JAN. 20.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

97

The following remarks apply only to the above four principal boroughs :—
The births were 270 in December, against 239 in November, an increase of 31.
The deaths in December were 96, against 74 in November, a decrease of 22.
There were 3 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards. All were females; one aged 69 and one of 85 died at Wel-
lington; the third, 78 years of age, died at Christchurch.

Zymotic Diseases.—The mortality from these causes was much greater in December than in November, the deaths having
been 29 in December, against 14 in November. The increase was due to the larger number of deaths of children from dysentery
and diarrhea. Of these deaths, 3 occurred in Auckland, 11 in Wellington, and 6 (2 from dysentery) in Christchurch, but not
one in Dunedin. There were 3 deaths from typhoid fever—1 in Auckland, and 2 in Christchurch; but of the two deaths in
Christchurch, one was that of a resident of Lyttelton, who died in the hospital, the disease having been contracted at Lyttelton.
This death is not included in the numbers of deaths given in the above tables.

Constitutional Diseases.—The deaths in December were slightly less numerous than in November. Four deaths occurred
from phthisis, against 8 in the previous month.

Local Diseases.—These diseases caused 36 deaths in December, against 29 in November. There was an increase in the
deaths from diseases of the digestive organs.

The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of these four boroughs from six principal Zymotic
diseases of the Miasmatic order, and also the deaths from certain inflammatory diseases of the lungs. These causes of death
have been distinguished from the others of the classes to which they belong, as being the most important special diseases which
give rise to sudden increases in the death-rates of towns, and the prevalence of which is closely connected with sanitary
condition and climatic influence of the season on health.

SIX PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
PRINCIPAL LUNG DISEASES.

TOWNS.
Measles.
Scarlet Fever
Typhus and
other Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Dysentery
and
Diarrhea.
Bronchitis.
Pleurisy.
Pneumonia.
Congestion
of Lungs.

Registrar-General's Office,
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Wellington, 19th January, 1881.
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR DECEMBER, 1880.

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. NELSON. CHRIST-
CHURCH. HOKITIKA. DUNEDIN.

| | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | NELSON. | CHRIST-
CHURCH. | HOKITIKA. | DUNEDIN. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temperature in shade | 63.5 | 60.6 | 60.9 | 59.8 | 57.1 | 54.7 |
| Average same month previous years | 65.6 | 61.1 | 62.1 | 61.2 | | 58.4 | 56.4 |
| Maximum Temperature in shade, and date | 76.6 on 18th | 77.0 on 17th | 80.0 on 27th | 85.0 on 10th | 72.0 on 17th | 73.0 on 10th |
| Minimum Temperature in shade, and date | 47.5 on 31st | 46.0 on 27th | 43.0 on 8th | 38.8 on 19th | 43.2 on 13th | 43.0 on 13th |
| | and 31st | | and 31st | | | |
| Maximum Solar radiation, and date | 140.0 on 24th | 146.0 on 16th | 142.0 on 10th | 146.0 on 6th | 145.0 on 13th | |
| Minimum Terrestrial radiation, and date | 40.4 on 31st | 38.0 on 27th | ... | 33.0 on 19th | 40.0 on 13th | |
| Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) | 72 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 87 | 76 |
| Average same month previous years | 75 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 85 | 73 |
| Total Rainfall in inches | 2.880 | 3.455 | 1.240 | 1.600 | 12.970 | 7.200 |
| Average same month previous years | 3.187 | 3.562 | 4.281 | 1.406 | 11.913 | 3.062 |
| Number of Days of Rain | 17 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 19 |
| Average same month previous years | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 14 |

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.

January, 1881.

J. HECTOR.

Civil Service Examination, December, 1880.

Office of the Civil Service Examination Board,
Wellington, 11th January, 1881.

DECEMBER, 1880, Examination :—

94 candidates applied to be examined.
87 " underwent examination.
Of the candidates who failed,—
16 failed in all 4 subjects.
13 " 3 "
12 " 2 "
10 " 1 "
The names of the candidates who passed, placed in order of merit, are as follows:—

JUNIOR EXAMINATION.
36 candidates passed.
51 " failed to pass.
36 failed in English.
34 " Arithmetic.
38 " History.
29 " Geography.