Of tho .'Udoathsthis month, 17 wore iimlos, 14 females. Tti tlie fMenorchy 

 division of the registration district five deaths toolv place, all the rest m the 

 city. In the first week of the month there ilied only 3 ; in the second, 5 ; in 

 the third, 9 ; in the fourth, 9 ; in the last three days, 5. The last five days 

 of the month was the most fatal pei-iod of any five consecutive days, 9 having 

 died. This might bo expected from the continued extension of the drought, 

 no rain of much sanitary efficacy having fallen since the 22nd of December 

 foregoing. 



The births registered were 84, being + 16 more than in January, 18G5. 

 Should births and deaths bear the same proportion to each other for the re- 

 maining months of 1866, the rate of population increase, by excess of births 

 over deaths, will be enormous. 



