THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1019

Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. There were 19 deaths from Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Pleurisy, and Congestion of the
Lungs. In August, 13 deaths took place from similar causes. Out of the 19 cases for last month, 7 deaths occurred at Dunedin.
Violent Deaths. Three were accidental. One adult male was run over by a cab, another was drowned by falling from a
wharf, and an infant was killed by suffocation. A woman committed suicide by wounding herself in the abdomen while in a state
of unsound mind. The total of violent deaths is thus 4.
Comparison with September, 1876.--The total number of deaths for September, 1876, was 93, or 4 less than the total for last
month. At Christchurch and Dunedin, the number of deaths for September of both years was the same. At Auckland, there
were only 9 deaths last month, against 18 in September, 1876; and at Wellington, on the other hand, 23 deaths were recorded,
against 17 in September of the previous year. Zymotic Diseases, which caused 20 deaths in the boroughs in September, 1877,
caused 16 in September, 1876. For both periods Scarlatina was the only epidemic disease. Against 18 deaths registered from
diseases of the Respiratory Organs in September, 1877, there were 20 in September, 1876. The Violent Deaths decreased from
7 in September, 1876, to 4 in September, 1877.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1877.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR SEPTEMBER, 1877.

| | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | NELSON. | CHRIST-
CHURCH. | HOKITIKA. | DUNEDIN. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temperature in Shade | 53.2 | 51.4 | 50.1 | 48.1 | 48.7 | 46.6 |
| Average for same month previous years | 54.7 | 51.1 | 51.2 | 48.6 | 49.1 | 47.3 |
| Maximum Temperature in Shade, and date | 67.9 on 20th | 66.0 on 19th | 65.0 on 29th | 72.5 on 30th | 60.6 on 28th | 63.0 on 10th |
| Minimum Temperature in Shade, and date | 40.9 on 2nd and 12th | 35.5 on 1st | 31.0 on 2nd | 26.7 on 12th | 30.4 on 3rd | 30.0 on 17th |
| Maximum Temperature in Sun, and date | 133.5 on 26th | 130.0 on 27th | 132.0 on 29th | 133.0 on 29th | 134.0 on 27th | 100.0 on 14th |
| Minimum Temperature on Grass, and date | 31.4 on 12th | 29.0 on 1st | | 15.0 on 3rd | 25.0 on 17th | 26.0 on 17th |
| Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) | 80 | 79 | 80 | 73 | 84 | 76 |
| Average for same month previous years | 78 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 84 | 75 |
| Total Rainfall in inches | 2.575 | 2.150 | 2.660 | 0.670 | 7.520 | 2.990 |
| Average for same month previous years | 3.643 | 4.489 | 6.410 | 1.651 | 7.355 | 2.380 |
| Number of Days on which Rain fell | 21 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 10 |
| Average for same month previous years | 17 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 12 |

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.

October, 1877.

W. B. D. MANTELL, for Inspector.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of the
PUBLIC TRUSTEE for management during the Month of September, 1877.

| No. | Name of Deceased. | Colonial
Residence. | Supposed
British or
Foreign
Residence. | Date of Rule or
Order. | Value or
Estimated Value
of Personal
Estate. | Time of
Deceased's
Death. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miller, John | Hokitika | ... | September 4, 1877 | Under £100 | May 2, 1875 | |
| 2 | Smith, Charles | Kaipara | ... | September 4, 1877 | Under £150 | Sept. 6, 1876 | |
| 3 | Keene, Robert | Oamarama | ... | September 21, 1877 | Under £500 | July 18, 1877 | |
| 4 | McKane, John | Auckland | ... | | Under £1 | May 24, 1876 | |
| 5 | Oahu, Joe | Auckland | ... | | Under £1 | | |
| 6 | Mackenzie, Robert | Invercargill | ... | | Under £50 | Aug. 30, 1877 | |
| 7 | Ritchie, James | Invercargill | ... | | Under £50 | Sept. 13, 1877 | |
| 8 | Maxwell, Andrew | Wellington | ... | | Under £50 | Sept. 16, 1877 | |
| 9 | Mackie, James | Masterton | ... | | Under £25 | Sept. 11, 1877 | |
| 10 | Brown, Hugh | Tauranga | ... | | Under £40 | July 26, 1877 | |
| 11 | Smith, John | Amuri | Kelminnick,
N.B. | | Under £10 | Aug. 27, 1877 | Died in Christ-
church Hospital. |
| 12 | Tylor, William | Greymouth | Devonshire | | Under £15 | Aug. 3, 1877 | |
| 13 | Wilson, Jane | Greymouth | ... | | Under £40 | July 14, 1877 | |
| 14 | Lynch, John | Greymouth | County Gal-
way | | Under £50 | Aug. 18, 1877 | |

Dated the 4th day of October, 1877.

J. WOODWARD,
Public Trustee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the parcel 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 19th day of November next.

830. GEORGE ELLIOTT BARTON. — 18
     acres 2 roods 37 perches, part of Section 4, Hutt
     District. Bounded---North, East, and West, 1119
     links, 1676 links, and 1770 links respectively by
     other parts of section; and South, 1031 links, by a
     road, and being parallel to and distant 15 links from
     eastern boundary of section. (Unoccupied.)

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 10th day of October, 1877, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington.

520

GEO. B. DAVY,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that JOHN FREW, of
Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago,
Tinsmith, and JOHN HARDY, of the same place,
Hotelkeeper, claiming as Devisees under the Will of
JAMES FREW, late of Sunnyside, in the Provincial
district aforesaid, Messenger in the Civil Service of
the Civil Engineering Department of the General
Government of New Zealand, have made application
to the District Land Registrar of the District of
Otago, to be registered as proprietors in fee-simple
of Allotments numbered respectively 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, on the plan of
the Township of Lorne, deposited in the Lands
Registry Office at Dunedin; also Allotment num-
bered 22 on the plan of the Township of Sunnyside,
deposited in the Deeds Registry Office at Dunedin;
and that the said John Frew and John Hardy will