APRIL RETURNS

Grey River Argus, 1 May 1931, Page 4

APRIL RETURNS

Vital Statistics The vital statistics for Grey mouth | for the month of April, 1931, are as •follows: —Births 31, in comparison to ■22 in the corresponding month of 1930; • deaths 8, compared with 10 in April, 1930; marriage notices issued 8. in comparison with 16 in April 1930. One ' marriage was conducted by the Registrar last month in comparison with one ,in April, 1930. CUSTOMS REVENUE. j The Customs revenue collected at the 'Greymouth Customs Office for the month [of April, 1931, was £1325/0/7, which is I a decrease of the largp amount of £795 10/ on the figures of March, 1931. The ’figures for April, 1930, werfe £3035 13/6, which is a large decrease of £l7lO .12/11. RAINFALL. i During the month of April 8.17 inches jof rain was recorded on nine days at 1 Greymotith. The maximum for any one clay was 2.96 inches which fell on April 2nd. 4;49 inches wefe recorded on nine days in the corresponding month of April 1930, when the maximum fall for any one day was recorded on April 1 9th, namely 1.25 inches. SHIPPING STATISTICS. j The complete shipping returns for I the port of Greymouth are as follows: Vessels inward 18. with an aggregate 'tonnage of 12,898 tons, and vessels outjward 19. with an aggregate tonnage of 114,268 tons. I ... rr