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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 16th August, 1890.
SIR,—I have the honour to transmit, for the information of the colony under your government, a copy of a letter from the Organizing Committee of the projected International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, which it is contemplated to hold in London in 1891, together with a preliminary statement issued by the Committee.
I have, &c.,
KNUTSFORD.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HYGIENE AND DEMOGRAPHY, LONDON, 1891.
President: H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
6th August, 1890.
MY LORD,—We beg to direct your Lordship’s attention to the important arrangement which has recently been concluded for holding the seventh International Congress of Hygiene and Demography in London in 1891, under the presidency of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Your Lordship will doubtless be aware that the former Congresses have been held biennially in some of the chief continental cities, the last being held in Vienna under the auspices of His late Imperial Highness Prince Rudolph, the Crown Prince of Austria, who opened the Congress in person.
The next Congress will be the first Congress which has met in Great Britain, and we entertain the confident assurance that it will be your Lordship’s desire that that Congress should in all its circumstances be worthy of the great nation which stands foremost in the promotion and practical application of hygienic science and statistical research.
The learned and scientific societies of Great Britain and Ireland have already nominated as delegates a number of gentlemen of the highest distinction as hygienists and statisticians.
Taking into consideration that the Congress will be attended by the representatives of numerous Councils and Corporations engaged in sanitary administration, and by members of several professions, we are led to anticipate that London will be visited by not fewer persons than at the time of the Medical Congress in 1881.
The deliberations of the Congress will be specially directed to the consideration of subjects concerning the public health, and in the section of demography, which will be assisted by a special committee appointed by the Royal Statistical Society, the life-conditions of civilised communities will be considered in their various industrial, social, and domestic relations from statistical points of view. It is obvious that such a conference of official and professional authorities and scientists will necessarily be of the highest value in promoting hygiene and cognate sciences, and generally advancing the welfare, not only of all classes of our fellow countrymen, but of humanity at large.
We therefore venture to express the hope, should the objects and arrangements of the Congress described have met with your approval, your Lordship will allow us to communicate through the Colonial Office with the Colonial Governments, inviting them to nominate delegates and to take part in the deliberations of the Congress, and thus to insure that the sanitary condition of every one of Her Majesty’s colonies shall be adequately represented at the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography which will be held in London in 1891.
We have, &c.,
DOUGLAS GALTON,
Chairman of Organizing Committee.
W. H. CORFIELD,
SHIRLEY F. MURPHY,
Honorary Secretaries.

The Right Hon. Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HYGIENE AND DEMOGRAPHY.—LONDON, 1891.—PRESIDENT: H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.—PRELIMINARY STATEMENT.
July, 1890.
THE International Congress of Hygiene and Demography has been held (biennially as a rule) in each of the following cities: Brussels, Paris, Turin, Geneva, The Hague, and Vienna. The last of these—the Congress held at Vienna in 1887—was under the protection of His Imperial and Royal Highness the late Archduke Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria, who opened the Congress in person. To this Congress delegates were appointed by the Governments of the following countries and states, the learned societies of many of them also sending representatives:—
Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France; German Empire—Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemberg, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Mecklenburg Strelitz, Brunswick, Saxe Coburg Gotha, Alsace-Lorraine, &c.; Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Spain,

Switzerland, Turkey, Egypt, Japan, Persia, Argentine Republic, Uruguay, and also by the Governments of three of our own colonies, namely, Malta, New South Wales, and Victoria.
The Governments of the following countries did not send delegates; but representatives from various learned societies and institutions in these countries were present:—
Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, United States, Greece, Mexico, Chili, Venezuela.
The total number of hygienists and statisticians present from all parts of the world was over two thousand.
Before the close of that Congress a permanent international committee was appointed to decide on time and place of meeting of the next Congress of the series. On account of the fact that it had been decided to hold a Hygienic Congress in connection with the Paris Exhibition in 1889, it was resolved that the next International Congress of the series should be held in 1891, and London was chosen as its place of meeting.
As England has taken the lead in sanitary science and administration, it may be expected that her colonies and that foreign countries will send numerous representatives, both official and unofficial, and that the Congress will be of great magnitude and importance.
A committee of the English members attending the Vienna Congress was formed to take preliminary steps to bring the matter before the public.
They issued invitations to universities, colleges, public corporations, and learned societies, requesting them to name delegates to form a general committee. The list of delegates nominated up to the present time accompanies this, and other nominations are being received daily.
The time has therefore now arrived to form a definite organization, and to raise a fund to defray the necessary expenses.

Objects of the Congress.
The aim of the Congress is to awaken public interest in the progress of hygiene and demography, by which latter term is understood the study of the life-conditions of communities from a statistical point of view, to afford persons interested in these subjects an opportunity of meeting, with the object of advancing their progress, and, by conferences and debates, to elucidate questions relating to hygiene, demography, and public health.
The Governments of all countries, municipalities, county councils, and other provincial administrations, public health authorities, universities, colleges, and all societies which are occupied in the study of the sciences more or less immediately connected with hygiene are invited to co-operate and appoint delegates to represent them at the Congress.
An exhibition of articles of hygienic interest will be held in connection with the Congress.
Excursions will be arranged to various places of especial interest to hygienists.
Temporary offices: Parkes’ Museum, 74A, Margaret Street, Regent Street, London, W.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1890.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)