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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

THE following Table shows the Causes of the Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 years of age and 5 years and upwards, and
the proportions per cent. of Deaths from each cause in the Boroughs named, and that were registered, during the month of
August, 1874.

| | | TOTAL. | PROPORTIONS
PER CENT. |
|---|---|---|---|
| | | 108 | 100.00 |

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.—Diphtheria, 4; Quinsy, 2; Croup, 4; Whooping Cough, 3; Enteric or Typhoid, and Gastric
Fever, 5; Simple Fever, 1; Diarrhœa, 4.
ORDER 2.—Enthetic Diseases.—Syphilis (hereditary), 1.

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Diathetic Diseases.—Dropsy, 1; Cancer, 3.
ORDER 2.—Tubercular Diseases.—Tabes Mesenterica, 4; Phthisis, 11; Hydrocephalus, 2.

CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Diseases of the Nervous System.—Cephalitis, 1; Meningitis, 1; Convulsions, 3; Brain Disease, 2.
ORDER 2.—Diseases of the Organs of Circulation.—Endocarditis, 1; Aneurism, 2; Heart Disease, 2.
ORDER 3.—Diseases of the Respiratory System.—Laryngitis, 1; Bronchitis, 14; Empyema, 1; Pneumonia, 6; Emphysema, 1.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of the Digestive Organs.—Gastritis, 1; Obstruction of Bowels, 1; Jaundice, 1; Cirrhosis, 1.
ORDER 5.—Diseases of the Urinary Organs.—Diabetes, 1; Cystitis, 1.
ORDER 8.—Diseases of Integumentary System.—Ulcer, 1.

CLASS .IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Developmental Diseases of Children.—Premature Birth, 3; Anus Imperforatus, 1; Teething, 1.
ORDER 2.—Developmental Diseases of Adults.—Childbirth, 1.
ORDER 3.—Developmental Diseases of Old People.—Old Age, 2.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of Nutrition.—Atrophy and Debility, 5.

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DISEASES OR DEATHS.
ORDER 1.—Accident or Negligence.—Fracture and Contusion, 1 (a cart-wheel passing over the body); Concussion of Brain, 1;
Scald, 1; Drowned, 1; Suffocated, 2.
Unspecified or ill-defined Causes, 2 (1 an infant found dead).

The number of deaths from Zymotic Diseases is the same as in July. There is a slight increase in deaths from Constitutional
Diseases upon the July deaths, but yet they are fewer than they were in June. There were 11 deaths from Phthisis, of which 5
occurred in Dunedin; they were all deaths of adults of 23 years and upwards—one of the persons dying from that cause being of
the age of 67. The deaths being limited to persons of mature ages, leads to the inference that. many of them arrived in the
colony with their lungs already diseased. Deaths from Local Diseases were less numerous in August, being 12 less than in July—
the great reduction being in diseases of the Nervous System. Diseases of the Respiratory System were, however, on the increase,
the deaths from Bronchitis alone having increased from 5 to 14. More deaths occurred from diseases of the Respiratory System
in Christchurch than in any other borough. In Auckland there were 2, in Dunedin 2, in Christchurch 11, and in Wellington 5
deaths of this class.
There appears to have been during August a more than usually heavy rainfall throughout the Colony north of Canterbury.
In Nelson the increase was most remarkable, being 14 265 inches in excess of the average rainfall in former years.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1874.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR AUGUST, 1874.

| | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | NELSON. | CHRIST-
CHURCH. | HOKITIKA. | DUNEDIN. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Temperature in Shade | 53.0 | 48.7 | 49.8 | 45.3 | 47.5 | 43.5 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | 52.8 | 48.2 | 47.0 | 43.9 | 45.4 | 43.7 |
| Highest Temperature in Shade | 63.3 on 27th | 62.5 on 23rd | 70.0 on 2nd | 63.0 on 20th | 63.4 on 24th | 57.0 on 19th |
| Lowest Temperature in Shade | 38.0 on 10th | 33.5 on 5th | 30.0 on 5th | 27.5 on 11th | 31.0 on 10th | 300 on 5th |
| | | and 12th | and 12th | |
| Highest Temperature in Sun | 118.2 on 28th | 113-0 on 12th | 135.0 on 28th | 110-2 on 22nd | 66.8 on 31st | 118.0 on 28th |
| | and 17th | | | |
| Lowest Temperature on Grass | 14.0 on 9th | 25.0 on 5th | ... | 16.2 on 5th | 27.5 on 11th | 23.0 on 1st |
| Average Moisture of Air (Saturation=100) | 80 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 84 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | 79 | 74 | 75 | 81 | 89 | 75 |
| Rainfall in inches | 6-185 | 5.641 | 19-860 | 1.610 | 14.480 | 1-277 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | 5.021 | 4-441 | 5-595 | 2.444 | 9.624 | 2-610 |
| Number of Days on which Rain fell | 24 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 7 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | 21 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 17 |

Nors.—This Table is prepared from unchecked averages, transmitted by telegraph in anticipation of the full Returns, and must not be entirely
relied on for compiling Meteorological Statistics.

3rd September, 1874.

J. HECTOR.