✨ Vital Statistics and Scholarships
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82
TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during October, 1913—continued.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | ||
| XII.—OLD AGE. | |||||||||
| 154. Senility | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | 13 |
| XIII.—VIOLENCE. | |||||||||
| 155. Suicide by Poisoning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 157. " Hanging | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| 159. " Shooting | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 165. Accident—Poisoning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 167. " Scalding | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 168. " Suffocation in Fire | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| 169. " Drowning | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| 175. " Collision with Car | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| 175. " Thrown from Cycle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| 185. " Fractured Collar-bone | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 185. " Broken Neck | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 186. " Hæmorrhage | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| XIV.—ILL-DEFINED CAUSES. | |||||||||
| 188. Cardiac, Syncope | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| 189. Heart-failure | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Totals | .. | 19 | 43 | 6 | 57 | 13 | 59 | 12 | 46 |
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 October, 1913.
| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1913. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1913. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, October, 1913. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1912. | |||||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | ||||||
| Thames | .. | .. | 3,704 | 12 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 1·08 |
| New Plymouth | .. | .. | 7,545 | 33 | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1·06 |
| Napier | .. | .. | 10,883 | 31 | 2 | .. | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1·10 |
| Gisborne | .. | .. | 9,230 | 63 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 7 | 0·76 |
| Wanganui | .. | .. | 13,295 | 40 | 3 | .. | 7 | .. | 5 | 15 | 1·13 |
| Palmerston North | .. | .. | 11,615 | 30 | 2 | .. | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 1·29 |
| Masterton | .. | .. | 5,548 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·54 |
| Petone | .. | .. | 6,966 | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | 0·86 |
| Blenheim | .. | .. | 4,010 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Nelson | .. | .. | 8,419 | 22 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 2·38 |
| Greymouth | .. | .. | 5,560 | 15 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 4 | 10 | 1·80 |
| Hokitika | .. | .. | 2,363 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 0·85 |
| Lyttelton | .. | .. | 4,151 | 12 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1·20 |
| Timaru | .. | .. | 11,942 | 31 | 3 | .. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1·17 |
| Oamaru | .. | .. | 5,371 | 22 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 9 | 1·68 |
| Invercargill | .. | .. | 13,486 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 1·19 |
| Invercargill South | .. | .. | 1,523 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1·31 |
Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1913.
MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.
Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.
TWO scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys not over sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other, to be called the junior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under fourteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools under the control of the Education Department, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory. The scholarships are open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Appendix to the Native Schools Code, 1908. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 8th and 9th of December, 1913.
Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 30th of September, 1913.
Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington
W. W. BIRD,
Inspector of Native Schools.
Education Department,
Wellington, 12th July, 1913.
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- MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician
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