New Zealand Gazette – 1880 – No. 72

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✨ Postal Revenue and Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

RETURN of the Postal Revenue collected by the General Post Office, and in the several Postal
Districts of New Zealand, for the Quarter ended 30th June, 1880.

Postage
Received from Postage Stamps Money Order
Foreign Offices.
Sold.
Commission.
Private Box
and
Bag Rents.
Postal
Guides.
Miscel-
laneous.
Total.
General Post Office ... 4,146 13 0 4,146 13 0
Auckland ... 4,452 18 8 329 9 6 10 0 0 14 0 4,793 2 2
Blenheim ... 464 6 6 54 13 6 2 0 0 4 6 521 4 6
Christchurch ... 5,445 8 5 337 5 2 27 0 0 1 12 6 5,811 6 1
Dunedin ... 5,695 14 11 322 19 0 10 0 0 14 6 14 9 6 6,043 17 11
Greymouth ... 417 15 0 71 3 0 0 4 0 489 2 0
Hokitika ... 385 1 3 42 9 10 0 2 0 427 13 1
Invercargill ... 1,515 9 2 100 2 2 24 0 0 1 0 1,639 12 4
Napier ... 1,392 8 7 108 10 4 11 15 0 0 2 6 1,512 16 5
Nelson ... 725 5 0 45 5 8 0 10 0 0 3 0 771 3 8
New Plymouth ... 383 8 5 33 12 8 3 0 0 0 6 420 1 7
Oamaru ... 793 13 11 74 19 6 0 4 6 868 17 11
Thames ... 283 10 0 21 2 8 0 1 0 304 13 8
Timaru ... 1,378 17 6 111 1 6 2 10 0 0 6 1,492 9 6
Wanganui ... 1,319 17 6 103 16 4 2 0 0 2 6 1,425 16 4
Wellington ... 3,448 6 11 244 16 3 15 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 3,709 14 2
Westport ... 139 0 0 23 18 6 0 2 0 163 0 6

Second Quarter in 1880 4,146 13 0 28,241 1 9 2,025 5 7 107 15 0 5 0 0 15 9 6 34,541 4 10
Second Quarter in 1879 8,855 14 9 26,741 7 10 1,815 19 2 120 15 0 6 0 0 238 13 6 37,778 10 3

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1880.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand
during the Month of June, 1880.

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to
Population, in the under-mentioned Boroughs, during the Month of June, 1880.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1880.

BOROUGHS.	POPULATION.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	Males. Under 1 Year.	Males. 1 & under 5 Years.	Males. 5 Years and over.	Females. Under 1 Year.	Females. 1 & under 5 Years.	Females. 5 Years and over.	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population.
Auckland ...	15,022	46	2	2	6	2	2	8	22	1.46
Wellington ...	21,582	90	2	4	10	2	4	8	26	1.20
Christchurch ...	15,156	52	4	5	7	2	5	7	21	1.39
Dunedin ...	23,959	79	5	2	15	1	2	7	34	1.41
Thames ...	5,814	21	1	1	1				4	0.69
Napier ...	6,650	21				1			1	0.15
Wanganui ...	4,163	16	1	1				1	8	1.92
Nelson ...	6,804	20				2		2	4	0.59
Sydenham ...	7,796	45				2		3	5	0.64
Lyttelton ...	3,653	16	1		4	1			8	2.19
Timaru ...	3,791	11		1		2		1	2	0.53
Oamaru ...	5,098	26.	2		2	1		1	5	0.98
Hokitika ...	2,668	14		1		1		1	2	0.75
Caversham ...	3,786	12	1				1		2	0.53
Invercargill ...	4,283	29	1				1	1	3	0.70
Totals ...	498	19	6	47	21	9	45	147

The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.
POPULATION. In the case of Nelson the population is given according to the estimate for January, 1879, as the local
authorities have not yet supplied the information necessary to enable the estimate to be corrected. In the other cases the
estimates are for the 1st January, 1880.
The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 498, against 462 in May, being an increase of 36. The deaths
amounted to 147 in June, an increase of 7 on the number in May.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 72; females, 75. 55 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
37:41 per cent. of the whole number; 40 of these were of children under one year of age.

THE following Table shows the Causes of the Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 years of age and 5 years and
upwards, and the Proportions per Cent. of Deaths from each cause in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christ-
church, and Dunedin that were registered during the Month of June, 1880.

CLASSES.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	CHRISTCHURCH.	DUNEDIN.	TOTAL.	PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
		Under 5 Years	5 Years. & over.	Under 5 Years	5 Years. & over.	Under 5 Years	5 Years. & over.
I. Zymotic Diseases	...	2	1	1	5	2	1
II. Constitutional Diseases	...	1	5	4	3	5	7
III. Local Diseases	...	4	8	3	3	7	6
IV. Developmental Diseases	...	1	4	4	1	3	1
V. Violent Deaths	...		1		3		1
VI. Unspecified	...
Totals ...	...	8	14	8	18	6	15