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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Local Government

Local Government.

The local governing bodies of the district consist of the city, borough and county councils, town boards and road boards. The affairs of the city of Auckland are controlled by the City Council, consisting of a mayor and eighteen councillors. The other boroughs, population deciding their order of precedence, are Thames, Parnell, Devonport, Onehunga, Newton, Gisborne, Newmarket, Hamilton, Tauranga, Cambridge and birkenhead. The twenty-seven county councils, which, of course, have no jurisdiction over the boroughs are: Mangonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Hobson, Whangarei, Otamatea, Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Piako, Waikato, Waipa, Raglan, Kawhia, West Taupo, East Taupo, Rotorua, Tauranga, Whakatane, Waiapu, Cook and Clifton. The town districts, governed by town boards, are: Kamo, Helensville, Papakura, Te Aroha, Te Awamutu, Kihikihi, Ngaruawahia, Rotorua, and Opotiki. Of road districts, there are upwards of a hundred, with a total population of about fifty thousand, ranging from 3,677, in the Mount Eden road district, to thirty-six in that of Ahuroa, in the County of Rodney.

The principal Harbour Boards of the Province of Auckland are: Auckland, Whangarei, Hokianga, Manukau, Gisborne, Thames, Raglan, and Tauranga.

The licensing districts are co-extensive with the Electoral Districts, and electors for the House of Representatives are also electors under the licensing Acts, and the licensing poll is taken at the time of the general election.