Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 465

Population of the Dominion.

RETURN of the Estimated Population (exclusive and inclusive of Maoris) of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 31st December, 1909.

• Excluding 776 Natives of South Sea Islands at labour abroad.

CHINESE.—Chinese are included in the population given above. The number in New Zealand on 31st December, 1909, was estimated to be 2,824, of whom 67 were females.

REMARKS.—Excluding Maoris, the population increased by 22,281, or at the rate of 2·32 per cent., during the year. To this increase, excess of births over deaths contributed 17,562, and excess of arrivals over departures 4,719.

The birth-rate for the Dominion in 1909 was 27·29 per 1,000 of mean population, and the death-rate 9·22, as against 27·45 and 9·57 respectively in 1908.

The deaths in 1909 (8,962) were less than the number registered in 1908 (9,043) by 81, and the rate per 1,000 fell from 9·57 to 9·22 (the lowest rate recorded since 1897).

The number of marriages (excluding those contracted between Maoris) solemnised in 1909 is estimated at 8,181, giving a rate of 8·42 per 1,000 of the mean population, against 8,339 and 8·82, the actual number and rate in 1908.

The fluctuations of the birth, death, and marriage rates for the last ten years are as under:—

• Subject to revision.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1910.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Act, 1908.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Pullinger, Herbert John, late of Normanby, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, labourer. Filed on the 17th day of January, 1910.

Haines, Agnes, late of Remuera, in the Provincial District of Auckland, married woman. Filed on the 17th day of January, 1910.

Frost, Thomas Wilfred, late of Wakapuaka, in the Provincial District of Nelson, labourer. Filed on the 17th day of January, 1910.

Smith, John, late of Kurow, in the Provincial District of Otago, hawker. Filed on the 19th day of January, 1910.

Large, Ann Elizabeth Mercer, late of Nelson, in the Provincial District of Nelson, married woman. Filed on the 20th day of January, 1910.

Cook, William, late of Kimbolton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 20th day of January, 1910.

Fletcher, Clement, late of Warkworth, in the Provincial District of Auckland, blacksmith. Filed on the 20th day of January, 1910.

Allan, Joseph, late of Nelson, England. Filed on the 21st day of January, 1910.

O’Connor, Hugh, late of Waihuka Valley, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 25th day of January, 1910.

Tugwell, Emily Maria, late of Mount Eden, in the Provincial District of Auckland, spinster. Filed on the 25th day of January, 1910.

Musson, Charles, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, old-age pensioner. Filed on the 25th day of January, 1910.

Hall, alias Hicks, John Thomas, late of Sockburn, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, butcher. Filed on the 26th day of January, 1910.

Vesey, Joseph, late of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gardener. Filed on the 27th day of January, 1910.

Renshaw, Mary Ann, late of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, married woman. Filed on the 27th day of January, 1910.

Beazley, John Henry, late of Ongaonga, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, coach-proprietor. Filed on the 28th day of January, 1910.

Taylor, John, late of Southbrook, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, porter. Filed on the 29th day of January, 1910.

Wilson, George Edmund, late of Avondale, in the Provincial District of Auckland, clerk. Filed on the 29th day of January, 1910.

Newton, Mary Ann Creede, late of Caversham, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed on the 31st day of January, 1910.

Convery, Patrick, late of Dillman’s, in the Provincial District of Westland, blacksmith. Filed on the 31st day of January, 1910.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.