extent of such last mentioned electoral districts shall respectively be such that one member Bhall be. assigned to'each district, and that at the time of making such division the population thereof—after making any deduction required by subsection 2— shall not exceed or fall short of the quota by more than 750. ' \ ! ■ \ REPRESENTATION DEBATE.,: ~" About an hour before the time for the after noon adjournment, the Hon. Mr Hislop intro duced the new Representation Bill. He spoke very briefly in support of it,'and was followed ,: by Mr Moss, who denounced tbe measure un sparingly. It was, he 3aid, one of the most " crooked, unfair, tortuous, and cunning bills ever. introduced into the House. It was only equalled by the Otago Central. He also declared that taking 25 per cent, off the town 'districts was equivalent to giving 33$ percent, to the country. Mr Hislop, however, denied this. During the adjournment the town members met and considered the course they should take, and decided that if necessary they would keep the debate going bo as to get further time for consideration, but hoped that the Premier would adjourn the debate till ?' nnext ' sitting' day. On resuming, at 7.30, Mr Hislop said he had made calculations' during the adjournment and found Mr Moss was correct—2s per cent. off. towns meant 33 percent, in favour of the country. A tedious, debate then began, which lasted till 10 o'clock in the evening. Country members, conscious of their power, did not trouble about replying to the arguments of town members—contenting, themselves with ironical hear hears and laughter. Mr: Taylor opened the evening's debate by de nouncing the bill as a measure to give repre sentation to land, cattle, and sheep. The various points in his speech were greeted with chuckles from country members, but in concluding ho managed to fire one shot which went home. He said country members were.', pledged not to give any reasons for their action lest they should condemn themselves. Dr Hodg kiuson and others spoke briefly, and gave place to Mr Fish. He said it was the worst of ills to made a doctor swallow his own pills. He was a supporter of the Government, but he had not been able to swallow their bills. He denounced the Representation Bill, and hoped country members would not succeed in. 