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 The mayoralty was uncontested, but for the election of City Councillors and members of the Auckland Harbour Board and Auckland Hospital Board, the following are the figures:—

To issue the ballot papers and count this large number of votes, 32 booths were engaged, and the following officers employed:—114 deputy-returning officers, 114 poll clerks, and 27 assistant enumerators (after 7 p.m.).

The hours for polling were from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. It was 4 o'clock the following morning before the results could be handed to the press for publication.

At the official count, which took three days to complete, there were 56 clerks engaged.

Other issues determined by the votes of the people are:—