New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 23

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✨ Vital Statistics and Crown Lands Notices

MAR. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 861

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 February, 1909.

| Boroughs, | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1909. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | Males. | | | | Females. | | | | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1909. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1908. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thames | 3,750 | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0·27 | 12·27 |
| New Plymouth | 5,352 | 25 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 0·56 | 10·94 |
| Napier | 10,459 | 12 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 5 | 10 | 0·96 | 11·08 |
| Wanganui | 8,511 | 30 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 0·59 | 8·34 |
| Palmerston North | 11,650 | 33 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1·12 | 9·06 |
| Masterton | 5,500 | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 0·73 | 12·65 |
| Petone | 7,200 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 0·28 | ... |
| Blenheim | 3,500 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 0·29 | 11·14 |
| Nelson | 8,650 | 14 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 9 | 1·04 | 15·10 |
| Greymouth | 5,079 | 14 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 3·15 | 12·91 |
| Hokitika | 2,410 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1·24 | 15·77 |
| Lyttelton | 4,000 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0·25 | 9·82 |
| Timaru | 8,100 | 27 | ... | 1 | 6 | 2 | ... | 2 | 12 | 1·48 | 11·35 |
| Oamaru | 5,257 | 11 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 0·76 | 10·54 |
| Invercargill (Greater)* | 13,700 | 48 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | 0·51 | 10·40 |

*Includes suburban boroughs-Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1909.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Canterbury Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 22nd March, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that, surrenders of the lease and license of the undermentioned lands having been accepted by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said lands have reverted to the Crown under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1908."

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Section.	Block.	Survey District.	Formerly held by	Tenure.
2	I	Lyndon	William Lott	O.R.P.
23, Culverden Settlement	VI	Culverden	William Austin	Renewable lease.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Hawke's Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 20th March, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the undermentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Hawke's Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1908."

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Lease No.	Tenure.	Sections.	District.	Formerly held by
380	L.P.L.S.	14 and 15	Elsthorpe Village	William Bartholomew Cheer.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of "The Land Act, 1908."

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of "The Land Act, 1908," that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 131 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 25th day of June, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Section.	Block.	Survey District.
5	XIII	Tauakira.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1909, No 23

The Old Government Buildings (depicted) were completed in 1876 and initially housed the entire Wellington-based civil service as well as the entire New Zealand Cabinet. The Executive Council met there until 1948.

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🏛️ Vital Statistics: Births and Mortality Rates for February 1909 (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated22 March 1909
KeywordsVital statistics, Births, Mortality, Population, Boroughs, February 1909
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General

🗺️ Lands in Canterbury Land District Surrendered

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated22 March 1909
KeywordsCrown lands, Land surrender, Canterbury, Lease, License
👱🏽 Names

William Lott, Surrendered lease of land
William Austin, Surrendered license of land

👩‍💼 Officials

J. G. Ward, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Land in Hawke's Bay Land District Forfeited

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated20 March 1909
KeywordsCrown lands, Land forfeiture, Hawke's Bay, Lease
👱🏽 Names

William Bartholomew Cheer, Lease forfeited

👩‍💼 Officials

J. G. Ward, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated22 March 1909
KeywordsCrown lands, Land disposal, Wellington, Adjoining land holder
👩‍💼 Officials

James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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🏛️ Vital Statistics: Births and Mortality Rates for February 1909 (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands in Canterbury Land District Surrendered

🗺️ Land in Hawke's Bay Land District Forfeited

🗺️ Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal

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