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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
The rates of infant mortality in each borough were for the last three years as follows:---
DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR TO EVERY 100 BIRTHS.
| | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | | | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 13.8 | 21.6 | 15.2 | Christchurch | 18.1 | 18.4 | 19.3 |
| Thames | 12.8 | 21.3 | 6.5 | Dunedin | 12.6 | 13.4 | 10.9 |
| Wellington | 19.3 | 15.8 | 15.2 | Hokitika | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.1 |
| Nelson | 5.8 | 18.0 | 10.3 | | | | | |

The following table shows the deaths in the boroughs during 1875 and 1876 from certain diseases :---

| | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Dysentery and Diarrhœa. | Typhus and Typhoid Fever. | Phthisis. | Diseases of Respiratory Organs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 1875. | 1876. | 1875. | 1876. | 1875. | 1876. | 1875. | 1876. | 1875. | 1876. | 1875. | 1876. |
| Auckland | 69 | ... | 3 | ... | 50 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 34 | 20 | 57 | 37 |
| Thames | 18 | ... | 1 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 4 |
| Wellington | 11 | ... | 11 | 1 | 37 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 28 |
| Nelson | 11 | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 8 |
| Christchurch | 5 | ... | 1 | 10 | 26 | 48 | 49 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 47 | 19 |
| Dunedin | 2 | ... | ... | 51 | 39 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 60 | 41 |
| Hokitika | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 |

Measles, which caused 126 deaths in the boroughs in 1875, was not the cause of one death last year;
but Scarlet Fever (including Scarlatina), which caused only 7 deaths in 1875, caused 78 in 1876, the majority
of the cases occurring at Dunedin. Dysentery and Diarrhœa were most fatal last year in Wellington and
Christchurch.

Typhus and Typhoid Fevers only caused 44 deaths in 1876, against 134 in 1875. Of the deaths in
1876, the largest numbers occurred in Auckland (14) and Wellington (12).

During 1876, 93 persons died in these boroughs at the age of 65 or upwards. The number in each
borough was as follows:----Auckland, 25; Thames, 3; Wellington, 20; Nelson, 20; Christchurch, 11;
Dunedin, 13; and Hokitika, 1. 5 deaths occurred at the higher ages of 85 and upwards; of these, 2 males
(of 85) and 1 female (of 88) died at Auckland, and 2 females (of 86 and 93) died at Nelson.

The violent deaths were 75 in 1876, against 79 in 1875. Of these, 4 were homicides, and 13 suicides.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1877.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

N
OTICE is hereby given that JOHN STEWART,
of Wanganui, New Zealand, Settler, claiming as
Heir-at-law of PETER SCOTT STEWART, late of Oamaru,
Otago, New Zealand, Settler, deceased, has made
application to the District Land Registrar of the
District of Otago to be registered as Proprietor in
fee-simple of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11,
Block XCI., Town of Oamaru aforesaid; and that
the said John Stewart will be so registered as such
proprietor, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the
same within one calendar month from date of publi-
cation of this notice.

Dated this 26th day of February, 1877, at the
Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.
133
A. W. SMITH,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

N
OTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
on or before the 21st day of April next.

Wellington, Section 162, 1 acre; Section 164,
1 acre; Section 192, 3 roods 25 perches; Section
187, 1 acre 5 perches; Section 188, 1 acre.

Part Section 193, 3 roods 5 perches. Bounded--
North, 216 links by Section 194, and 259 links by
other part of Section 193; East, 178 links, by Sections
197 and 198; South, 538 links, by Section 192; and
West, 102 links by Wellington Terrace, and 75
links by other part of Section 193.

Part Section 208, 1 rood 10 perches. Bounded--
North, 107 links, by Lambton Harbour; East, 275
links, by Section 209; South 87 links, and West 307
links, by other parts of Section 208.

All being in the occupation of GEORGE
HUNTER, the Applicant. 763 to 769.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 14th day of March, 1877, at the
Lands Registry Office, Wellington.
138
ANDREW TURNBULL,
Deputy District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

N
OTICE is hereby given, that JAMES GRANT,
of Toi Tois, in the Provincial District of Otago,
and Colony of New Zealand, Farmer, has made
application to the District Land Registrar of the
District of Otago to be registered as Proprietor in
fee-simple of Sections numbered respectively 5 and
18, Block II., on the Map of the Town of Outram, in
the said Provincial District, as Devisee under the
Will of PETER GRANT, of Toi Tois aforesaid, Farmer,
deceased, and that the said James Grant will be so
registered, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the
same within one calendar month from the date of the
publication of this notice.

Dated this 10th day of March, 1877, at the
Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.
137
A. W. SMITH,
District Land Registrar.