New Zealand Gazette – 1877 – No. 101

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✨ Railway Accounts, Vital Statistics



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT.
SHOWING the Total Receipts and Expenditure during the Financial Year 1877-78 to the termination
of the four-weekly period ending 17th November.

RAILWAYS.

Section. Length open for Traffic. Total Receipts to Date. Total Expenditure to Date. Percentage of Expenditure to Receipts. FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE.
£ s. d. £ s. d. Receipts per mile of Railway open.
£ s. d.
Kaipara† 16 1,154 1 9 1,595 8 5 138.24 187 10 9
Auckland† 77 10,728 12 2 7,860 7 0 73.26 412 0 7
Napier... 59 8,050 6 9 6,770 0 0 84.09 354 15 2
Wellington 20 4,836 12 1 4,276 2 9 88.41 628 15 2
Foxton† 40 3,168 9 8 3,329 7 9 105.07 235 7 6
Wanganui* 21 693 8 3 1,480 1 8 213.44 85 17 0
New Plymouth†... 12 1,485 17 7 1,756 12 6 118.22 321 18 10
Greymouth† 8 2,153 4 8 1,954 0 10 90.74 699 16 0
Westport* † 19 433 4 9 521 4 3 120.30 112 12 10
Nelson 20 1,937 16 8 2,289 4 6 118.13 251 18 2
Pictont 18 1,624 0 5 1,942 2 1 119.58 248 7 8
Christchurch 381 86,480 7 8 72,405 19 8 83.72 591 14 2
Dunedin 93 30,915 15 11 24,540 15 2 79.38 956 18 4
Invercargill 140 13,270 13 4 11,589 13 4 87.33 267 9 5
Totals 924 166,932 11 8 142,310 19 11 85.26

WHARVES.

Section. Kaipara. Auckland. Foxton. New Plymouth. Greymouth. Picton.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Receipts 205 14 4 323 19 11 421 19 10 70 16 11 930 1 9 318 3 6
Expenditure 184 4 4 49 6 5 257 11 6 52 18 0 233 1 2 65 11 4
  • These results are abnormal; neither of these lines are yet doing their proper traffic.
    † The Receipts from Wharves are not included.

Public Works Office,
19th December, 1877.

JOHN CARRUTHERS,
Engineer-in-Chief.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames,
Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, during the Month of November, 1877.

TABLE showing the Number of Births, the actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Popula-
tion, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, during the Month
of November, 1877.

DEATHS IN THE BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER, 1877.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JAN. 1877. TOTAL BIRTHS. Males. Females. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland 12,024 49 1 2 7
Thames 4,466 10 1 1 2
Wellington 16,130 85 5 1 11
Nelson 5,554 20 2 ... 4
Christchurch 12,815 41 2 1 9
Dunedin 23,365 85 1 2 8
Hokitika 2,905 8 3 1 1
Total ... 298 15 8 42

The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.
The estimates of the population are calculated on the number of inhabited houses in each borough, as shown in returns
supplied by the municipal authorities.
The births were 57 fewer in number than the deaths in October.
The deaths were 2 fewer in number than the deaths in October.
Of the deaths, males contributed 65; females, 41: 41 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 38.68
per cent. of the whole number; 24 of these were of children under 1 year of age.
There were 12 deaths of persons of 65 years of age and over: 8 of these persons were males and 4 females; 4 males of 67,
71, 72, and 82, and 2 females of of 70 and 83, died at Auckland; 1 male of 67, and 1 female of 68, at Wellington; 1 male of 76 at
Nelson; 1 male of 72, and 1 female of 66, at Christchurch; and 1 male of 67, at Dunedin.



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🏗️ Railways Working Account for Financial Year 1877-78 to November 17

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
19 December 1877
Railway statistics, Receipts, Expenditure, Wharves, Financial reporting
  • John Carruthers, Engineer-in-Chief

🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for November 1877

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality, Boroughs, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson