New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 11

Page 269

✨ Native Land Court Notice, Immigration Statistics

Feb. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 269

“Ture Kooti Whenua Maori, 1880.”

He Panuitanga ki nga tangata e whai take ana ki te Whenua kia mohiotia ai te Wahi me te ra e tu ai te Kooti hei Whakawa i o ratou take.

NA, he Panuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai, ko te take a nga tangata no ratou nga ingoa e mau nei i te rarangi tuatahi i raro nei, ki nga pihi whenua e mau nei i te rarangi tuarua, ka whakawakia a te 10 o nga ra o Maehe, 1887, e te Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori ki Waitangi kei Wharekauri. Ko nga tangata katoa e whai tikanga ana mo aua whenua me haere ki reira.

Ka oti te whakawa, ka puta te Tiwihikete ki te hunga i kitea tona tika e te Kooti: heoi ano he tino whakaotinga tena; e kore rawa e tika kia peke mai tetahi tangata ki muri. Ka kitea nga mapi o nga whenua kua oti te ruuri ki te Tari o te Tari o te Kairuri kei Waitangi.

Na PIRIHONA,
Rehita.

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori,
Poneke, 9th Pepuere, 1887.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND, during the MONTH of JANUARY, 1887, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM AND TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

Countries.	ARRIVALS.					DEPARTURES.
	Adults.		Children		Total Persons.	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.
United Kingdom ..	513	360	88	98	1,059	52	40	6	15	113
Queensland ..	324	121	24	24	493	200	96	29	27	352
New South Wales ..	269	121	17	19	426	164	89	28	25	306
Victoria ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Australia ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Western Australia ..	32	13	1	1	47	23	15	3	3	44
Tasmania ..	36	8	2	1	47	39	18	12	6	75
Other places ..
Totals ..	1,174	623	132	143	2,072	478	258	78	76	890

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports.	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total Persons.	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total Persons.
Auckland ..	630	99	491	238	729	308	54	249	113	362
Wellington..	154	18	112	60	172	100	30	67	63	130
Napier ..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	2
Greymouth ..	..	..	..	..	..	3	8	6	5	11
Lyttelton ..	30	3	24	9	33	26	9	15	20	35
Timaru ..	2	7	3	6	9	1	..	1	..	1
Oamaru ..	2	..	1	1	2	5	1	2	4	6
Dunedin ..	544	110	356	298	654	2	..	2	..	2
Invercargill ..	435	38	319	154	473	289	52	212	129	341
Totals ..	1,797	275	1,306	766	2,072	736	154	556	334	890

It is important to mention that, in the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants to the colony are all counted at the first port of arrival, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1887.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1887, No 11

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 Native Land Court Notice: Hearing of Land Claims

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated9 February 1887
KeywordsNative Land Court, Land Claims, Wharekauri, Waitangi
👩‍💼 Officials

Pirihona, Rehita

🛂 Immigration and Emigration Statistics

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated11 February 1887
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, New Zealand, January 1887
👩‍💼 Officials

Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General

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