THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
591
The deaths in July were 117, against 113 in June. Diarrhea, which caused 5 deaths in June, was fatal in 3 cases last
month. From Typhoid Fever there were 4 deaths, as in June. Scarlatina caused 11 deaths, an increase of 2 on those in June:
these deaths occurred, 2 at Wellington, 1 at Christchurch, and 8 at Dunedin, against a total of 9 for June.
The deaths from diseases of the Respiratory System show a total of 8, against 16 in June. There were at Auckland 4 cases,
at the Thames 1, at Christchurch 1, and at Dunedin 2.
Of violent deaths, 1 lad, aged 16, accidentally fell from a window; 1 male, aged 26, fractured his skull; 1 male, aged 39,
accidentally fractured his spine by a fall from a scaffold; 1 death occurred through an overdose of chloroform; and 1 from
asphyxia during sleep.
There is a decrease of 21 in the number of deaths, as compared with the deaths in July, 1875. Of Zymotic diseases there
were 5 cases of Measles in July, 1875, against none last month. Typhus and Typhoid Fever caused 12 deaths, against 4 in July,
1876. Diseases of the Respiratory Organs were much less fatal in July last than during the same month in the previous year,
the numbers being as follows:—July, 1875, Bronchitis, 13; Penumonia, 7; Congestion of the Lungs, 1: Total, 21. July,
1876, Bronchitis, 5; Pneumonia, 3: Total, 8.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1876.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR JULY, 1876.

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. NELSON. CHRIST-
CHURCH. HOKITIKA. DUNEDIN.

Average Temperature in Shade ... 52.9 46.3 46.7 41.2 44.3 40.6
Ditto for same month previous years ... 52.4 47.9 46.6 43.0 45.2 43.2
Highest Temperature in Shade ... 63.2 on 14th 58.0 on 13th 60.0 on 21st 59.0 on 10th 57.6 on 12th 53.0 on 19th
Lowest Temperature in Shade ... 37.8 on 16th 34.0 on 10th 31.0 on 11th 23.3 on 8th 29.7 on 5th 31.0 on 8th
Highest Temperature in Sun ... 116.3 on 8th 105.0 on 13th 99.0 on 10th 99.0 on 10th 106.4 on 29th
and 17th and 17th
Lowest Temperature on Grass ... 32.0 on 10th 27.0 on 10th 16.0 on 4th 14.2 on 8th 23.4 on 7th 21.0 on 23rd
and 5th
Average Moisture of Air (Saturation=100) 88 83 84 81 80 77
Ditto for same month previous years ... 82 76 77 83 90 77
Rainfall in inches ... 6.265 8.003 1.360 2.020 1.660 1.434
Ditto for same month previous years ... 4.783 5.764 6.712 2.305 11.290 2.469
Number of Days on which Rain fell ... 20 17 3 15 12 14
Ditto for same month previous years ... 20 16 9 11 18 13

NOTE.—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.
August, 1876.

W. B. D. MANTELL.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

In the matter of "The Conveyancing Ordinance
Amendment Act, 1860," and "The Com-
missioners of the Supreme Court Act,
1875."

Between John Bethell, Plaintiff, and John Matthew,
Defendant.

Amount recovered, £38 1s. 6d.

UPON the application of Mr. Garrick of Counsel
for John Dawson, of the City of Sydney, and
Colony of New South Wales, Esquire, Solicitor and
Notary Public, I appoint the said John Dawson to
be and act as a Commissioner of the Supreme Court
of New Zealand in and for the Colony of New South
Wales, for the purpose of administering and taking
any oath, affidavit, or affirmation in any action, suit,
claim, proceeding, matter, or thing pending in the
Supreme Court of New Zealand, or in any Court of
concurrent or inferior jurisdiction in the said colony,
or in any proceeding, matter, or thing wheresoever
within the cognizance or jurisdiction of any such
Court; and also for taking the acknowledgments of
married women under any Act or law in force in the
Colony of New Zealand requiring such acknowledg-
ments to be made or taken, and to perform and
execute all the powers, duties, and authorities which
may be done, performed, or executed by a Com-
missioner for the like purpose under any law in force
in the Colony of New Zealand.

Given under the seal of the said Supreme
(L.S.) Court, this twenty-eighth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
419
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON.

I HEREBY give notice that, by virtue of a writ
of fieri facias, issued out of the above honorable
Court, and to me directed, I have caused my Bailiff
to enter upon all that piece of land being part of
Section numbered 135, situated in the Town of
Featherston, together with the appurtenances there-
unto belonging, the property of the Defendant, having
been taken in execution at the suit of the execution
creditor herein; and that it is my intention to sell, or
cause to be sold, the freehold of the said piece of
land, by public auction, at the Resident Magistrate's
Court House, Featherston, on Saturday, the eleventh
day of November, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six, at twelve o'clock noon, unless satisfac-
tion be sooner made of the said judgment, and all
costs and expenses connected therewith. And I
further give notice that Robert Hart and Patrick
Alphonsus Buckley, of Wellington, are the Solicitors
for the said Plaintiff.

Given under my hand and seal, at Featherston
aforesaid, this seventh day of August, 1876.
422
HERBERT S. WARDELL,
Sheriff for the District of Wairarapa.