New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – 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, 1896, 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.	ARRIVALS.					DEPARTURES.
	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.	Excess of Immigration over Emigration.	Excess of Emigration over Immigration.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.
United Kingdom	1,060	626	142	128	1,956	847	473	130	128	1,578	378	..
Queensland	1	2	..	1	4	1	3	4	..	8	..	4
New South Wales	5,958	2,730	501	524	9,713	5,730	2,925	467	462	9,584	129	..
Victoria	1,933	1,261	197	184	3,575	1,632	1,025	149	154	2,960	615	..
South Australia	..	2	2	..	4	..	..	..	..	..	4	..
Western Australia	..	1	..	1	2	1	3	1	1	6	..	4
Tasmania	535	234	30	28	827	421	195	19	15	650	177	..
Fiji	148	96	40	42	326	72	59	8	11	150	176	..
Other British possessions	109	47	13	7	176	117	58	6	4	185	..	9
Pacific Islands	186	52	18	29	285	118	59	12	6	195	90	..
Other foreign ports	262	77	10	19	368	273	132	24	19	448	..	80
Totals ..	10,192	5,128	953	963	17,236	9,212	4,932	820	800	15,764	1,472	..

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports.	ARRIVALS.						DEPARTURES.
	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total Persons.		Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total Persons.
Kaipara	..	4	6	5	5	10	15	14	18	16	29
Auckland	..	6,246	781	4,735	2,292	7,027	5,715	569	4,028	2,261	6,284
Napier	..	5	2	7	..	7	3	..	2	1	3
Wellington	..	5,111	685	3,719	2,077	5,796	4,253	531	3,109	1,675	4,784
Picton	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	1	..	1
Nelson	..	1	1	1	1	2	1	..	..	1	1
Westport	..	1	1	..	2	2	4	5	3	6	9
Greymouth	..	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	..	2	2
Lyttelton	..	7	2	4	5	9	841	156	638	359	997
Timaru	..	6	3	2	7	9	7	4	4	7	11
Oamaru	..	1	1	..	2	2	2	..	2	..	2
Dunedin	..	16	3	9	10	19	9	2	3	8	11
Bluff	..	3,920	430	2,661	1,689	4,350	3,292	338	2,234	1,396	3,630
Totals ..	..	15,320	1,916	11,145	6,091	17,236	14,144	1,620	10,032	5,732	15,764

*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.

SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1896.

	Adults—i.e., over 12 Years.		Children.	Total.
	Males.	Females.
Arrivals	10,192	5,128	1,916	17,236
Departures	9,212	4,932	1,620	15,764
Excess of arrivals over departures	980	196	296	1,472

ARRIVALS IN AND DEPARTURES FROM NEW ZEALAND DURING EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR 1896.

Month.	ARRIVALS.						DEPARTURES.
	From					Total Arrivals.	To						Total Departures.
	United Kingdom.	Austral-asian Colonies.	Fiji.	Other British Posses-sions.	Foreign Ports.		United Kingdom.	Austral-asian Colonies.	Fiji.	Other British Posses-sions.	Foreign Ports.
January	329	1,854	39	30	62	2,314	64	1,239	2	2	32	1,339
February	107	1,309	46	2	46	1,510	169	1,526	26	15	45	1,781
March	90	1,208	38	4	33	1,373	208	2,054	16	20	69	2,367
April ..	87	990	9	8	42	1,136	194	1,372	23	4	87	1,680
May ..	178	815	20	..	47	1,060	305	1,195	19	10	71	1,600
June ..	50	858	22	21	30	981	169	1,003	15	20	68	1,275
July ..	84	921	25	6	36	1,072	53	889	18	18	72	1,050
August	170	731	6	10	62	979	120	714	1	21	42	898
September	130	1,027	51	21	89	1,318	109	927	3	23	46	1,108
October	318	1,058	23	24	32	1,455	45	682	6	35	48	816
November	201	1,579	17	15	83	1,895	72	689	13	15	25	814
December	212	1,775	30	35	91	2,143	70	918	8	2	38	1,036
Totals ..	1,956	14,125	326	176	653	17,236	1,578	13,208	150	185	643	15,764