XXXIV. 



from maximum 585 at noon on tlic 7th, to minimum 2G0 on tbo evening of 

 the 14th. 



Humidity mean, 65, was — 5 below the average. 



Rain-faU amountetl to J -.V) inches, being — "M below the average. It fell 

 on 7 days, being — 0'73 below the mean. It (lescende<l copiously on the 7tli 

 and 25th, so as to scoui- surface dniins and Hush sewers and water-courses 

 ethcicntly. Snow was never visible on Mount Wellington during the month. 



Spontaneous Evaporation amounted to 4 22 inclies, being three times more 

 thaa rain fall. 



Cloud mean was 5'08, being — "02 below the average. 



Ozone mean was only 501, being — 1'40 below the average, and the lowest 

 ever registered for the month of Febiiiary. 



The Elect rir if If records were :— 21 positive with tension ranging from 2*5 

 to G; and 32 negative, ranging f rom 1 to G, and 3 "nils." A short storm 

 of thunder, liffhtninp, and rain occurred on the last day of the month. 



The mouth's Deaths amounted to 42, being — 12 less than the average of 

 the previous 14 years, and — G less than 1870 had. Under one year of age the 

 deaths were 12, being — 2 less than 1870 had. At 1 to 5 years old the deaths 

 were 7, being + 3 more than in 1870. At 5 to 10 there were no deaths, while 

 1870 had 2. At 10 to 15 no deaths occurred, though 1870 had 2. At 15 to 

 20 there were 2 deaths, while 1870 had none. From 20 to GO the deaths were 

 10, while 1870 had 13. At GO and all ages above, the oldest being 87, there 

 were 11 deaths, while 1870 hadl3, the oldest being 82. Zymotic diseases caused 

 10 deaths, all from Diarrhcca and Dysentery, the prevalent diseases always at 

 tliis season of the year. There were 4 Inquests. At the Brickfields Invalid 

 Establishment there were 2 deaths ; at the Cascades 3. The Hospital had 6 

 deatlis, two of them from other registration districts. Pulmonary Consicmpr- 

 Hon caused 2 deaths, one being a native of England, the other of Ireland. 



