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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of the four centres 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. | | | | | |
| | Measles. | | Scarlet Fever. | | Typhoid and | | Diphtheria. | | Whooping- | | Diarrhoeal | | Bronchitis. | | Pleurisy. | | Pneumonia. | | Consumption of |
| | | | | | other Fever. | | | | cough. | | Diseases. | | | | | | | | Lungs. |
| | May | Apl. | May | Apl. | May | Apl. | May | Apl. | May | Apl. | May | Apl. | May | Apl. | May | Apl. | May | Apl. | May | Apl.
| Auckland and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | ..
| Wellington and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | ..
| Christchurch and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | ..
| Dunedin and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | ..
| Totals .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .. | ..

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1896.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Provisional Meteorological Return for May, 1896.

| | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. | DUNEDIN. |
| Mean Temperature in shade for month | 57·1 | 52·0 | 46·4 | 44·6 |
| Average same month previous years... | 57·0 | 52·0 | 48·0 | 47·2 |
| Maximum Temperature in shade, and date | 69·0 on 4th and 6th | 65·0 on 14th | 72·6 on 6th | 60·0 on 18th |
| Minimum Temperature in shade, and date | 43·0 on 11th | 38·0 on 16th, 20th, and 21st | 48·4 on 16th and 23rd | 32·0 on 21st |
| Maximum Solar Radiation, and date .. | 123·0 on 4th | 118·0 on 14th | 114·6 on 5th | 96·0 on 9th |
| Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date | 38·0 on 11th | 24·0 on 21st | 21·4 on 21st | 26·0 on 20th |
| Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) .. | 72 | 74 | 81 | 77 |
| Average same month previous years ... | 80 | 76 | 80 | 78 |
| Total Rainfall, in inches .. | 3·630 | 3·028 | 0·443 | 1·614 |
| Average same month previous years ... | 4·083 | 4·984 | 2·238 | 3·640 |
| Number of Days of Rain .. | 18 | 14 | 6 | 12 |
| Average same month previous years ... | 20 | 14 | 9 | 13 |

• Fahrenheit.

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.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 13th June, 1896.

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 May, 1896.

| BOROUGHS. | POPULATION, APRIL, 1896 (CENSUS, SUBJECT TO REVISION). | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | Deaths in Boroughs registered in May, 1896. | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | | | | |
| | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1896. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1895. |
| Thames .. | .. | 4,225 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0·95 | 12·16 |
| New Plymouth .. | .. | 3,825 | 10 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1·57 | 15·55 |
| Napier .. | .. | 9,232 | 28 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1·19 | 12·54 |
| Wanganui .. | .. | 5,943 | 17 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0·50 | 13·26 |
| Palmerston North .. | .. | 5,886 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0·34 | 8·14 |
| Blenheim .. | .. | 3,018 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0·66 | 11·91 |
| Nelson .. | .. | 6,660 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 0·30 | 12·29 |
| Greymouth .. | .. | 3,099 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·97 | 9·71 |
| Hokitika .. | .. | 2,059 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·49 | 12·81 |
| Lyttelton .. | .. | 3,889 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·51 | 9·65 |
| Timaru .. | .. | 3,613 | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·28 | 11·04 |
| Oamaru .. | .. | 5,226 | 13 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 0·96 | 8·92 |
| Invercargill .. | .. | 5,630* | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 0·36 | 8·64 |

• At the census taken in April last the population of Invercargill and suburbs was, roughly, 9,995 persons.