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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

Boroughs.
Total Births.
Deaths of Children
under
1 Year of Age.
Proportion per cent. of Deaths
of Children under
1 Year of Age to Total Births.
Auckland ..
.. ..
1,198
.. 150
.. 12·52
Wellington
.. ..
946
.. 123
.. 13·00
Christchurch
.. ..
499
.. 58
.. 11·62
Dunedin ..
.. ..
761
.. 68
.. 8·94

3,404
399
Mean 11·72

Mortality of Children.—In a second series of calculations, showing the deaths of children under 5 years of age, the
rate of mortality is found highest at Auckland, and lowest at Dunedin.

Boroughs.
Total Deaths.
Deaths of Children
under
5 Years of Age.
Proportion per cent. of Deaths
of Children under
5 Years of Age to Total Deaths.
Auckland ..
.. ..
423
.. 203
.. 47·99
Wellington
.. ..
349
.. 160
.. 45·85
Christchurch
.. ..
212
.. 72
.. 33·96
Dunedin ..
.. ..
337
.. 106
.. 31·45

1,321
541
Mean 40·95

Mean Death-rate for Two Years.—The mean death-rate for the principal towns was 14·30 per 1,000 persons in 1884, as
against 15·26 for 1883. The causes of death which proved more fatal in the earlier year are considered below.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Zymotic Diseases.—This class of disease caused 20·74 per cent. of the total deaths in 1884, and 26·76 per cent. in the
previous year; the following complaints having been most prevalent in 1883:—

Deaths, 1883.
Deaths, 1884.
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
.. ..
.. 10
.. 2
Whooping Cough
.. ..
.. 53
.. 45
Typhoid Fever
.. ..
.. 35
.. 29
Dysentery ..
.. ..
.. 16
.. 8
Diarrhoea ..
.. ..
.. 134
.. 66

Of 45 deaths from whooping cough during 1884, 25 were at Auckland and 11 at Wellington. Of 74 fatal cases of
dysentery and diarrhoea, 46 were at Auckland and 11 at Wellington. Typhoid fever was also more fatal at these towns
than at Christchurch and Dunedin.

Constitutional Diseases.—19·30 per cent. of the total deaths were from constitutional diseases. The number of deaths
was 255, against 252 in 1883. There were 50 deaths from cancer in 1884, and 137 from phthisis, but these numbers are not
widely different from those for the previous year.

Local Diseases.—The mortality was 41·79 per cent. of the whole, against 38·58 for 1883. Diseases of the respiratory
organs show an increase from 143 deaths to 183, mostly accounted for under the heading pneumonia.

Developmental Diseases.—These deaths were 13·93 per cent. of the total, a slightly higher rate than prevailed in 1883.
Debility of children caused 83 deaths, of which 35 were at Wellington. The mortality registered as from “old age” is
shown in a separate table (ante), according to yearly periods.

Violent Deaths.—Of 55 deaths, or 4·16 per cent., 43 were accidental, 9 of these last being of children under 5 years of
age; the chief cause was fracture or contusion, from which 18 deaths resulted. Of accidental drowning there were 6 cases.
One death was homicidal, a murder by stabbing, and eleven were suicidal.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1885.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1870,” unless caveat be
lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from
the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

475. RICHARD EDWARD JONES.—105 acres, Rural
     Sections 1029 and 1030, Arahura District. Occupied by
     Applicant.

476. DANIEL FLANAGAN.—4 perches, Section 218,
     Greymouth. Occupied by Ah Chong, a Chinaman.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 19th day of January, 1885, at the Lands
Registry Office, Hokitika.

ALFD. H. KING,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1870,” unless caveat be
lodged forbidding the same on or before the 1st March, 1885.

1478. THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCHAN-
      TILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED).—The Pounui
      Block No. 82N, Wairarapa District, containing 796 acres;
      also the Taumatawhakapone East Block, No. 86N, in the said
      district, containing 620 acres 3 roods 20 perches. In occu-
      pation of C. M. C. Whatman.

1479. JAMES BAIN.—Lot 873 of subdivision of Section
      38, Town of Wanganui. In occupation of George Byers.

1480. JOE DRANSFIELD and ISAAC PHILLIPS, as
      Devisees under will of LIPMAN LEVY, deceased.—Sections 32
      and 33, Township of Carterton. In occupation of Lars
      Andersen and another.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 28th day of January, 1885, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington.

GEO. B. DAVY,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that JESSIE CAMERON,
of Redcliff, Waimate, Widow, claiming as Devisee
under the will of DUNCAN CAMERON, late of Redcliff, Hotel-
keeper, deceased, has applied to be registered as Proprietor
of Rural Section 8921, containing 20 acres, comprised in cer-
tificate of title, Vol. xv., folio 30, and part of Rural Section
18181, containing 35 acres 2 roods, comprised in license to
occupy, Provisional Register, Vol. xiii., folio 242; and that
she will be so registered unless a caveat forbidding the same
be lodged within one month from date of the Gazette con-
taining this notice.

Dated this 24th day of January, 1885, at the Lands Regis-
try Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

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Mining Notices.

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the
Minerva Petroleum Company as a No-liability Com-
pany under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act,
1872.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Minerva Petro-
   leum Company (No Liability).

2. The place of intended operations is at Maungataikapua,
   Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland and
   Colony of New Zealand.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at
   Gisborne.

4. The value of the company’s property, including leased
   ground and machinery, is one thousand three hundred and
   fifty pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is fifty thousand,
   of one pound each.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is nine thousand
   four hundred and fifty.

7. The name of the Manager is Francis James Piesse.

8. The names and addresses and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date,
   are as follow:—