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Gisborne, Lawrence, Napier, Naseby, Oamaru, Picton, Eeefton, 

 Southland, Thames, and Timaru. In the nine remaining hos- 

 pitals there had been in all 57 cases of hydatids under treat- 

 ment, and the proportion of cases of this disease to the total 

 in-patients, as far as I could ascertain, was one out of every 

 745'7. I think that this estimate is rather too high, but it is 

 based upon the statistics at my disposal. From both the 

 E-egistrar- General's and the hospital returns it will be seen 

 that hydatid disease is not very prevalent in New Zealand. 



New South Wales. — According to Hayter's Year Book, the 

 population of this province on December 31st, 1880, was 

 739,385 persons. No separate classification of hydatid disease 

 was made by the Eegistrar- General's department prior to the 

 year 1875. Since that date, however, I have, through the 

 favour of the Government, been supplied with the annual 

 returns of deaths due to this cause. I need not now enter into 

 details, but merely give you the gross result for the seven years, 

 1875 to 1882. During this period 56 persons died from 

 hydatids, viz., 29 males and 27 females. During the same 

 period 75,563 persons died in this province, so that one death 

 out of every 1,349'3 was caused by hydatid disease, being at 

 the rate of '741 per 1,000. From the hospital returns there 

 appear to have been 103 cases of hydatids in all. From these 

 we have to omit nine cases, as there are no corresponding 

 returns of in-door patients. This will leave 94 cases out of a 

 total of 35,760 in-door patients, being at the rate of one out of 

 every 380 cases. 



Stjmmaet. 



From the returns of the departments of the various Eegistrars- 



General, we find that there died of hydatid disease : — 



