510 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



torrid climates, and the cold of the south is not extreme. The constant 

 winds blow away all accumulating odours, and keep the atmosphere ever 

 pure. 



Phthisical invalids from Great Britain on arrival here always improve. 

 They lose their coughs, grow stronger, and in very many cases recover. 

 Immigrants acquire no new disease due to climate. Those coming from the 

 tropics always gain new life and vigour. Our statistics prove, apart from 

 disturbing causes, that the climate is excellent and conduces to a general 

 lengthening of life. Whether it really conduces to very old age, and is 

 really invigorating to those born in it, are still open questions. The im- 

 portant question what diseases most prevail must be left to a future mono- 

 graph. 



Summary. 



Mr. Frankland's statistics show that New Zealand possesses the lowest 

 death-rate of any country in the world ; and- that the conditions favour- 

 able to life are common to all ages. We have seen that New Zealand pos- 

 sesses only a moderate number of the known diseases, that many of the 

 most deadly are always absent, and that there are no new ones. To the 

 enquiry, "Is New Zealand a healthy country ? " we have brought ample 

 proof to show that it is as yet the healthiest on the face of the globe. As 

 the country becomes more populous, the death-rate will increase, unless the 

 people make earnest and continuous efforts to lower it. Even the present 

 death-rate might be greatly lessened, by a little care and a little cost, if we 

 saved lives by preventing the spread of typhoid, measles, scarlet fever, and 

 phthisis. 



