the mortality; if with the births, they make 6.69 per cent of the whole number of children born. The parentage of these children was as follows: American, 98; foreign, 203; unknown, 51. INTERMENTS. The number of interments in the City Proper during the year, was 168; in the cemeteries at South Boston, 129; in the two at East Boston, 88. The number of bodies brought here from other places, and deposited in tombs in the city, was 99. During the past year, the cemetery under St. Matthew's Church, South Boston, has been discontinued as a place of burial; and most of the remains in the one under Park Street Church have been removed to Mount Auburn, and deposited in a beautiful lot purchased for their reception. Three or four tombs only in that Cemetery remain in the hands of private individuals, the society of Park Street having to this time failed to make satisfactory arrangements with their owners to relinquish them. That under St. Matthew's Church, it is expected, will also soon be removed, the City Council having already appropriated a lot of land in Mount Hope Cemetery to receive the remains. Respectfully submitted, N. A. APOLLONIÓ. City Registrar's Office, Boston, May 2, 1864. ५ REPORT. OFFICE OF GAS INSPECTION, TO THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF BOSTON: GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to report that the gas supplied by the Boston Gas Light Company, as determined by numerous observations during the month of April, showed no indications of either sulphuretted hydrogen or of ammonia; and carbonic acid was present in the small quantities of only 3.2 to 1.8 per cent; the average being 2.46 per cent. The hydrocarbons condensible by bromine ranged from 5.7 per cent to 6.4 per cent, with an average of 6.05 per cent of volume. The average illuminating power was found to be 16.55 candles, and varied from 14.45 to 19.38 candles. Respectfully yours, FRED. E. STIMPSON, State Inspector of Gas and Gas Meters. MAY 2, 1864. · |