✨ Post and Telegraph Notices, Immigration Statistics
1692
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83
Offices opened and closed.
Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 17th August, 1897.
W. C. WALKER,
For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.
Name.
District.
Date.
POST-OFFICES OPENED.
Courtenay Place (Receiving Office)
Opitonui (reopened)
Paemako
Tallaburn (reopened)
Wellington
Auckland
Auckland
Dunedin
1 August, 1897.
17 July,
20 July,
1 July,
POST-OFFICES CLOSED.
Bromley
Cryer's Landing
Waikakaho
Christchurch
Thames
Blenheim
30 June, 1897.
16 June,
30 June,
MONEY-ORDER OFFICES AND POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS OPENED.
Courtenay Place
Paraparaumu
Wellington
"
1 August, 1897.
1 August,
MONEY-ORDER OFFICE AND POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK CLOSED.
Mauku
Auckland
16 July, 1897.
MONEY-ORDER OFFICE OPENED.
Waituna West
Wellington
16 July, 1897.
POSTAL-NOTE OFFICE CLOSED.
Purekireki
Dunedin
30 June, 1897.
TELEPHONE-OFFICES OPENED.
Courtenay Place (Receiving Office)*
Lyndhurst†
Omata†
Wellington
Christchurch
New Plymouth
1 August, 1897.
13 July,
8 July,
TELEPHONE BUREAU OPENED.
Courtenay Place
Wellington
1 August, 1897.
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE CLOSED.
Hutt
Wellington
30 June, 1897.
- Also post-office, money-order savings-bank office, and bureau opened same date. †Now post and telephone (combined).
RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the Colony of New Zealand during the Month of August, 1897, 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. | Adults. | Children. | Total | Adults. | Children. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | Persons. | M. | |
| United Kingdom | 77 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 141 | 48 |
| Queensland | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. |
| New South Wales | 463 | 195 | 38 | 42 | 738 | 359 |
| Victoria | 79 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 131 | 83 |
| South Australia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Western Australia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tasmania | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 16 |
| Fiji | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| Other British possessions | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 15* | 41 |
| Pacific Islands | 17 | 7 | .. | .. | 24† | 6 |
| Other foreign ports | 11 | 3 | .. | .. | 14 | 18 |
| Totals, August, 1897 | 713 | 301 | 66 | 60 | 1,140 | 573 |
| Totals, August, 1896 | 620 | 266 | 41 | 52 | 979 | 550 |
- From Norfolk Islands, 8; Cook Islands, 7. † For Cook Islands, 6; Vancouver, 43. † From Friendly Islands, 21; Sandwich Islands, 2; Navigator Islands, 1. § For Friendly Islands. || From United States of America, West Coast. 8 For United States of America-East Coast 1, West Coast 29: Rio de Janeiro, 6.
Next Page →
NZ Gazette 1897, No 83
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🚂
Post Offices and Telephone Offices Opened and Closed
(continued from previous page)
🚂 Transport & Communications17 August 1897
Post Offices, Telephone Offices, Opened, Closed, Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch, Thames, Blenheim
- W. C. Walker, For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner
🛂 Return of Immigration and Emigration for August 1897
🛂 ImmigrationImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, August 1897, United Kingdom, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Fiji, Pacific Islands