Great South Road and the Epsom Road to a road which forms the northern boundary of Allotment No. 20, Section 6, Suburbs of Auck- land, thence by that road, and by the road which forms the eastern boundary of Allotment No. 34, and the northern boundary of Allotments Nos. 34,77, and 78, and by Allotment No. 28 of said Section 6 to the Kyber Pass Road, thence by that road to the centre of the frontage of Allotment No. 4, Section 3, Suburbs of Auckland, thence by a right line running parallel to the eastern boundary of said Allotment No. 4 to the road, across the road, and by Allot- ment No. 22 of said section, and across the road to the IIospital Reserve ; again towards the North by that reserve and the Public Domain ; and towards the West by that domain and the Auckland East Electoral District to tile harbour.

Grafton, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Auckland South Electoral District and the Auckland East Electoral District ; towards the East by the Parnell Electoral District to the Stockade Road ; thenee towards the South-east and South by that road to tile Mount Eden Road, thence by that road to the northern boundary of Allotment No. 1, Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland, thence by that allotment, mid Allotment No. 2(; to Mount Roskill Road ; and towards the West by the Newton Electoral District.

Newton, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Waitemata Harbour; towards the East by the Auckland South Electoral District, by the Great North Road, and across that road to Allotment No. 12, Section 7, Suburbs of Auckland, thence by that allotment, anil by Allotments Nos. 4,7,8, and 9, Section 5, Suburbs of Auckland, to the New North Road, thence by the Mount Roskill Road to a line running parallel to the said New North Road and 235 links distance there- from, thence by that line to the western boundary of Mr. Baker's land, thence by that land and the said western boundary produced to Allotment No. 136, Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland, thence by that allotment, and by Allotments Nos. 185, 184, 183, 132, 131, 130, 129, 128, 127, and 126 ; again towards the North by Allot- ments Nos. 126, 114, 93, 78, 57, 58, and 35, Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland, to the Epsom Road; again towards the East by that road, and along the southern boundary of Allotments Nos. 50 and 51 of said Section 10, and across the road, and by the road forming the eastern boundary of Allotments Nos. 3 and 2, Section 13, Suburbs of Auckland, to the Manukau Harbour; towards the South by the Manukau Hai·bour to the Whau Portage; again towards the West by that portage and the Whau River to the Waitemata Harbour.

Onehunga, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Waitemata Harbour; towards the East by the Tamaki River to the Tamaki Portage; towards the South by that portage to the Great South road, and by that Road to the Manukau Harbour, and thence by that harbour ; towards the West, South, and { again towards the West by the Newton Electoral District; again towards the North by the Grafton and Parnell Electoral Districts; and again towards the ] West by the said Parnell Electoral District to the harbour. 2 4 1£2.presentation.

Franklin North, One Member.

This district is bounded towards the North by the Tamaki River and Tamaki Straits to the north-western boundary of Waitawa Block ; towards the East by that block, the Pekarakara Block, and the Kiripaki Block, to the Con- fiscation boundary ; towards the South-east by that boundary to the road linb which forms the south-eastern boundary of sections Nos. 25 and 24, Parish of Otau, to the Waimako River, thence by that river to the Wairoa River, thence by that river and by the Hunua and Mangawheau Streams to the southern boundary of Section No. 212, Parish of Hunua; thence towards the South by lines forming the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 212 and 211 of said parish, and by Sections Nos. 192, 199, 156, 225, 227, and 148, and a line being the production of the northern boundary of the last-mentioned section to the north-east angle of Section No. 169, thence by that Section and by Section No. 224, all of the Parish of Opaheke, and by a right line being the production of the northern boundary of the last-mentioned section to the Great South Road ; towards the West by that road and Symonds Creek to the Hingaia Estuary; thence by that estuary and the Pahurehure Estuary to the Manukau Harbour, and by that harbour ; again towards the North by said harbour and the Onehunga Electoral District to the Tamaki River; including the islands of Rakino, Motu Ihi, Bream Rock, Ponui, Motutapu, Waiheke, and other adjacent islands.

Franklin South, One Member.

This district is bounded towards the North by the Manukall Harbour, the Pahurehure and Hingaia Estuaries to Symonds Creek, and thencc by the Franklin Electoral District ; towards the East by the Frith of Thames; towards the South by the main road from Pukorokoro to Mercer, as far as the Maramarua River, thence by that river to the Waikato River, and thence by the right bank of that river to the sea ; and towards the West by the sea.

Thames, One Member.

This district commences at a point bearing from Trig. Station F 282 degrees 86 minutes 31 seconds, distant 11681* links ; thence due East to Rocky Point 80 chains ; thence bearing 126 degrees 52 minutes, distant 4250 links, to Trig. Station F, thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 5, Kuranui Hill, thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 1, Waiotahi Spur, thence by a right line to the middle of the Karaka Road, opposite the middle of Sandes Street, thence along the middle of the Karaka Road to the middle of Rolleston Street, thence along the middle of Rolleston Street to the middle of Hape Creek, thence along the middle of that creek to its confluence with the Kauaeranga River; thence due West 80 chains ; thence by a right line to the point of commencement, a distance of 286 chains or thereabouts.

Coromandel, One Member. This district is bounded towards the East by the sea to a point due east of the confluence of the Hape Creek and tile Kauaeranga ]River; towards the South by a right line due west to the Kauaeranga River, thence by that river to the sea; and towards the West by the Frith of Thames and Hauraki Gulf: excepting the Thames Electoral District, and including the adjacent islands.

Waikato, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Franklyn South Electorar District, the Frith of Thames, and the Coromandel Electoral District to the sea i towards the East by the sea to the North Head of Katikati Harbour, thenc6 Representation.

by a right line to the summit of Te Aroha Mountain, thence by right linek from peak to peak along the summit of the main range to Otane Wainuku, thence by right lines from peak to peak along the summit of the western watershed of Rotorua and Tarawera Lakes, the summit of the eastern watershed of the Waikato River to Tauhara Mountain, tlience by a right line due south to the main road from Taupo to Napier, thence by that road to Taupo Lake ; thence towards the West by that lake and the Waikato River to the Electoral District.

Wafpa, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Franklin South Electoral District; towards the East by the Waikato Electoral District and the eastern shore of Taupo Lake to tie Waikato ]River, where it runs into the lake, and by that river to the 39th parallel of South latitude ; towards the South by that parallel of latitude to the Wanganui River; thence towards the West by a right line to the source of the Mokau 1River; again towards the South by that river to the sea; and again towards the West by the sea to the Waikato River.

East Coast, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North and East by the sea to Paritu; thence towards the South by a right line to the confluence of the Ruakituri and Huangaroa Rivers, thence by the said Ruakituri River to Puketapu, thence by a right line to the most northerly part of Waikaremoana Lake, thence by a right line to the Rangitaiki River where the main road from Taupo to Napier crosses it ; thence again towards the East by a right line to the Taharua River at the eastern boundary of the Tallhara South Block, thence by that river and tile Mohaka River to the 39th parallel of south latitude ; again towards the South by that parallel to the Waikato River; and thence towards the West by the l Waipa and Waikato Electoral Districts: including adjacent islands.

Napier, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North and East by the sea from the f Pilot Station to a point in line with the south boundary of Section No. 586, Town of Napier; thence towards the South by a right line to and along that section and its production to the Inner Lagoon; thence towards the West and again towards the South and West by the said lagoon to Pandora Point, thence by a right line to the beacon on the most westerly point of Maori Island, and thence by a right line to the Pilot Station, the starting point.

Hawke's Bay, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the East Coast Electoral District from the Taharua River to Paritu, thence towards the East by the sea; towards the South by the Te Apiti Block, Blocks Nos. 68 and 63, Oero District, to the Hawea Stream; thence by that stream, the Tukituki River, and the Papanui Stream, to the road from Patangata to Te Aute; thence by that road and the Te Aute Road to a point opposite tile northern boundary of the College Land; thence by a line to and by said land, Blocks Nos. 13, 142, 12, 141, 11, and 140, Ruataniwha Survey District ; thence by a right line to the Mangaonuku River, at the westernmost corner of Block No. 24, Maraekakahu Survey District; thence by said river to its source; thence by Blocks Nos. 1 and 5, Gwavas Survey District, to the Mangamauku River, thence by that river to its source; thence by a right line to the conuence of the Makaroa River with the north branch of the Waipawa River; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 30, on - 8 Representation.

Aorangi; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 32; thence towards the West by a right line to Trig. Station No. 16; thence »by a right line to Trig. Station No. 17; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 24, on Tekotete; and thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 28; thence again towards the North by a right line to Trig. Station No. 27; thence by a right line to Trig- Station No. 26, on Tawheketewhango ; and thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 65A; thence again towards the WeBt by a right line through Trig. Station No. 68A, produced to the Mohaka River; thence by that river and the Tahartia River to the east boundary of Tallhara South Block: together with the adjacent islands, excluding the Napier Electoral District.

Waipawa, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Hawke's Bay Electoral District; towards the East by the sea; towards the South by the Waimata Stream to its source, thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 41A, thence by a right line to Trig. Station on Whahatuaro, thence by a right line to the confluence of the Tiraumea and Manawatu Rivers, thence by the Manawatu River to the Mana- watu Gorge; thence towards the West by lines from peak to peak along the summit of the Ruahine Range to the Hawke's Bay Electoral District.

Wanganui, Two Members. This district is bounded towards the North by the Waipa Electoral District ; towards the East by the Waikato River to its source, thence by a right line to the source of the Wangaehu Rivers thence towards the South-east by that river to the sea; towards the South-west by the sea ; and towards the North-west by a line bearing 390 39' 45" magnetic from the mouth of the Patea River to the Wanganui River, thence by that river to the 39th parallel of South latitude.

Rangiikei, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the East Coast Electoral District; towards the East and South, and again towards the East and North, by the Hawke's Bay Electoral District to the Rangitikei River, where it is crossed by a line drawn between Trig. Stations Nos. 30 and 32; towards the South-east by the Rangitikei River; towards the South-west by the sea; and towards the North-west by the Wanganui Electoral District.

Manawatu, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-east by the Hawke's Bay Electoral District; towards the East by the Waipawa Electoral District to the Manawatu Gorge, thence by the summit of the Tararua Range to a point due east of the source of the Ohau River ; thence towards the South by a line due west to the, source of the said river, and thence by said river to the sea ; thence towards the West by tile sea; and towards the North-west by the Rangitikei Electoral District to the Hawke's Bay Electoral District.

WeHington Country, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Manawatu Electoral District; towards the East by the summit of the Tararna Range, and by right lines from peak to peak along the summit of tile watershed between Porirua Harbour and Port Nicholson to the source of the Korokoro Stream; thence by that stream· to Port Nicholson, and thence by Port Nicholson to the sea; towards the South and West by the sea to the mouth of the Ohau River: together with the Islands · of Mana and Kapiti, and excluding the City of Wellington. ' 1

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Wairarapa North, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-east by the Waipawa Electoral District; towards the South-east by the sea ; towards the South-west by the Pahana ]River to the confluence of the Kaikaikuri Stream; thence by a right line in the direction of the south-west corner of Section No. 96 to the Wangaehu Stream ; thence towards the West by said stream; towards the South by Sections Nos. 40, 38, 61, 60, 58, and 56 Ahiaruhe Block to the Pohaturiki Stream, and thence by that stream to its confluence with the Ruamahanga River; thence again towards the West by that river to the confluence of the Waingawa River; again towards the South-west by that river to its source and dience by a right line due West to the summit of the Tararua Range; and again towards the West by the summit of the said range to the Manawatu Gorge. Wairarapa Sottth, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-east by the Wairarapa North Elec- toral District, from the summit of the Tararua Range to the sea; towards the South-east and South by the sea to the Taourakira Head; and thence towards the West by the Hutt and Wellington Country Electoral Districts to a point due west of the source of the Waingawa River.

77torndon, One Member. This district is bounded towards the West, North, and East by the limits of the Boroiigh of Wellington ; towards the South by Section No. 506 and its northern boundary produced to Lambton Harbour, by Church Street, by Section No. 450, and by Section No. 6, Terrace District, to tlie boundary of borough. Te Aro, One Member. Tliis district is bounded towards the North by the Thorndon Electoral District Before described, and by Lambton Harbour, to a point at which the eastern boundary of Section No. 220 produced intersects high-water mark; towards the East by that line and its production to Courtenay Place ; thence by Tory Street, Ellice Street, Wallace Street, and Bidwell Street, and by Section No. 685 and the production of the western side of said Section No. 685 to boundary of borough; and towards the West by the western boundary lines of the Borough of # Wellington. Wellington South, One Member. This district comprises that portion of the Borough of Wellington not' contained in the two districts immediately before-described.

Picton, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North and East by the sea from Elaine Bay, in Tennyson Inlet, to the mouth of the Wairau River; towards the South 4 by the Wairau River and Tophouse Creek to where the road from Nelson crosses 1 tile latter; thence towards the West by right lines to Ben Nevis, Mount Itin- toul, Mount Richmond, Dun Mountain, Saddle Hill, Mount Duppa, Castor i Peak, Elliot Peak, Mount McLaren, and the summit of the watershed to Elaine Bay, the starting point : together with Arapawa and other adjacent islands. i Nelson East, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west and North by the sea from the Lighthouse on Boulder Bank ; towards the East by the Picton Electoral District to Dun Mountain; towards the South-west by a right line to the 1 south-western corner of Section 3, Maungatapu Survey District; thence by south- 1 western boundary lines of Sections 3, 1, 23, 24, 27,20, and 22, to the south- ' eastern corner of the Borough of Nelson; thence by south-western boundary line of said borough to Waimea Road ; again towards the North-west by said Waimea Road and Waimea Street, and by street forming the north-western boundaries of Sections 227, 229, H10, H].2, H].4, to the north-western corner of last-men- 3 10 Representation.

. tioned section; and thence by a right line across Nelson Harbour to Nelson Lighthouse, the starting point.

Nelson West, One Member. This district is bounded on the North-east by the Nelson East Electoral Dis- trict before described; towards the South-east by the Picton Electoral District; towards the West by the -Wairoa and the Waimea Rivers; and towards the North by the sea to the Nelson Lighthouse : including the adjacent islands.

Motiteka, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west and North-east by the sea to the Waimea Survey District; thence towards the South-east and South by Sections 53, 52, 524 50,66, and 67 of said district; thence by Sections Nos. 30, 32, 35, 39, 38,37, 186, 188, 190, 213, 167, 107, 105, 103, 101, 99, 98, and 168, Wai-iti Survey District, to western corner of last-mentioned section; thenee by a right line to North-eastern corner of Section No. 169 of said district; thence by that section, and Sections Nos. 86, 63, and 62, to Stanley Brook; thence by Sections Nos. 78 and 77 of above-named district to the Motueka River; thence by that river to its confluence with the Baton River; thence by a right line to the summit of Mount Arthur; and thence by a right line to Kohaihai Bluff. Waimea, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Motueka Electoral District and the sea ; towards the East and South-east by the Nelson West, Picton, Wairau, and Cheviot Electoral Districts; thence towards the South-west by a right line drawn through Lake Christabel to Mount Haast; thence towards the West by the summit of the Victoria, Brunner, Lyell, and Merino Mountains to Mount Arthur. Wairau, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Picton Electoral District; towards the East by the sea; towards the South by the Conway River to its source; thence by a right line due West to the Clarence River, and by that river to the northern shore of Lake Tennyson, and a right line from the nearest point of the latter to the summit of Mount Princess ; thence towards the North-west by a right line to the Wairau Gorge, thence by right lines from peak to peak along the hills forming the eastern watershed of the Upper Wairau River, and a right line from the nearest point to the mouth of the Tophouse Creek. BuUer, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-east by the Motueka Electoral District ; towards the East and South-east by the Waimea Electoral District to a point due east of the confluence of the Colin with the Inangahua River; towards the South by a right line running due West to the confluence aforesaid, thence by a right line to Buckland Peaks; again towards the South-east by the summit of the watershed of the Paparoa Mountains; again towards the South by the Razorback Creek; and towards the North-west by the sea. Reefton, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west by right lines from peak to pdak along the summit of the Paparoa Mountains from Mount Fara(lay to the Buckland Peaks ; thence towards the North by a right line to the con8uence of ilie Colin or Awatua River with the Inangahua River; thence by a right line inning dile East to the summit of the Brunner Mountains ; thence towards the East and North-east by the Waimea Electoral District; thence towards the South-east by the Cheviot Electoral District to the saddle between the Hurunui and Teremakau Rivers ; thence towards the South-west by a right line to the outflow of the Arnold River from Lake Brunner; thence by the said Arnold Representation. 11

River to the Grey River; thence again towards the South-west by the said Grey River to a point one-and-a-half miles east of the mouth of Coal Creek; thence towards the West by a right line to the summit of the nearest spur of the Faparoa Mountains; and thence by summit of said mountains to Mount Faraday, Greymouth, One Member. This district is bounded towards tile North by the Buller Electoral District ; thence towards the East and the North-east by the Reefton Electoral District to the saddle between the Hurnnui and the Teremakau Rivers ; thence towards the South by the said Teremakau River to the ocean; and thence towards the West by the ocean to Razorback Creek. Cheviot, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Wairau Electoral District; towards the East by the sea to the mouth of the River Ashley; towards the South by the said River Ashley to the eastern side of the road forming the eastern boundary of Section 2163; thence by that road to where it crosses the western boundary of Run No. 11; thence by the latter boundary to the east bank of the Makerikeri; thence by that river, and the eastern boundary of Run No. 194, to the summit of Mount Grey; thence by the ridge to Mount Karetu; thence by Runs 165, 166, and 168, to the south branch of the Waipara River; thence towards the South by that river to its source; thence by a right line to Block Hill; thence by a right line to the source of the River Ashley aforesaid; thence towards the East by that river to the confluence of the River Townsend ; thence by a right line passing over the summit of Oxford Hill to the Itiver Waimaka- riri; and towards the West by the Waimakariri and the Poulter Rivers, and by a right line from the source of the latter to the saddle between the Hurunui and Teremakau Rivers; and thence towards the North-west by a right line to the summit of Mount Princess : together with the adjacent islands.

Kumara, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Greymouth Electoral District to the saddle between the Hurunui and Teremakau Rivers ; thence towards the East and South-east by the summit of the Southern Alps to Browning's Pass ; thence towards the South-west and South by the Arahura River to the ocean ; and thence towards the West by the ocean to the mouth of the Teremakau IRiver. Hokitika, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Kumara Electoral District ; towards the South-east by the summit of the Southern Alps ; and towards the West by the Hokitika River and the sea: including the Town of Hokitika, Ashley, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west, North, and East by the Cheviot Electoral District to the Ashley River; towards the South by the said river to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 10512; towards the East by that road continued to the Oxford and Kaiapoi Road, at the south- east corner of Section No. 4553; towards the North-east by said road and the Borough of Kaiapoi to the Waimakariri River; and again towards the South by 1 that river to Cheviot Electoral District. Kaiapoi, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Ashley Electoral District 1 and Cheviot Electoral District ; towards the East by the sea ; towards the South by a right line through trigonometrical station C 27 on the sea-coast and trigonometrical station C 19 to the left bank of the River Waimakariri; towards the West by the left bank of that river to the Borough of Kaispoi ; thenee 12 Representation.

towards the South-west by the Ashley Electoral District to Section No. 4553; and again towards the West by tlie road forming the eastern side of that section continued to the Ashley River.

Chriatchurch Sidmrban, One Member. This district is bounded towards the West and North-west from Lincoln Road by the road separating Section 113 from 118 to Riccarton Road, and by a straight line drawn from the north-west corner of Section 155 to the road separating Section 18 from 80, and by that road to the road separating Sections 242 and 299 from 453 and 135 to the Papanui Road, following' southerly the said road to the road running between Sections 136 and 24316 and by that road to the road east of Section 2256 ; towards the East by the last-mentioned road to its junction with the East Christchurch Road, following that road easterly to the Stanmore Road, and by that road crossing the River Avon to the road separating Section 69 from 84, and by that road to the Ferry Road, following that road westerly to the Christchurch East Town Belt ; again towards the West by the said East Town Belt ; again towards the South by the North Town Belt ; again towards the East hy the River Avon and the Lincoln Road to starting point. Sydenham, One Member. This district is bounded by aline commencing at the intersection of roads known as Wilson's Road and the Ferry Road, and starting from tlience along the south side of the Ferry Road in a westerly direction to the East Town Belt of the City of Christchurch; from thence along tlte cast side of tlie said belt to the South Town Belt of the said city ; and from thence along the south side of the said belt to the Lower Lincoln Road ; from thence along the southernmost side of the said Lincoln ]Road to a road known as Bright's Road ; from thence in a south and easterly direction along the northernmost side of Bright's Road to a road known as the Windmill Road; and from thence along the easternmost side of the said Windmill Road to a road known as Colombo Road ; from thence along the east side of Colombo Road to a road known as Piper's Road ; and from thence along the north side of Piper's Road to the River IIeathcote; from thence along the south bank of the said river to Wilson's Bridge; and from thence northerly along the west side of Wilson's Road to the starting point.

Christchurch North, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the North Town Belt ; towards the East by the East Town Belt ; towards the South by a line along the middle of Worcester Street, produced through Latimer Square and Cathedral Square ; ,again towards the East »by the middle of Antigua Street ; again towards the South and towards the West by the River Avon to North Town Belt,

Christchitrck South, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Christchurch North Electoral District ; towards the East by the East Town Belt ; towards the South by the South Town Belt ; and towards the North-west by Lincoln Road and by Antigua 1Road to the River Avon.

Heatheote, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North from tile Halswell River by a tributary of that river running through Sections 407 and 393 to the Canal Reserve, by said reserve to the River Heathcote and by that river to the Colombo South Road; towards the West by the Sydenham Electoral District and the Christchurch Suburban Electoral District; again towards the North by the Avon Electoral District; towards the East by the sea ; towards the South by Representation. 14

Port Lyttelton, the Lyttelton Electoral District, and right lines from peak to peak following the summit of the north-western watershed of Port Lyttelton to Trig. Station on Cooper's Knob; towards the South by Section' 1182 to a road line north of Sections 1182 and 181, thcnce by that road through Section 113, and continued on through Section 804, and by that section and its northern boundary produced to the River Halswell; and towards the West by the said river to the tributary before-mentioned, the starting point.

Lyttetton, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by right lines from peak to peak along the summit of a range of hills on the north side of Ly'ctelton Harbour; towards the East and West by right lines drawn due north and south through the easternmost and westernmost points of the Town of Lyttelton as originally laid out by the Canterbury Association, including the Town Reserve ; and towards the South by Port Lyttelton.

Akaroa, One Member. i This district is bounded towards the North by the Heathcote Electoral District ; towards the North-east, East, and Sozith by the sea to the month of Lake Ellesmere ; towards the North-west by a right line from Tziumutii to the mouth of the River IIalswell ; again towards the West by the said river to the Heatheote Electoral District, the starting point.

Lincoln, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Great Southern Railway and the Great South Road to the south-west corner of Avon Electoral District, at Weedens, thence by tile said Avon Electoral District; towards the East by Christchurch Suburban Electoral District and the Sydenham Electoral District; towards the South and East by the Heathcote Electoral District and the Akaroa Electoral District ; towards the South by that district ; and towards the South- west by a right line to the mouth of the River Selwyn, and by the said river to the Great Southern Railway, the starting point.

Eliesmere, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west by the Great South Road and the Great Southern IRailway to the River Selwyn; towards the North-east by the Lincoln Electoral District; towards the South-east by the Akaroa Electoral District; towards the South by the sea; and towards the South-west by the right bank of the Rakaia River to the Great South Road, the starting point. Coleridge, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-east by "the dividing range between Canterbury and Westland, from the source of the River Rakaia to the Teremakau Saddle; towards the East and North-east by the Cheviot, Ashley, and the Avon Electoral Districts ; towards the South-east by the Lincoln and Ellesmere Electoral Districts ; and towards the South-west and South by the right bank of the Rakaia River to its source in the Southern Alps, the starting point.

Ashburton, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west by the Southern Alps; towards the North and North-east by the Coleridge and Ellesmere Electoral Districts; towards the South-east by the sea; towards the South-west by the River Rangitata and Clyde River to its source in the Southern Alps. 4 46 **rese*tatioli.

GeraMid, One Me,hber. ' ' 03 ' This district is bounded t6wards the North-west' by the Sbuthern« Alps; 'totards ,the North-east by the Ashburton Widetoral ' District,; towards 'tlie South-east by the sea to the Opilli River ; towards tlte South-west and West by that river to Run No. 254; by that river, and by the southern branch of tlip Opuha Ifiter to its most southerly source in Two Thumbs Range, and by said range to Southern Alps.

Timam, One Member. This district is bounded towards the West by the road commencing at the Washdyke Creek, between Sections 1864 and 3131, running southerly to the south-east corner of Section 2001, thence westerly to the north-west corner of 8976; thence South-easterly to the southern boundary of the Municipality of Timaru; thence by the southern boundary of that municipality to the sea; and towards the East by the sea, and by Washdyke Creek to the starting point.

Seadown, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-east by the Geraldine Electoral District ; towards the South-east by the sea, by the Timaru Electoral District, and' again by the sea ; towards the South-west by the Pareora ]River to its source, thence by a due east and west line to the Hakataramea River, thence by a right line to tile Waitangi River, at the southernmost corner of Run 225 ; again towards the South-west and towards the West by that river, the Ohau River, Lake Ohau, and the River IIopkins to the Southern Alps; and towards the North-west by that range to Geraldine Electoral District.

Gladstone, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North and North-east by the Seadown Electoral District; towards the East by the sea; and towards the South-west by the Waitangi River. Waitaki, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-east by the Hopkins River, Ohau Lake, Ohau River, and Waitaki Itiver to the sea; towards the East by the sea to the mouth of the Kakanui River; towards the South by the Kakanui River and Island Creek to the south-east corner of Section 51, Block I., Kauroo Survey District, thence by a line due West to the summit of the Kakanui Moun- tains, near Kakanui Peak; towards the West by the Kakanui Mountains and a right line to Kyeburn Hill, thence by the summit of the watershed to Mount Ida, thence by the summit of the Hawkdun Mountains to a point due east of Mount St. Bathans, thence by a right line to the last-mentioned point, thence along the dimmit of the range through Lindis Pass to Longslip Hill, thence along the summit of that range to Mount Ward, thence to Mount Holmes, and thence by a line to the source of the Hopkins, the starting point : exclusive of the Oamaru Electoral District.

Oamaru, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west by Blocks numbered respectively II. and IV., Oamaru Survey District, 4596 links, also by Block numbered II. 3215 links; towards the North-north-east by Block numbered I., m = Oamaru Survey District, 6426 links; towards the East by high-water mark of the ocean, 15800 links; towards the South-east by Block numbered IV., Oamaru Survey District, 2000 links; towards the South by Block numbered IV., 6950 E links; towards the South-west by the said Block numbered IV., 6544 links; and towards the West-north-west by the said Block numbered IV.,4576 links. Ealitede*itWLLod. 1N

Modaki, Ond Member. 2< Thisdistrict is bou*decl towards the North 'bythe Waitaki Electoral District ; to*hrds the East by the sea'; towards the South by Block I., Halvksbury Survej Distriet, and Sections 26, 25, and 22, Block II., from the mouth 'of Stony Creek to*he

Waikouaiti, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North and East by the Moeraki Electoral District; towards the East by the sea to Block V., North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District; thence by Block V. aforesaid to the road-line fronting Section 92, Block VI., same district; thence towards the South by that road to the southern boundary of Section 74, Block VII., in the said survey district ; thence by Sections 74 and 56 of same block to the Main North Road; thench towards the East by the said road to Section 37, North-East Valley Survey District; thence by said Section 37, and by Sections 16, 55, and 56, Block XI., North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District; thence again towards the East by said Section 56, and Sections 58, 60,62,64,66, 68, 70, and 72 to the Water 0( Leith; thence towards the West by said Water of Leith to its source, at the northern boundary of Section 64, Block VIII., North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District; thence towards the South by a right line due West to Swampy Hill Trig. Station; thence towards the West by a right line to Silver Peak; thence by a right line to the Hummock, Trig. Station D; thence by a right line to Little Hummock; thence by a right line due North to the nearest branch of the Waikouaiti River; and thence again towards the North by that river to the Moeraki Electoral District. Port Chatmers, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Waikouaiti Electoral District and by the sea ; towards the South-east by the Otago Harbour; towards the South. west by the City of to the Main North Road ; and towards tile North„ . 'west by the said road and the Waikouaiti Electoral District.

Roslyn, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-east by the Waikouaiti Electoral Disi trict, from the Water of Leith at Section 72, to the Main North Road at Section' 87, North-East Valley Survey District ; thence towards the South-east by said road and the City of Dilnedin to the Borough of Caversham; thence towards the South by the last-mentioned borough to the Lower Kaikorai Survey District ; towards the West by that district to the Kaikorai Stream; thence by that stream to the north-western boundary of Section 113, Waikari Survey District ; thence by > Sections 1,2,3,4,5,6, 7,8, 9, 10, 53, 55, 57,59, and 61 of said district, to a district road passing through Section 100, aforesaid district ; thence towards the North-east by that road to the south-eastern corner of Section 1, Block II., Upper Kaikorai Survey District; thence by that section, and by Block XI., , Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, and Section 1 of 73, Block XIN' North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District to the Water of Leith ; and thence again towards the South-west by said Water of Leith to the western corner of Section 72 of said Block XI., North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District. 16 Itepresentation.

Dunedin H*st, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the limits of the Borough of Dunedin; towards the East by George Street and that street produced to,the northern limit of said borough; towards the South and,South-west by Stuars, Street, York Place, and the North Taieri Road ; and towards the West, by the limits of the Borough of Dunedin.

Dunedin East, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the limits of the Borough of Dunedin; towards the East by the said limits and Otago Harbour; towards the South by Frederick Street and that street produced to the said harbour to the Electoral District ; and towards the West by that district.

Dtmedin Centra4 One Member. This district is bounded towards the North and West by the Dunedin West and Electoral Districts; towards the East by Otago Harbour; and towards the South by Rattray Street, Elm Row, and Arthur Street (from Elm Row to York Place).

Dunedin South, One Member.

This district is bounded towards the North by Dunedin West and Electoral Districts ; towards the East by Otago Harbour and the limits of the Borough of Dunedin; and towards the South-west by the said limits.

Caversham, One Member.

This district is bounded towards the North by the Roslyn Electoral District and the City of Dunedin; towards the North-east by the Otago Harbour, Sections 72 and 78, Block VII., Town Survey District, and by the dividing line between Sections 79 and 78 produced to the ocean; towards the South-east by the sea; and towards the South-west by a line to and along the eastern boundaries of Sections 33,34,35,36,40,77, and 78, Ocean Beach Survey District to a dis- trict road, and thence by that district road through Sections 36 and 39, Block VI., Town Survey District, to the Main South Road; thence by the Main South Road and Section 45, Lower Kaikorai Survey District, to Roslyn Electoral District. North Taieri, One Member. This district is bounded towards the East by the Waikonaiti, Roslyn, and Caversham Electoral Districts; thence towards the South by the ocean; thence towards the West by the Kaikorai Stream and Abbot's Creek to the Main South Road; thence by that road to the Mosgiel Road; thence by the last-mentioned road and the Outram Road to Section 4, Block XI., Taieri Survey District; thence by said Section 4 and Section 10 of said Block XI., by Sections 4 and 10, Block XVI., said district, and the dividing line between said Sections 10 and Section 9 produced to the Taieri River; thence by that river and the Nenthorn Stream to a point due West of the Hummock, Trig. Station D ; and thence towards the North by a right line due East to the said Trig. Station. Also all that area bounded towards the North-west by the Otago Harbour ; thence towards the East and South by the ocean; and thence towards the West by the Caversham Electoral District.

South Taieri, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-west by a line from Soutra Hill to the Rock and Pillar; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of Block I., Strath Taieri Survey District; thence towards the North by a line due Representation. 17

lEast to the Taieri River ; thence towards the North-east by a right line to Hummock Trig. Station D ; thence towards tile South and East by the North Taieri District to the ocean; thence towards the South-east by the ocean to the mouth of the Taieri River; thence towards the South-west by said river to the Main South Road; thence again towards the South-east by said road to Section 10, Block I., Waihola Survey District; thence again towards the South-west by Sections 10, 3, and 2, of said Block I., by Sections 34,24 36,23,24,43,25, and 26, Block I., Table Hill Survey District, to Trig. Station D, said district; towards the West by Blocks VI. and X. of aforesaid district to Section 63, Block IX., Clarendon Survey District ; thence again towards the North-west by said Section 63, and a line in continuation of the south-eastern boundary thereof to the Waipori River; thence again towards the South by that river to Block X., Waipori Survey District ; thence again towards the West by Blocks X., VIII., and VI. of said district to Verter Burn; thence by a line due East to Trig. Station F. ; thence by a line due North to Lees' Stream ; thence again towards the South-west by said stream to its source, and by the southern water- shed of Deep Stream to Lammerlaw, and thence by the summit of that water- shed to Soutra Hill.

Motmt Ida, One Member.

This district is bounded towards the North-east by the Waitaki Electoral District from Mount St. Bathans to Kakanui Peak ; thence towards the East by the Moeraki and Waikouaiti Electoral Districts ; towards the South by the South Taieri Electoral District to the summit of Lammerlaw; and towards the West by the Tuapeka and Vincent Electoral Districts. Bruce, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the watershed from Waitahuna Hill, over Trig. Stations K, J, and (}, Waipori Survey District, to the South Taieri Electoral District; thence towards the South-east, East, and North-west by the said district; thence towards the North-east by the Taieri River; thence towards the South-east by the ocean to the Clutha River; thence towards the South-wast by the Clutha River (Matau branch) to the Town of Balclutha ; thence towards the North-west by said town; thence towards the West by the Main South Road and a district road, passing through Blocks VI., III., and XI,, Hillend Survey District, to Block XI., Waitahuna East Survey District; thence by said Block XI. and Block IX., and Blocks IV. and V. of said district, to Round Hill; thence by the summit of the watershed, over Trig. Stations S and G, Table Hill Survey District, and Trig. Station T, Waipori Survey District, to Waitahuna Hill. ntapeka, One Member. a This district is bounded towards the North-east by the summit of the Lam- merlaw watershed from the eastern corner of ]Run 199 to the source of Lees' f Stream; thence towards the East by the South Taieri Electoral District ; thence towards the South-east by the Bruce Electoral District to the Clutha River; thence toIVards the South-west by the Clutha River to Blackcleugh Burn; thence by that burn to its source near Tapanui Hill; thence by the summit of the Tapanui Range to Spylaw Hill ; thence by a right line to Mount Benger; thence towards the North by a line due east to the Clutha ]River; thence again towards the West by the Clutha River to the Teviot River; thence towards the North by the Teviot River and Run 199 to Knobby Range. Vincent, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North-east and East by the Waitaki Elec- toral District, from Mount Ward to the summit of Mount St. Bathans, thence by 5 18 Representation. the eastern and part of the southern boundary of Run No. 237 to Lauder Creek, thence by the north-eastern boundary lines of Runs Nos. 223, 244, and 261, and part of the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned run to the summit of North Roughridge Hill, thence by a right line to the summit of South Roughridge Hill, thence by the summit of the western watershed of the Upper Taieri River, and a right line along the south-eastern boundary of Run No. 199 to the Teviot River; towards the South by the said river; again towards the East by the Clutha River to Dumbarton Rock ; again towards the South by a right line to the summit of ]Mount Benger; thence towards the West by right lines from peak to peak along the summit of that range to a point due east of ]Rocky Mount ; thence towards the South by a line due west to Rocky Mount, thence by a right line to Lorn Peak ; thence towards the West by right lines from peak to peak along the summit of the Hector Mountains to Double Cone; thence on the North and North-west by lines bearing easterly along the summit of the ranges from Double Cone to the junction of the Nevis and Kawarau Rivers, thence by the Kawarau River to its junction with the Kirtleburn, thence by the Kirtleburn to its source and a right line to the summit of Mount Pisa, thence by a right line to the south- eastern corner of Block I., Lower Wanaka Survey District; thence North and West along the eastern and northern boundaries of' said block to the Cardrona River; thence due North through Trig. Station C, Mount Iron, to Clutha River, thence by that river and Lake Wanaka to Makarora River, by that river, the Wilkin River, and the summit of the watershed to Mount Alba; and towards the North- west by the Southern Alps.

Wakat*u, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by a right line from the mouth of the Awarua River to Mount Aspiring; thence towards the North-west by the summit of the Southern Alps to Mount Alba; towards the East and South- east by the Vincent Electoral District to Lorn Peak, thence by the summit of the Hector Mountains to the Mataura River; thence towards the South-west and West by the Mataura River to the summit of Eyre Peak, thence by the summit of the southern watershed of Lake Wakatipu to Hummock Peak, thence by a right linc to Mount Campbell, thence by tile summit of the Thomson Mountains to Round Peaks ; thence towards the South by a right line to Mount Eglinton, t]hence by the summit of the Earl Mountains and by a right line over the E Castle to Cloudy Pass in Bligh Sound; and towards the North-west by the sea.

(Nutha, One Member. = This district is bounded towards the North by the Vincent Electoral District, from Rocky ]Mount to the summit of the Benger Range; towards the East by_the 1 summit of that range to Mount Benger; thence by a right line to Spylaw; thence by the summit of the Tapanui Range and the Blackcleugh Burn to the Clutha River; thence again by the last-mentioned river (Matau branch) to the sea ; thence towards the South-east by the sea to Chasland's Mistake; thence again towards tile South-west by a right line to Black Horn; thence »by the summit of the watershed over Mount Alfred, Mouseback, and the Chimney, to Catlin's Cone ; thence by a right line to the source of the Waipahi River; thence by the said river to its confluence with the Pomahaka River; thence by that river to a point at the Village of Kelso due east of the Pyramid; thence again towards the South by a right line running due west to the summit of the Umbrella Range, between the east branch and the west branch of the Waikaka River ; thence again towards the West by the summit of the said range to Whitecoombe; and thence by a right line to Rocky Mount. Representation. 19

Mataura, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the northern boundary-line of the Two Thousand Acre Block produced, from a point due north of the *ource of the Hedgehope Stream to the Mataura River; towards the West by the Mataura River to a point due west of the Pyramid ; thence again towards the North by a right line running due east to the Pomahaka River; thence towards the East by the said river and by the Waipahi River to its source; thence by a right line to Catlin's Cone, thence by the summit of the watershed over Catlin's Cone, Bleak Hill, and Black Horn, to Chasland's Mistake; thence towards the South by the ocean to a point due south of Trig. Station L, Oteramika Hundred; towards the West by right lines through Trig. Stations L, M, E, and J, in said hundred, and Trig. Station T, Lothian Survey District; thence by a right line running due North to Hedgehope Stream, and thence by that stream to its source, and a right line due north to the starting point. | This district is bounded towardsAwanta, the North-west One Member. by the Oreti, Makarewa, and Hedgehope Rivers ; towards the East by the Mataura Electoral District; | towards the South by the ocean ; and towards the West by the New River 1 Estuary : exclusive of the District of Invercargill.

Invercargill, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Waihopai River; towards the East by Section No. 36, Block I., Invercargill Hundred; again towards the North by Sections 36, 37, and 38 ; again towards the East by Sections 35, 34, and 6 ; towards the South-east by Sections 5,4, 3, 2, and 1 ; again towards the East by Sections Nos. 1, 8, and 14, Block I. of said hundred ; towards the South by Section 1, Block III. of said hundred; and towards the West by the New River Estuary.

Riverton, One Member. ] This district is bounded towards the North by the northern boundary-line , of the Aparima Hundred, and by the northern boundary-line of the block of land 1 known as the " Two Thousand Acre Block," to a point due north of the source of the Hedgehope Stream ; towards the East by a line due south to the said stream, thence by the said stream, the Makarewa River, and the Oreti River to the ocean; towards the South by the ocean to the western boundary of the Jacob's River Hundred; and towards the West by a right line running due north to the north-west corner of the Aparima Hundred.

Wallace, One Member. This district is bounded towards the North by the Wakatipu Electoral District, from the sea to Lorn Peak, thence by a right line to Rocky Mount; thence towards the East by a right line to Whitecoombe, thence by the summit of the Umbrella Mountains to a point due east of the Pyramid ; thence towards the South by a right line through the Pyramid to the Mataura River; thence again towards the East by the Mataura ]River to a point due east of the northern boundary of the " Two Thousand Acre Block;" thence again towards the South by a right line due west to the western boundary of the Aparima Hundred; again towards the East by a line due south to the ocean ; again towards the South and towards the West by the ocean : including Stewart Island, Ruapuke, and other adjacent Islands.

By Authority: GEoRGE DID3BURY, Government Printer, Wellington.-1880.