New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 35

Page 436

✨ Land Sales and Vital Statistics



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 437

SCHEDULE—continued.

Lot. Area. Upset Price.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
12 5 0 7 15 3 0
14 5 0 16 15 6 0
15 4 3 3 14 7 0
16 4 2 14 13 16 0
17 5 0 13 15 6 0
18 6 1 10 18 19 0
19 4 3 35 15 0 0
20 5 3 15 17 11 0
*21 5 1 12 16 0 0
  • Subject to £40 for improvements.

| 22 | 5 1 15 | 16 1 0 |
| *23 | 5 3 20 | 18 0 0 |

  • Subject to £40 for improvements.

| 24 | 7 1 30 | 22 7 0 |
| 25 | 15 0 15 | 45 6 0 |
| 26 | 19 0 20 | 57 8 0 |

Note.—Plans may be seen, and further particulars of the land obtained, on application at this office.
Terms of sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at time of sale, and the balance within one month thereafter.
Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of purchase.

Crown Lands open for Purchase.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1879.

THE under-mentioned Crown Lands will be open to purchase, on application, on Monday, the 28th day of April next, at the District Land Office, Patea, where maps can be seen, also at this office, viz. :—

Block. Section. Area. Upset Price.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
IX. 7 305 0 0 915 0 0
18 56 3 0 170 5 0

One-twentieth of the purchase-money to be deposited at the time of application.

Cash Payments.

| IX. | 11 | 270 2 36 | 541 9 0 |
| | 13 | 76 0 0 | 152 0 0 |
| | 14 | 222 0 0 | 444 0 0 |
| | 26 | 294 3 29 | 589 17 3 |
| | 27 | 211 2 12 | 423 3 0 |
| | 29 | 202 1 0 | 404 10 0 |
| | 30 | 251 0 15 | 502 3 0 |

Twenty-five per cent. purchase-money on application; balance in one month.

Jos. G. Holdsworth,
Chairman Land Board.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hokitika, and Invercargill, during the Month of February, 1879.

TABLE showing the Number of Births, the actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hokitika, and Invercargill, during the Month of February, 1879.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1ST JAN., 1879. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS IN THE BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1879. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population.
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years.
Auckland 14,163 41 4 4
Thames 5,003 15 1 1
Wellington 19,467 63 20 9
Nelson 6,804 12 4 1
Christchurch 14,186 53 15 5
Dunedin 23,261 63 3 1
Hokitika 2,853 5 1 ...
Invercargill 4,045 18 1 1
Totals ... 270 49 22

The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.
The births were 91 less in number than in January, 1879.
The deaths were 6 less in number than the deaths in January, 1879.
Of the deaths, males contributed 96; females, 76: 116 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 67·44 per cent. of the whole number; 80 of these were of children under 1 year of age.
There were 8 deaths of persons over 65 years of age, viz., 1 female of 68 at Auckland; 1 female of 84 at Thames; 3 males of 68, 73, and 87 at Wellington; 2 females of 72 and 79 at Christchurch; and 1 female of 70 at Invercargill.



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🗺️ Continuation of Schedule for Public Auction of Town and Suburban Lands (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
11 March 1879
Land sale, Public auction, Schedule, Ohiwa, Tuakau, Weymouth, Greerton, Opotiki, Waiomio, Bay of Islands

🗺️ Crown Lands Open for Purchase

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
20 March 1879
Crown lands, Purchase, Patea, Land office, District Land Office
  • Jos. G. Holdsworth, Chairman Land Board

🏥 Vital Statistics of Boroughs

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 January 1970
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hokitika, Invercargill