STATISTICS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 3

STATISTICS

. ■—#■■■ .■•■■; . The vital .statistics for the half-year for ifiie Wellington rcKi'stnvMon district, as compared with the rorrespondi'nft period l.ast year, show a slight increase all round, ffce- figures are as ; follow;— 1014. 1913. Birl". yjit) l.fiOl Deaths -SlB '3.9S • Marriages .... 548 ot>l 'O'tio lai.!i4red and forty-right marriages took placo befor-: the' 'Registrar this year, as compared with 121 for the Srst hStf of last year. The figures for the month of June arts— 1914.. ISM. Births 184 157 ; Deaths 72 .30 Marriages 92 81) Twenty-six maniaces tools place hefore tho Registrar, as compared with ■■ 27 last vear. DUNBDIX RETURNS. (By TrieKra,plj.--l>rsss altsocU^lMlJ Qunetij.fi, June 3D. ; For the first six months of this year tho number of births registered in Dunedin was 90'5, an increase of 90 oyer tho corresponding period of 1913. This is the largest number registered at the local, office since 1882. For tho same period, the number of ; deaths ttae 433, as compared with 478,! and tlie number of marriages, 372.,' as against. For tlie month ended to-day, tho. fie- ■ lires areßirths, 151, as compared wills lot for June, Iflli); deaths. 93, against 17 and mairiates, 70, as against 42. NAPIER RETURNS. Napier, June 30. Tne vital statistics for Hastings during the tiioiUii of June were: Births, 2S; marriages, 7; deaths, 8.. For Napior the births were 42; marriages, 17; deaths, 19.