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 Some of these statements have been made by writers whose information has obviously been obtained second-hand and from unreliable sources. But others have been made by men who should have known better. Notable among these is Mr W. P. Reeves, the present High Commissioner for New Zealand in London.

During the years of the most strenuous agitation in favour of the franchise, he was engaged in the public life of the Colony, and at the time when the long fight was brought to a close he held office as a member of the Cabinet. It seems incredible that he could be ignorant of the incessant and long continued efforts made by women in almost