May 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1383

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of April, 1909 :-

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 April, 1909.

BOROUGHS ESTIMATED POPULATION FEBRUARY, 1909. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1909. Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1909. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1908. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.

Auckland ... 42,748 105 7 2 12 3 .. 18 42 0·98 12·43 Birkenhead ... 1,523 2 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 1·31 8·80 Devonport ... 6,300 11 1 .. 3 .. .. 2 6 0·95 7·72 Newmarket ... 2,666 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·37 6·59 Grey Lynn ... 7,020 20 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 0·28 7·75 Parnell ... 5,552 10 1 .. 3 .. .. .. 2 6 1·08 9·30 Mount Eden ... 8,246 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·12 7·02 Northcote ... 1,290 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·78 4·99

Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs 75,345 167 10 2 20 4 .. 25 61 0·81 10·41 Population of other suburbs (estimated)* 18,199 Total population of Greater Auckland 93,544

Wellington ... 69,357 167 5 5 12 5 2 19 48 0·69 9·18 Karori ... 1,287 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Onslow ... 1,400 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8·38 Miramar ... 1,623 5 2 .. 2 .. .. .. 4 2·46 6·99

Total population of Greater Wellington 73,667 178 7 5 14 5 2 19 52 0·71 9·10

Christchurch ... 55,651 137 4 1 17 5 .. 18 45 0·81 9·70 Woolston ... 3,340 6 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 3 0·90 9·10 New Brighton ... 1,542 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Sumner ... 1,563 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs 62,096 147 5 1 18 5 .. 19 48 0·77 9·52 Population of other suburbs (estimated)* 14,613 Total population of Greater Christchurch 76,709

Dunedin ... 38,548 108 3 .. 14 3 .. 9 29 0·75 11·93 Maori Hill ... 2,256 7 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·44 5·80 Mornington ... 4,641 6 1 .. 1 1 .. .. 3 0·65 7·34 North-east Valley ... 4,993 13 1 .. 4 .. .. 1 6 1·20 10·35 Roslyn ... 6,100 6 .. .. 1 .. 1 1 3 0·49 8·94 St. Kilda ... 3,100 5 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·65 7·41 West Harbour ... 1,641 2 2 .. .. .. .. 1 3 1·83 3·71

Total population of Greater Dunedin 61,279 147 7 .. 21 4 1 14 47 0·77 10·50

• These remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics. Closely correct annual statements of population outside boroughs are not obtainable.

In the above table are given the deaths and death-rates for each of the four cities, for the suburban boroughs severally, and for each city with its suburban towns. As regards Auckland and Christchurch, the whole of the area usually recognised as suburban has not yet been brought under municipal government, and the vital statistics do not deal with such portions as still remain in road districts. But the omission is not very important, for there are in either case quite enough suburbs included within borough boundaries to give a fair idea of the death-rate of Greater Auckland and Greater Christchurch. As further boroughs are formed the vital statistics will be made to include them.

Deaths occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough wherein the hospital is situated, have been allotted in each case to the borough where the disease was contracted, and not to that in which the death actually took place.