THE GAZETTE

New Zealand Mail, Issue 934, 24 January 1890, Page 15

THE GAZETTE

A despatch is published from Lord Kriutsford; Secretary = of State -for ‘the Colonies, containing'the treaty of 5 friendship, commerce, and 1 navigation - ‘with Mexico; • -•• : : 5 ,5 1 . ‘ Mt C. Spur’ing’s advice on New Zealand hemp is published. - 1 - ■ An amended list of New Zealand awards at the Paris’Exhibition is published. i Wednesday! the*- 22nd' is l appointed, a holiday in-all public offices'in Wellington district.; ■ ... - ii.-.-r. o' - ; ■>> • It is notified that the importation of New Zealand sheep into ‘Victoria)! is prohibited.a . . . . l ‘"‘JHpn} bfte \qta| 6tatistiH3 feir ”D.ec’emb.e ! 188$’it' appehrd Ihat’' during tho ' month" fhere were' ’64 births in''Wellington',' 72' in' ’Auckland, 4fy in Hqttedin, and 3$ i'n'Clpisfqiiureh. The dpatl)§ weep : 'VY’piljngtop 3Q, -4uQkl<md 23, Huqpdlq’2o, Qbristchqrqh IJ, T'ljg death rate per IOQQ was J'-OS ip Wellington, Q'Bq in Dunedin, Q’Q7 in Christohnroh, and 0'64 in Auckland, i The following remarks apply only to the I Jour principal boro'ughs :—The births in ---'her were 224, against 241 in NoDecei».~ of 17. The deaths vember, a decree. ; >-> November, amounted to 84, against r There were 7 deaths of persons ot bo years and upward ; 1 female of 82 died at Auckland ; 1 male of 68 at Wellington ; ] 1 female of 69 at Christchurch ; o males

of 75, 72, and 65, and 1 female of 75 at Dunedin. Although the total number of deaths from all causes iri these four boroughs was fewer by 10 in December than in November, the mortality from specific febrile or zymotic diseases increased from 6 deaths, or 6’38 per cent, of all the deaths in November, to 13 deaths, or 15-48 per cent, in December; Scarlet fever and scarletina caused 4 deaths in the past month, against 3 in November* In each month all these deaths occurred in Wellington. Diphtheria and typhoid fever caused 1 death each in Wellington in December, no deaths from these diseases having occurred in either of the boroughs in November. The mortality from diarrhoeal diseases was slightly on the increase, 3 deaths having occurred in Auckland and 2 in Wellington from this cause against 2 in Wellington in November. Constitutional diseases caused 13 deaths in December against 22 in November. Cancer caused 5 deaths in each month, but the deaths from phthisis were only 5 in number in December, against 13 in November. The mortality from local diseases was less than in the previous month. The number of deaths from diseases of the nervous system was 11,4 fewer than in the previous month. Deaths from diseases of the circulating system fell in number from 7 to 3, and the deaths from diseases of the respiratory system were 12 in number, against 14 in November ; but there was an increase in the number of deaths from diseases of the digestive system from 3 to 15, of which 5 occurred from cirrhosis of liver, a disease chiefly caused by 5 over-indulgence in alcoholic drinks. Five persons met accidental deaths inithese boroughs during the past month, of whom 2 were killed by railway trains in Dunedin, and 2 were drowned at Auckland ; also 1 person committed suicide at Dunedin;: • ' "

According to the official meteorological report for December, 1889, the mean temperature of the air for Wellington was slightly above the average, the figures being 61'3 ; average, 60’8. The highest temperature, in the shade in Wellington was 75‘5, on the 4th, and the lowest 45 2, on the 14th. ■ The highest temperatures in the in Canterbury on the 30th, 77‘0 in Dunedin on the 29th, and 76’0 in Auckland on the 18tli. The rainfall for Wellington was much below the average, the figures being 2‘73oin ; average, 3‘935. The returns of the other boroughs are—Auckland, 2'63oin ; Christchurch, l'427in ; Dunedin, 4’o7oin. Rain fell on 13 days in Wellington, 12 in Dunedin, 11 in Christchurch, and 9 in Auckland.

The number of persons who arrived in this Colony during the month of December, 1889, was 2785, and the departures 1151. The arrivals were—lo 67 from Victoria, 817 from New South Wales, 643 from the United Kingdom, 119 from Tasmania, 1 from Queensland, and 141 from other places. The departures were—62B to New South Wales, 357 to Victoria, 80 to the United Kingdom, 18 to Tasmania, and 684 to other places.