1434 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZE TTE. [No. 67

The sub joined table shows the morta lity for the last two months at each of the four centres from six principal specific febrile or zymotic dis eases, and also the dea ths from certain in flammatory dis eases of the l ungs. These causes of death have been distinguished from the others of the classes to which they belong as being the most important special dis eases which give rise to sudden increases in the death-rates of town s, 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 dis eases. | | | | | | | | | PRINCIPAL LUNG-DISEASES. | | | | | | |
| | Measles. | |Scarlet Fever.| | Typhoid and Other Fever. | | Diphtheria. | |Whooping- cough.| | Diarrheal
Diseases. | | | | | | |
| | Aug. | July | Aug. | July | Aug. | July | Aug. | July | Aug. | July | Aug. | July | Aug. | July | Aug. | July | Aug. | July |
| Auckland and Suburban Boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .. | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Wellington and Suburban Boroughs | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 |
| Christchurch and Suburban Boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| D uned in and Suburban Boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 2 | .. |
| Totals .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 |

Regi strar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1894.

E. J. VON D ADELSZEN,
Regi strar-General.

PROVINCIAL METEOROLOGICAL R ETURN FOR AUGUST, 1894.

| | A UCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | LINCO LN, CANTERB URY. | D UNEDIN. |
| Mean Temperature in shad e for month | 52·3 | 49·3 | 46·2 | 44·3 |
| A verage same month previous years... | 52·1 | 48·0 | 44·1 | 43·2 |
| Maxim um Temperature in shad e, and date | 63·0 on 27th | 65·0 on 25th | 64·2 on 14th | 64·0 on 28th |
| Minim um Temperature in shad e, and date | 40·0 on 6th | 33·3 on 6th | 27·8 on 7th | 33·0 on 31st |
| Maxim um S olar Radiation, and date .. | 125·0 on 28th | 109·0 on 1st | 116·2 on 30th | 98·0 on 28th |
| Minim um Terrestrial Radiation, and date | 35·0 on 6th | 21·0 on 6th | 22·4 on 7th | 27·0 on 31st |
| Mean H umid ity (Saturation=100) .. | 77 | 79 | 80 | 77 |
| A verage same month previous years ... | 78 | 79 | 77 | 75 |
| Total R ainfall, in inches .. | 5·950 | 5·614 | 3·158 | 3·054 |
| A verage same month previous years ... | 4·637 | 5·204 | 2·265 | 2·824 |
| Number of D ays of R ain .. | 23 | 17 | 12 | 18 |
| A verage same month previous years ... | 19 | | 9 | 14 |

• F ahr en heit.

N OTE.—This table is prepared from unchecked av erages, transmitted by telegraph in anticipation of the full returns, and must not be entirely relied on for compiling Meteorological Statis tics.

JAMES HECTOR,
Meteorological Office, Wellington, 10th September, 1894. Director.

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Morbitality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the under-mentioned Boroughs, during the Mon th of August, 1894.

| BOROUGHS. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1894. | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | | | | |
| | | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 | 5 and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 | 5 and over. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1894. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1893. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Th ames | .. | .. | 4,679 | 17 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 10 | 2·14 | 17·01 |
| New Plym outh | .. | .. | 3,580 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1·12 | 15·67 |
| N apier | .. | .. | 9,061 | 25 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 1·10 | 15·45 |
| W anganui | .. | .. | 5,423 | 7 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 1·29 | 11·81 |
| P almerston North | .. | .. | 5,730 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 8 | 1·40 | 9·72 |
| Blenheim | .. | .. | 3,245 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16·29 |
| N elson | .. | .. | 6,708 | 21 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | 1·49 | 13·00 |
| Greym outh | .. | .. | 3,780 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 0·53 | 8·51 |
| H okitika | .. | .. | 2,120 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 2·83 | 20·52 |
| Lyttelton | .. | .. | 4,014 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·25 | 13·78 |
| T im aru | .. | .. | 3,363 | 8 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1·78 | 12·17 |
| O am aru | .. | .. | 5,592 | 17 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1·79 | 11·00 |
| Invercargill | .. | .. | 5,600* | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 1·43 | 12·09 |

• The population of Invercargill and sub urs was, at the censu s taken in April, 1891, 8,551 persons.