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Temperance and Prohibition in New Zealand
(5) Results of No-License and Prohibition Polls from 1894 to 1928
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(5) Results of No-License and Prohibition Polls from 1894 to 1928
| Year. | Continuance. | Reduction. | No-License. |
| 1894 | 41,165 | 15,856 | 48,856 |
| 1896 | 139,580 | 94,556 | 98,312 |
| 1899 | 143,962 | 109,449 | 120,542 |
| 1902 | 148,449 | 132,240 | 151,524 |
| 1905 | 182,884 | 151,057 | 198,768 |
| 1908 | 189,241 | 162,759 | 223,466 |
| Year | Local Continuance. | Local No-License. |
| 1911 | 237,025 | 234,656 |
| Year. | National Continuance. | National Prohibition. |
| 1911 | 205,661 | 259,943 |
| Year. | Local Continuance. | Local No-License. |
| 1914 | 274,405 | 229,474 |
| Year. | National Continuance. | National Prohibition. |
| 1914 | 257,442 | 247,217 |
| Year. | National Continuance. | National Prohibition. |
| 1919 April | 264,189 | 253,827 |
| Year. | National Contin. | State P. & Con. | National Prohibition. |
| 1919 December | 241,251 | 32,261 | 270,250 |
| 1922 | 282,669 | 35,727 | 300,791 |
| 1925 | 299,590 | 56,037 | 319,450 |
| 1928 | 374,502 | 64,276 | 294,453 |
Up to 1908, by the operation of the Reduction vote, the number of licenses was decreased by 343. By the operation of this vote in Dunedin the number was reduced from seventy-five to thirty between the years 1893 to 1908.
Territory Won
The following are the figures in connexion with the closing of the bars in twelve electorates.
| Year. | Electorate | No. of Lic. | Continuance. | No-Lic. | Vote.Majority |
| 1894 | Clutha | 12 | 487 | 1642 | 1155 |
| 1902 | Mataura | 15 | 1877 | 2939 | 1062 |
| 1902 | Ashburton | 10 | 1734 | 2870 | 1136 |
| 1905 | Invercargill | 16 | 2573 | 3902 | 1329 |
| 1905 | Oamru | 21 | 1818 | 3142 | 1322 |
| Year. | Electorate. | No. of Lic. | Continuance. | No-Lic. | Vote. Majority |
| 1905 | Grey Lynn | 1 | 1914 | 3426 | 1512 |
| 1908 | Bruce | 22 | 1872 | 2988 | 1116 |
| 1908 | Well. South | 4 | 2241 | 4054 | 1813 |
| 1908 | Well. Sub. | 7 | 2448 | 4334 | 1886 |
| 1908 | Masterton | 15 | 2111 | 3287 | 1176 |
| 1908 * | Ohinemuri | 14 | 2035 | 3383 | 1298 |
| 1908 | Eden | 4 | 2249 | 4057 | 1808 |