266 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 11]

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

Applications must be made on proper forms, to be obtained at the Crown Lands Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, and must be accompanied by the statutory declaration required by the system under which the application is made; also by a deposit of, with perpetual-lease applications, a half-year's rent and 30s. lease-fee; with deferred-payment applications, a half-year's instalment and 21s. license-fee; and, with cash applications, one-fifth of the total price.

If an applicant apply for more than one section, it is essential that he should be present at the drawing for priority of choice, either personally or by duly-authorised agent, to avoid confusion in the event of his being successful for two or more sections.

Cheques forwarded as deposits must be marked by the bank on which they are drawn as "Correct for fourteen days."

J. H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 1890.

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 January, 1890.

Boroughs.
(For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note †.)

| Boroughs | Estimated Population Jan. 1, 1890 | Total Births | Deaths Registered in January, 1890 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Males | | | Females | | | Total Deaths | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1890 | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1889 |
| | | | Under 1 Year | 1 & under 5 Years | 5 Years and over | Under 1 Year | 1 & under 5 Years | 5 Years and over | |
| Auckland† | .. | .. | 35,858 | 73 | 6 | .. | 10 | 8 | .. | 9 | 33 | 0·92 | .. |
| Wellington† | .. | .. | 29,075 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 1·07 | .. |
| Christchurch† | .. | .. | 17,116 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 | 0·77 | 9·77 |
| Dunedin† | .. | .. | 24,168 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 0·95 | 10·90 |
| Thames | .. | .. | 4,627 | 13 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 0·86 | 12·97 |
| New Plymouth | .. | .. | 2,893 | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·35 | 12·85 |
| Napier | .. | .. | 8,876 | 44 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 | 0·79 | 11·68 |
| Wanganui | .. | .. | 5,107 | 17 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | 1·37 | 9·09 |
| Blenheim | .. | .. | 3,035 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9·88 |
| Nelson | .. | .. | 7,777 | 9 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | 1·16 | 10·83 |
| Sydenham | .. | .. | 10,252 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 11 | 1·07 | 10·81 |
| Lyttelton | .. | .. | 4,127 | 14 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 0·73 | 11·59 |
| Timaru | .. | .. | 3,935 | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 0·76 | 14·39 |
| Oamaru | .. | .. | 5,706 | 17 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·70 | 8·82 |
| Greymouth | .. | .. | 3,637* | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 0·82 | .. |
| Hokitika | .. | .. | 2,610 | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·77 | 18·57 |
| Caversham | .. | .. | 4,927 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 1·42 | 16·58 |
| Invercargill† | .. | .. | 5,160 | 17 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1·16 | 12·61 |
| Totals | .. | .. | .. | 462 | 28 | 6 | 65 | 19 | 6 | 39 | 163 | .. | .. |

The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.

The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 462, against 403 in December, an increase of 59. The deaths in January were 163, an increase of 11 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 99; females, 64. Fifty-nine of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 36·20 per cent. of the whole number; 47 of these were under 1 year of age.

• Population on the 1st January, 1889. Information necessary for calculating the population on the 1st January, 1890, has not yet been obtained from the Town Clerk.

† It must be understood that the numbers of the population above given refer only to those within the several borough boundaries. To estimate the relative importance of the principal boroughs as centres of population it is necessary in each case to take into consideration the number of the population in the adjacent boroughs, some of which are included in the above table, and other districts which are practically suburbs of the central borough. This can only be done with any degree of accuracy for census years.

The populations of the four principal boroughs and their suburbs in 1886 were as follows:—

Auckland Borough ... 33,161
Adjacent boroughs and road districts ... 23,887
Total Auckland Borough and suburbs... 57,048

Wellington Borough ... 25,945
Suburbs ... 1,888
Total Wellington Borough and suburbs 27,833

Christchurch Borough ... 15,265
Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs... 29,423
Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs 44,688

Dunedin Borough ... 23,243
Adjacent boroughs ... 22,275
Total Dunedin Borough and suburbs ... 45,518

The population of Invercargill and suburbs at same date was—
Invercargill Borough ... 5,212
Adjacent boroughs ... 3,727
Total Invercargill Borough and suburbs... 8,939

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, Christchurch, and Dunedin, that were registered during the Month of January, 1890.

| Class | 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 | Under 5 Years | 5 Years & over | |
| I. | Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 7 | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 17 | 17·71 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1·04 |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1·04 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 20 | 20·83 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 5·21 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 40·63 |
| VII. | Violence | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 7·29 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 6·25 |
| | Totals | 14 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 96 | 100·00 |