✨ Population Statistics
RETURN OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, FOR THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1855.
BIRTHS.
| 1855 | 1854 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| 60 | 70 | 130 | 49 | 42 | 91 |
About 10 per cent. may be added for Births, occurring at a great distance from the Registrar's Office, unregistered.
Births of the Maori population are not included in the above Return.
MARRIAGES.
| Licenses Issued to Ministers of | Marriages performed at Registrar's Office | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Free Church of Scotland | Church of England | Wesleyan Church |
| 26 | 6 | 3 |
Marriages of the Maories are only, in one or two instances, included in this Return, it being optional to them to marry under the provisions of the Marriage Act.
DEATHS (Only Europeans.)
| Males | Females | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Ages |
|---|
| 7 and under |
| 7 to 14 |
| 14 to 21 |
| 21 to 30 |
| 30 to 40 |
| 40 to 50 |
| 50 to 60 |
| 60 to 70 |
| 70 to 80 |
| -------------- |
| 6 |
| 1 |
| .. |
| 1 |
| .. |
| 2 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
DISEASES.
- Accidents ... 2
- Bronchitis ... 1
- Bursting a Blood Vessel ... 1
- Consumption ... 2
- Dropsy ... 1
- Decay of Nature ... 1
- Inflammation of the Lungs ... 3
- Spinal Disease ... 1
About 10 per cent. may be unregistered, of Deaths occurring at a great distance from the Registrar's Office.
ROBERT CHAPMAN,
Registrar.
Dunedin, 2nd January, 1856.
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1856, No 41
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- ROBERT CHAPMAN, Registrar