New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 12

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✨ Immigration and Emigration Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 12

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the Colony of New Zealand, during the YEAR ended 31st DECEMBER, 1891, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, the Ports of Arrival and Departure, and the Arrivals and Departures for each Month.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM AND TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

Countries. Adults. Children. Total Persons. Adults. Children. Total Persons. Excess of Immigration. Excess of Emigration.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
United Kingdom 1,304 787 181 163 2,435 826 548 159
Queensland 2 1 2 3 8 211 4 ..
New South Wales 4,173 1,854 357 312 6,696 5,687 2,716 728
Victoria 2,129 1,239 161 183 3,712 2,021 1,288 253
South Australia 1 4 1 3 9 1 2 ..
Western Australia .. .. .. .. .. 12 .. ..
Tasmania 490 165 21 43 719 823 223 67
Fiji 116 48 18 17 199 82 46 13
Other British Ports 38 20 4 6 68 47 14 3
Hawaii and South Seas 260 85 23 21 389 244 115 52
Other Foreign Ports 136 35 10 15 196 144 67 23
Totals 8,649 4,238 778 766 14,431 10,098 5,023 1,298

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports. Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total Persons. Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total Persons.
M. F. M. F.
Russell .. .. .. .. .. 36 13 27 22 49
Kaipara .. .. 29 29 12 46 58 42 34 31
Auckland .. .. 3,265 379 2,458 1,186 3,644 3,925 675 2,951
Wellington .. .. 5,358 694 3,992 2,060 6,052 5,158 883 3,980
Wanganui .. .. 33 3 22 14 36 1 .. 1
Napier .. .. 16 4 6 14 20 20 3 11
Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 246 5 208
Westport .. .. 2 1 2 1 3 .. .. ..
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
Lyttelton .. .. 19 5 13 11 24 1,258 253 950
Timaru .. .. 7 3 4 6 10 24 6 18
Oamaru .. .. 6 1 7 .. 7 17 .. ..
Dunedin .. .. 148 36 119 65 184 44 12 31
Bluff .. .. 4,004 389 2,792 1,601 4,393 4,349 624 3,170
Totals .. .. 12,887 1,544 9,427 5,004 14,431 15,121 2,508 11,396

SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR.

Adults, i.e., over 12 Years. Children. Total.
Males. Females.
Departures 10,098 5,023 2,508
Arrivals 8,649 4,238 1,544
Excess of departures over arrivals 1,449 785 964

ARRIVALS IN AND DEPARTURES FROM NEW ZEALAND DURING EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR 1891.

Month. From Total Arrivals. To Total Departures.
United Kingdom. Australasian Colonies. Fiji. Hawaii, South Seas, and other Places.
January 281 1,227 17 83
February 141 1,031 20 53
March 136 978 9 49
April 97 896 17 85
May 136 674 11 43
June 150 575 15 19
July 208 615 6 38
August 206 708 2 73
September 190 691 10 47
October 226 721 31 73
November 325 1,481 28 87
December 389 1,547 33 53
Totals 2,435 11,144 199 653

Chinese included above : Arrivals, 5—viz., 4 adult males and 1 adult female—from Australia. Departures, 160 adult males for Australia.

*In the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants are all counted at the first port of arrival in the colony, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 1st February, 1892.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,

Registrar-General.



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🎓 Return of Immigration and Emigration for 1891

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
1 February 1892
Immigration, Emigration, Statistics, Population, New Zealand
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General