SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 867, 25 January 1879, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(FBOM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WELLINGTON". January 25. Tit the vital statistics for this month Wellington had not only, with one exception, the snmUe-it death rate, but also by far the largest niunbtrr of births, which were niotr mtiiurroHs tlutii Dunedin and Auckland combined, and nearly twice as ninny as th»sc f>f Ciiriatchurch and Auckland combined, or Dunedin singly, while they nearly etfttalled the aggregate of the other yew Zealati't towns and citie.s combined, fir.utting Dunc'lin. The birilis in Wellington also exceeded tfie deaths in the proportion of more than 4 to I—a most remark, d>te excess. Wellington also occupies a position as to freedom from zyiitftic disease, not a single case of typhoid fever, diphtheaia, or scarlet fever bettis; recorded. Tfie Hyth iabad t<as l>cen moved two ca>f>te lengftis off (he shore, and tliere is no doubt about yetting her oil". (LIXT.'X. January Mi. •''{{♦/or-' oet'isiotialiy seeiiw eoiiswiout. tF<" slfpt well last nigh?, and was ~\pr»-5t.« from lnvpr»".trgill [w-wl. The medtt'ld nvett s;»v that he may I't'cover cifitscioiisneaA from this time. Softter.imes Ik* w siitticH'tiily c»>rtecious t»» ■ replv to The wound on his forehead wns partiaUy healed yesterday, f>rtt w u-i re-opvtied by l)rs. Cotightry and ! Mneaffer. who wished" to know the extent :of titer injury Mr. (Vnyere had received. It was discovered thar the .tknll wa« not : fractured. Titer wotmd has now been rctjifwn utv. and looks ivuiarkatdy healtliy. ; live patient is S'tttering from severe ciicti. j st''»u aud shock to the system. AUtiiat is now- t > be feared i 3 the occurrence « f , reactionary fever, but the unremiiting attentfon he is receiving from his medical Atteudaftts, 31 rs. Conyenf, and friesut-. •u:vd tfve soundness of his constitution, inspires a hope that he will soon lie out ol : danger.