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rainfall measured 7.54 inches, and the duration of bright sunshine
registered was 192.5 hours.
The weather during the quarter was on the whole dull.
The temperature was generally below its average until
23rd October, then above its average until 17th November,
below from 18th to 21st November, and again above until
7th December; on 8th December a cold period set in, with
several very low readings, and this lasted until nearly the end
of the quarter.
Bibths and Deaths.
The number of births registered during the year 1899, was
1,114, showing a birth-rate of 20.0 per 1,000 of the population.
259 births occurred in St. Margaret's parish, of which 130 were
males and 129 females, giving a birth-rate of 12.1 per 1,000;
and 855 births in St. John's parish, of which 436 were males
and 419 females, giving a birth-rate of 24.9.
The number of deaths of parishioners duly corrected
amounted to 1,174, showing a recorded death-rate of 21.1, and
a corrected death-rate of 23.8 per 1,000 of the population. Of
these deaths 367 occurred in St. Margaret's parish, and 807 in
St. John's parish.