12 



6urM« ; another a fall causing /mo^M re tn the neck, the third knocked down 

 by a raco-horse. 



The deaths this mouth on which inquests were held, were 4. Last year had 

 3. In Hospital, inclusive of two of the deaths on wliich iuquests were held the 

 mortality was 9, 1805 had 15, Two only in the present month were received 

 into hospitiil from other districts, last year had 7. 



Of the 54 deaths, 30 were males, 24 females, a much more normal proportiou 

 than in 1865, when they were, 36 and 17 respectively. In the Glenorchy and 

 Qucc«6orot/f//i divisions of the registration district, the deaths were 2 and 4, all 

 the rest died in the city. 



On four days in the month no deaths took place. In the first week there 

 died 13 ; iuthesecoud 12 ; in the third 16 ; in the fourth 13. The greatest 

 number of deaths on any two consecutive days were 7 on the 21st and 'J2Dd. 



The registers of births were 53, being 14 less than in 1805 but the Kegistry 

 Office was closed on more days than usual from public holidays. 



