July 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 913

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs:—
The births in June were 306, against 283 in May, an increase of 23. The deaths in June were 96, against 93 in May, an increase of 3.
There were 8 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: five males of 80, 76, 74 (two), and 65 died at Auckland; a male of 74 at Christchurch; and two females of 68 (both) at Dunedin.
Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths from these diseases fell to the unprecedentedly low number of 5, or 5·21 per cent. of the total deaths; the previously lowest number for the last three years having been 13, or 13·83 per cent. The adoption of a new system of classification prevents a strict comparison being made between the numbers in this class in this and former years; but no such alteration will account for the above small number of deaths in June. There was an entire absence of deaths from diarrhoeal diseases. Of these 5 deaths, 2 were from typhoid fever, both in Wellington; and 1 from diphtheria, in Auckland.
Constitutional Diseases.—These diseases caused 25 deaths in June, against 13 in May: of these, cancer caused 5 deaths in June, against 3 in May; and phthisis 11 in June, against 7 in May.
Local Diseases.—The deaths from these causes were slightly less numerous in June than in the preceding month. Of these, the diseases of the respiratory system were more fatal in June, the deaths having been 15 in that month, against 10 in May; but diseases of the digestive system caused only 6 deaths in June, against 14 in May.
Violence.—There were 9 deaths in this class in June, against 3 in May.
The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of these four boroughs from six principal specific febrile or zymotic diseases, 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.

| TOWNS. | SIX PRINCIPAL SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PRINCIPAL LUNG DISEASES. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Measles. | | Scarlet Fever. | | Typhoid and other Fever. | | Diphtheria. | | Whooping Cough. | | Dysentery and Diarrhoea. | | Bronchitis. | | Pleurisy. | | Pneumonia. | | Congestion of Lungs. | |
| | Jun | May | Jun | May | Jun | May | Jun | May | Jun | May | Jun | May | Jun | May | Jun | May | Jun | May | Jun | May | Jun | May |
| Auckland .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Wellington .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Christchurch .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Dunedin .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 |

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1885.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR JUNE, 1885.

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.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 11th July, 1885.

JAMES HECTOR.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

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 within one calendar month after the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

834. ANDREW HAMILTON RUSSELL and WILLIAM RUSSELL RUSSELL, Applicants.—3,531 acres, more or less, being Subdivision B of the Heretaunga Block 28N, Hawke’s Bay. In occupation of said William Russell Russell.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 18th day of July, 1885, at the Lands Registry Office, Napier,

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE 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 at this office within one calendar month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Applicant: GEORGE THOMAS FOSTER.—Part of Allotments 1 and 2 of Section 6, Omaka, in the Borough of Blenheim, containing 7 acres; also parts of Allotments 1 and 2 of Section 6, Omaka, in the Borough of Blenheim, containing 10 acres 1 rood 17·4 perches. Occupied by George Thomas Foster and George Harris. No. 411.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 21st day of July, 1885, at the Lands Registry Office, Blenheim.

JOHN ALLEN,
District Land Registrar,

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