New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 69

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✨ Population and Dwelling Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

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 July, 1909.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1909. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1909. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1909. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1908.
Males. Females. Total Deaths.
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 17 .. .. 1 1 .. 2 3
New Plymouth .. .. 5,352 21 1 1 4 .. .. 2 8
Napier .. .. 10,459 29 .. .. 5 .. .. 3 8
Wanganui .. .. 8,511 26 3 .. 4 .. .. 2 9
Palmerston North .. .. 11,650 31 2 .. 3 .. .. 9 14
Masterton .. .. 5,500 15 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2
Petone .. .. 7,200 17 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 2
Blenheim .. .. 3,500 19 1 1 3 .. .. 2 7
Nelson .. .. 8,650 17 .. .. 1 .. .. 5 6
Greymouth .. .. 5,079 16 .. .. 5 1 .. 1 7
Hokitika .. .. 2,410 4 1 4 .. .. .. .. 5
Lyttelton .. .. 4,000 11 1 .. 2 .. .. 3 6
Timaru .. .. 8,100 18 1 1 8 .. .. 4 14
Oamaru .. .. 5,257 17 .. .. 5 1 .. 4 10
Invercargill (Greater)* .. .. 13,700 52 .. .. 4 2 .. .. 6
  • Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1909.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Workers’ Dwellings at Walker Settlement, Addington, Christchurch, for Lease, with Right to acquire the Freehold.

District Lands Office, Christchurch, 10th August, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications for the undermentioned workers’ dwellings will be received at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, subject to the provisions of “The Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1908,” and regulations made thereunder, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 31st day of August, 1909.

No deposit is required with any application, but every successful applicant shall before being admitted to possession pay the amount of the first month’s rent (including insurance and rates) and 10s. for the registration of the lease: Provided that the successful applicant may, with the permission of the Land Board, pay the sum of £1 as part of the first month’s rent, and undertake to complete the payment within thirty days, together with the registration fee.

Applicants will be required to appear before the Land Board, at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 1st day of September, 1909, at 7 p.m., to answer any questions or produce such evidence as the Board deems necessary.

The ballot for the dwellings, if there is more than one applicant for the same dwelling, will be held at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 1st day of September, 1909, at the close of the examination of applicants. Possession will be given immediately after the ballot.

Copies of the regulations may be obtained on application at the District Lands Office, Christchurch.

An officer of the Labour Department will be in attendance to show intending applicants over the dwellings every afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. on and after the 10th August, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Workers’ Dwellings at Sydenham, Christchurch.

Open for lease for a period of fifty years, with right of renewal for further term of fifty years, or option of acquiring the freehold, under the modes shown hereunder :—

Section. Area. Lease for Fifty Years, with Right of Renewal for Further Term of Fifty Years. Lease for Term of Years, with Option of acquiring the Freehold. Additional Monthly Payment to cover Fire Insurance and Rates for First Year.
Mode A. Mode B. Mode C.
Twenty-five Years’ Lease at 5 per Cent. on Capital Value. (a.) Thirty-two Years’ Lease at 8 per Cent. on Capital Value. (b.) Forty-one Years’ Lease at 6½ per Cent. on Capital Value. Life Insurance: In addition to Premium, Payment of Rent as under.

DWELLINGS OF FIVE ROOMS.

A. R. P. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d.
3 0 1 6 2 3 8 2 3 8 3 9 10 2 16 9 2 3 8 0 7 4
4 0 0 35·5 2 9 10 2 9 10 3 19 9 3 4 10 2 9 10 0 6 7
5 0 0 35·5 2 11 10 2 11 10 4 2 11 3 7 5 2 11 10 0 6 10
7 0 0 32·4 2 9 4 2 9 4 3 18 11 3 4 2 2 9 4 0 6 7
8 0 0 35·4 2 11 10 2 11 10 4 2 11 3 7 4 2 11 10 0 6 10

DWELLINGS OF FOUR ROOMS.

A. R. P. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d. Per Month. £ s. d.
3A 0 0 35·5 2 4 7 2 4 7 3 11 4 2 18 0 2 4 7 0 6 2
6 0 0 35·5 2 4 7 2 4 7 3 11 4 2 18 0 2 4 7 0 6 2

The tenants are required to pay by monthly instalments, with the rent, the additional amount necessary to cover rates and insurance, which are paid in the first instance by the Department. The additional monthly payment to cover rates and insurance for the first year is given in the Schedule above, but this portion of the monthly payments is liable to alteration from year to year.

The dwellings contain the number of rooms stated, with conveniences.



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🏛️ Return of Births and Mortality in Boroughs - July 1909

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
12 August 1909
Births, Deaths, Mortality, Population statistics, Boroughs, New Zealand
  • F. W. Mansfield, Registrar-General

🏗️ Workers’ Dwellings at Walker Settlement, Addington, Christchurch for Lease

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
10 August 1909
Workers' dwellings, Christchurch, Addington, Lease, Freehold, Housing Act

🏗️ Schedule of Workers’ Dwellings at Sydenham, Christchurch for Lease

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