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11. REPORT OP THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 25th July, 1919. I give hereunder a statement of the business transacted by this Department during the last five years : —

1 also give a statement showing the number of marriages of Natives solemnized during the same period under the Native Land Act, and the number of Maori registrations effected under the regulations relating to the registration of births and. deaths of Maoris : —

On account of the heavy mortality during the epidemic period, great difficulty was experienced in obtaining full particulars of deceased persons for registration purposes. Consequently many deaths during that period were not registered until early in the present year. The following details of deaths that actually occurred during the December quarter in which " influenza " was certified to as the primary or contributory cause ol' death will be interesting : Europeans- -October, 65 (35 m., 30 f.) ; November, 4,741 (3,098 m., 1,643 f.) ; December, 869 (502 m., 367 f.) : total, 5,675 (3,635 m, 2,040 f.). Maoris 17 (1.6 in, I f.) ; November, 1,108 (572 m, 536 f.) ; December, 418 (213 m, 205 f.) : total, .1,543 (801 m, 7421). In addition to the business referred to above, the registration of medical practitioners, dentists, and officiating ministers is undertaken by this Department. The, following tables show the additions to and removals from the Medical and Dentists' Registers during the last five years :

Medical Register.

Dentists' Register.

Year. 1914 .. 1915 .. 1916 .. 1917 .. 1918 .. Births. 28,338 27,850 28,509 28,239 25,860 i Deaths. 10,148 9,965 10,596 10,528 16,364 Marriage Notices received and Certificates issued. M . Marriages by Marriages Registrars (included solemnized. ■ , : m previous column). 9,589 10,620 8,450 6,687 6,464 9,326 1,765 10,064 1,861 8,231 1,729 6,464 1,589 6,227 1,437

Year. Maori Births. Maori Deaths. Maori Marriages. 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 s 857 968 1,020 1,235 1,171 723 786 761 729 1,937 221 178 197 205 197 (approximate)

1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. Number on register on 1st January Number added during year by registration Number added during year by restoration Number removed during year on evidence of death . . Number removed during year by Direction of Medical Board— 1.240 11 13 1,268 28 948 37 5 10 962 27 I 21 969 30 3 17 8 Letter not delivered and returned to Registrar-General Ceased to practise Reported dead 309 20 11 18 Number on register on 31st December 1,268 948 962 969 985

1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. J_ 1918. . — r.j*cg.ty ■ — '—— -—' ' ——-■— ' ; I'JLI. ., — r.j*cg',ty ■ — '—— —" ' ——-■— 1 : Number on register on 1st January Number added during year by registration Number removed during year on evidence of death . . 771 1 3 769 2 4 767 767 3 6 764 764 1 6 759 . 759 6 753 Number on register on 31st December 769