MAY 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1091

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 other Fever | | Diphtheria | | Whooping-cough | | Diarrhœal Diseases | | Bronchitis | | Pleurisy | | Pneumonia | | Congestion of Lungs |
| | Apl. | Mch. | Apl. | Mch. | Apl. | Mch. | Apl. | Mch. | Apl. | Mch. | Apl. | Mch. | Apl. | Mch. | Apl. | Mch. | Apl. | Mch. | Apl. | Mch. |
| Auckland and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Wellington and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
| Christchurch and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Dunedin and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
| Totals .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | .. | .. |

Registrar-General's Office, E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Wellington, 18th May, 1897. Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR APRIL, 1897.

• 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.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 17th May, 1897. JAMES HECTOR,
Director.

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 April, 1897.

| Boroughs. | Population, April, 1896 | Total Births in Boroughs | Deaths in Boroughs Registered in April, 1897. | | | | | | | | |
|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1897. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1896 |
| | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | | | |
| Thames .. | 4,261 | 9 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 1·51 | 13·14 |
| New Plymouth .. | 3,825 | 12 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1·05 | 11·24 |
| Napier .. | 9,231 | 24 | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 11 | 1·19 | 14·41 |
| Wanganui .. | 5,936 | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1·01 | 9·10 |
| Palmerston North .. | 5,910 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 0·17 | 9·14 |
| Blenheim .. | 3,018 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9·28 |
| Nelson .. | 6,659 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 0·75 | 12·61 |
| Greymouth .. | 3,099 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9·36 |
| Hokitika .. | 2,059 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1·94 | 5·34 |
| Lyttelton .. | 3,898 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·26 | 8·98 |
| Timaru .. | 3,613 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1·11 | 7·47 |
| Oamaru .. | 5,225 | 8 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 0·77 | 8·04 |
| Invercargill .. | 5,632* | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 0·53 | 5·86 |

• At the census taken in April last the population of Invercargill and suburbs was 9,996 persons.