nation. ANSWERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1319, 10 March 1877, Page 14

nation. ANSWERS.

VITAL' STATISTICS. — Sellie, Dunedin, sends the following answer to his question published Feb. 24th:—Divide the number . - dying in the course of each year by the; number alive at the beginning, and the' annual rate of mortality and probability of. dying in that year will be found. When' this is done for all the ages given, then! multiplying the radix by the annual rate of mortality at the youngest age will give the. number dying in the next year-Mffisriamber' subtracted 'from the. radix will give the! ' number living at age, 10. Multiplymg^thei number living at age 19 (found by above)! . by'the'annual-rate of mortality will give i: :thenumber dying in the 20th year of age ; this number subtracted from the number alive at 19, will give the number living at age 30: "Pidceed in the same wsiy witirthei L_«gm&nußg ages results: •„' I \ U q. a.BßStgffS-n-'TABEg.Oy MORTALITY. j 1 I ij^naual rate ofp , J ' .- — Number Number mortalityor-pro- -- *Lv2li 18 100,000 560 -005600 -5600 * 19 99,440 578, '005817' O -5817 20 98,862 596 -006034 -6034 21., r; 37^652 ,jfilA t „ ■ ,-006251.,..., --fi2sl -W., Oamaru, asks what constitutes a city?! The word is from the latin civilas, the) citizens united in^eommfmity, the state, a] rity, from civis, citizen. In Great Britain] ■.. ff it weans .a town corpqratg, which Tis .or has] '- "l -bebrL tixk seat of a bishop, or"' the 1 tcapi<fi:'ofi Jiis see. In America and the colonies—a! town qreoj&ictive body :of; Inhabitants, in-! , corp^rated au4 7 governed by a mayor and' ■aldirmeni' Shacespere says:'—: !'• '' " Whafc is ihe fiMy% but the people ? True, thepeople" are the city." SARAH, Kyeburn.—Captajn Phillips is still in' ! command oT the eMp Euterpe, See /Homo News Dec. 14. The Euterpe Bailed from! Deal oh the Bth December, for Otago, ' JSMAY.—Here is another receipt for taffy: — Boil tie sugar, "using light brown sugar.! g_-. To OTe.ry,pound./?f sugar add two ounces of ioney, and when pearly done 5-* pound fresh butter and a little ginger and oil of lemonPour into a flat well-b#tered pan, and irhen cool cut H> in squares.