New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 73

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✨ Vital Statistics Tables



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 73

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 August, 1908.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1908. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1908. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1908. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1907.
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Thames .. 3,750 7 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 0·53 13·87
New Plymouth .. 5,323 22 .. .. 2 .. .. 4 6 1·12 10·51
Napier .. 10,115 26 1 1 3 .. .. 2 7 0·69 12·37
Wanganui .. 8,160 28 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 3 0·37 11·13
Palmerston North .. 11,299 38 .. .. 6 1 .. .. 7 0·62 11·33
Masterton .. 5,412 25 .. .. 2 .. .. 3 5 0·92 10·90
Blenheim .. 3,500 11 .. .. .. .. 1 2 3 0·86 19·71*
Nelson .. 8,305 21 2 1 4 1 .. 5 13 1·57 16·40
Greymouth .. 4,836 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. † 16·54
Hokitika .. 2,410 4 .. .. 4 .. .. 1 5 2·07 24·28
Lyttelton .. 3,941 11 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 3 0·76 14·46
Timaru .. 7,935 27 1 .. 3 .. .. 1 5 0·63 11·96
Oamaru .. 5,180 14 .. .. 3 1 .. 3 7 1·35 11·21
Invercargill (Greater) .. 13,419‡ 35 2 1 11 1 .. 3 18 1·34 13·11
  • The figures given as the death-rate for Blenheim in the previous returns from 1902 onwards are incorrect, as the mortality for the country around the town was included in error. The town rates have been calculated again and the following are returned as correct. They are furnished by the Registrar after careful examination of the Registers: 1902, 7·71; 1903, 13·25; 1904, 8·23; 1905, 10·92; 1906, 10·72.

† No return received.

‡ Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1908.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of AUGUST, 1908, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM AND TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

Countries. ARRIVALS. DEPARTURES.
Adults. Children. Total Persons. Adults. Children. Total Persons.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
United Kingdom .. 284 114 37 42 477 57 37 4 8 106
Queensland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Victoria .. 192 92 24 18 326 177 107 13 12 309
New South Wales .. 883 349 67 49 1,348 948 436 42 48 1,474
Western Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
South Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tasmania .. 62 33 6 3 104 87 25 2 1 115
Fiji .. 26 20 1 1 48 13 12 1 3 29
Other British possessions 14 9 5 6 34* 11 7 2 1 21†
Pacific islands .. 71 15 6 4 96‡ 14 9 2 1 26§
Other foreign ports .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 1 .. .. 14
Totals, August, 1908 1,532 632 146 123 2,433 1,320 634 66 74 2,094
Totals, August, 1907 1,500 755 153 132 2,540 1,074 544 60 73 1,751
  • From India, 24; Singapore, 2; Cape Town, 7; Malden Island, 1.      † For Canada.      ‡ From Friendly Islands, 5; Navigator Islands, 6; Society Islands, 85.      § For Friendly Islands, 15; Society Islands, 11.      || For Monte Video.

**ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.***

Ports. ARRIVALS. DEPARTURES.
Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total Persons. Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total Persons.
Kaipara .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 1 3 4
Auckland .. 821 97 634 284 918 736 68 518 286 804
Wellington .. 964 121 760 325 1,085 820 42 588 274 862
Lyttelton .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. ..
Invercargill .. 378 51 283 146 429 396 28 279 145 424
Totals, August, 1908 2,164 269 1,678 755 2,433 1,954 140 1,986 708 2,094
Totals, August, 1907 2,255 285 1,653 887 2,540 1,618 133 1,134 617 1,751

CHINESE.—Arrivals—At Auckland, 17; Wellington, 12. Departures—From Auckland, 16.

  • It is important to mention that, in the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants to the Dominion are all counted at the first port of arrival, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1908.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.



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