STATISTICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9093, 2 May 1890, Page 6

STATISTICS.

[Pee Peess Association.] WELLINGTON, Mat 1. The following are the statistics for March :

The deaths of persons not residents of the Boroughs, occurring at Hospitals, have been excluded in all cases. The total births in the above Boroughs amounted to 119 against 394 in February, an increase o i 25. The deaths in Match wore 196, an increase of 35 on the number in February, Of the total deaths, males contributed 117, and females 79. Eighty of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 40'82 per cent of the whole number; 68 of those were under one year of age. , METEOROLOGICAL. Meteorological returns for March show the total rainfall in inches as follows: Auckland 2-632, Wellington 2-230, Lincoln (Canterbury) 1-953, Dunedin 3-282. Number of days of rain: —Auckland 8, Wellington 13, Lincoln (Canterbury) 11, Dunedin 13. BANKING. The following are the Bank returns for the Colony for tbe quarter ending March

RAILWAYS; The following are the railway returns for the four-weekly period ending March 31:— North Island. Per cent Expendi. of Receipts. ture. revenue. £ b. d. £ s. d.

CUSTOMS RETURNS. The Colonial Customs revenue for April is as follows :

The total for the Colony amounted to .£126,229. In March last the revenue was =£123,007, and for April, 1859, .£116,045. Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill show increases as compared with the March returns, while New Plymouth, Poverty Bay, Patea, Wanganui, Wairau, Picton, Westport, Lyttelton and Oamaru show declines. Tije beer duty for April wasC £ Auckland 902 Wellington 530 Christchurch 831 Dunedin 1,239 Total for the Colony £4084. For March it was £5374, and for April, 1889, £4622. Wellington and Invercargill show slight increases for the month.

Boroughs. Estimated Population, Births. Deaths. Proportion of .deaths to each 1000 of Population. Auckland 35,858 70 39 1-17 Wellington 29,075 73 28 0'90 Christchurch 16,455 33 13 076 23,546 51 33 rss Thames... 4,444 12 4 0-86 New Plymouth 2,867 6 4 1'38 Napier ... 8,597 28 11 1*24 Wanganui • •• 5,240 , 8 3 0VJ Blenheim • •• 3,260 13 2 0*66 7,733 13 8 1*03 Sydenham 10,117 28 14 1-37 Lyttelton 3,992 13 4 0-97 3,707 11 4 1*02 Oamaru I*. 5,637 13 2 0*35 Greymouth 3,637 7 1 0*27 Hokitika 2,666 9 5 1'93 Cavereham 4,902 13 12 2-44 Invercargill 4,990 18 10 1'94 Totals 419 41 1-96 The deaths of persons not residents of the

31, 1890 LIABILITIES* jn s* d. Notes in circulation ... ... 919,425 7 7 Bills in circulation 61,527 12 3 Balances due to other Banks ... 30.677 12 10 Deposits hearing interest , 8,025,459 11 9 Deposits not hearing interest ... , 3,662,479 0 0 Deposits, Government 491,809 10 11

Total" £13,231.278 15 ASSETS* 4 Coin ... ' ... 1,204,701 16 5 Bullion 107,670 12 6 Notes and bills of other Banks ... 38,16? 19 5 Balances due from other Banka ... 142,522 18 10 Landed property 510,840 D 1 Notes and bills discounted 2,631,925 1 4 overmneut securities ... *.< , 100,641 0 6 Q®od debts duo Securities not under other heads 11,477,203 0 10 372,266 0 8 Total £17,575,940 19 7

Kawakawa .. 384 5 7 233 3 2 78-62 Whangarei 239 3 0 220 3 3 84'84 Auckland .. 9,826 7 1 8,107 8 9 72*77 Napier ■.. 6.957 1 11 8.819 8 0 50-17 Wellington , 6.460 1 3 4,555 8 1 65-02 Wanganui 8,581 2 0 5,943 10 11 71-98 Totals .. . 32,449 0 10 21,879 2 2 66*46 Middle Island. Hnrnnui-BIuff.. . 68,320 0 6 36.182 15 11 S9-85 Greymouth. , 2.443 17 1 1,376 1 6 66-77 Westport .. ,. 3,001 16 11 1,339 5 2 51-67 Nelson ,. 952 9 10 1113 16 5 99 00 i’icton ... .. 794, 14 1 392 19 2 81-74 Totals „ . 75,512 18 5 40,394 18 2 60*47 Grandtotals 107,861 19 3 62,274 0 4 62-33

£ Auckland 27,338 Wellington 24,980 Lyttelton and Christchurch 19,839 Dunedin ••• 32,355