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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

SIX PRINCIPAL SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
PRINCIPAL LUNG-DISEASES.

Towns.
Influenza.
Scarlet Fever.
Typhoid and
other Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping-
cough.
Diarrhoeal
Diseases.
Bronchitis.
Pleurisy.
Pneumonia.
Congestion of
Lungs.

Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.

Auckland and suburban
boroughs
.. .. .. .. 1 2 .. .. .. .. 2 2 1 1 .. .. 3 2 .. ..
Wellington and suburban
boroughs
.. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 2 1 6 4 1 .. .. 1 .. .. ..
Christchurch and suburban
boroughs
.. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 .. ..
Dunedin and suburban
boroughs
.. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 .. 1 1 2 .. .. 2

Totals .. .. .. 1 1 .. 1 2 1 .. 2 2 3 8 9 2 1 1 8 4 .. 2

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to
Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Month of December, 1903.

BOROUGHS:
ESTIMATED
POPULATION,
JANUARY, 1903.
TOTAL BIRTHS
IN BOROUGHS.
DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1903.
Proportion of Deaths
to the 1,000 of Mean
Population in the
Year 1902.

Males.
Females.
Total Deaths.
Proportion of
Deaths
to the 1,000 of
Population,
Dec., 1903.

Under
1 Year.
1 & under
5 Years.
5 Years
and over.
Under
1 Year.
1 & under
5 Years.
5 Years
and over.

Thames .. .. .. 4,209 6 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 0·72 17·52
New Plymouth .. .. 4,885 18 1 .. 1 2 .. 1 5 1·02 9·15
Napier .. .. .. 9,370 16 .. .. 3 1 2 .. 6 0·64 12·05
Wanganui .. .. .. 7,386 18 2 .. 2 .. 1 4 9 1·22 10·46
Palmerston North .. .. 7,823 29 .. .. 1 2 .. .. 3 0·39 10·82
Blenheim .. .. .. 3,263 19 .. .. 4 1 .. 4 9 2·76 18·51
Nelson .. .. .. 7,513 18 1 .. 4 1 .. 7 13 1·73 15·46
Greymouth .. .. .. 4,218 5 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 3 0·71 8·35
Hokitika .. .. .. 1,885 6 .. .. 3 1 1 2 7 3·71 27·66
Lyttelton .. .. .. 4,263 6 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·23 8·38
Timaru .. .. .. 6,869 9 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·29 12·00
Oamaru .. .. .. 5,380 12 1 .. 1 .. .. 4 6 1·11 10·31
Invercargill .. .. .. 6,250* 19 .. .. 6 .. .. 1 7 1·12 8·88

• At the census taken in March, 1901, the population of Invercargill and suburbs was 10,637 persons.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1904.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR DECEMBER, 1903.

AUCKLAND.
WELLINGTON.
LINCOLN,
CANTERBURY.
DUNEDIN.

Mean Temperature in shade for month
Average same month previous years...
65·5
65·2
63·3
60·8
60·8
60·7
56·4
56·0

Maximum Temperature in shade, and date*
77·0 on 26th and 28th
78·7 on 9th
79·3 on 4th and 15th
76·0 on 4th

Minimum Temperature in shade, and date*
56·0 on 13th and 29th
48·5 on 27th
36·4 on 28th
40·0 on 21st

Maximum Solar Radiation, and date* ..
147·0 on 26th
138·0 on 24th
136·6 on 4th and 15th
..

Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date*
52·0 on 12th
44·0 on 22nd
34·4 on 19th
..

Mean Humidity (Saturation = 100)
Average same month previous years ...
71·0
72·0
67·0
73·0
75·6
71·0
77·2
72·0

Total Rainfall, in inches
Average same month previous years ...
3·260
3·225
1·810
8·807
0·775
1·640
3·374
3·156

Number of Days of Rain
Average same month previous years ...
14
10
11
10
6
8
18
14

• 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, 19th January, 1904.

CUTHBERT FREYBERG,
Acting-Observer,