✨ Immigration Statistics and Office Designations




514 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 20

DESIGNATIONS CHANGED.

Description. Office. District. Date.
From To
Post-office* .. Hamilton's .. Hamilton South .. Dunedin .. 1 Mar., 1898.
Post and money-order office and Sav-
ings-bank
Otaihape .. Taihape .. Wanganui .. 1 April, .
  • Telephone-office already named "Hamilton South."

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of FEBRUARY,
1898, 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 .. 71 43 6 13 133 56 39 13 10 118
New South Wales .. 502 253 52 30 837 734 323 54 49 1,160
Queensland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Victoria .. 206 138 10 15 369 187 120 14 13 334
South Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Western Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tasmania .. 78 39 4 5 126 58 33 5 7 103
Fiji .. 19 4 1 2 26 9 3 2 1 15
Other British possessions 27 6 2 .. 35* 65 10 1 .. 76†
Pacific Islands .. 12 3 4 2 21‡ 1 3 .. .. 4§
Other foreign ports .. 7 4 .. .. 11‖ 32 13 1 .. 46¶
Totals, February, 1898 .. 922 490 79 67 1,558 1,142 544 90 80 1,856
Totals, February, 1897 .. 890 527 91 104 1,612 1,041 584 82 74 1,781
  • From Norfolk Island, 11; Cook Islands, 17; Vancouver, 7. † For Cook Islands, 11; Vancouver, 65. ‡ From Friendly
    Islands. § For Friendly Islands. ‖ From United States of America, West Coast. ¶ For United States of America, West
    Coast.

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 .. .. .. 1 2 1 2 3 .. .. ..
Auckland .. 572 70 423 219 642 657 55 479 233 712
Wellington .. 375 41 277 139 416 622 67 484 205 689
Lyttelton .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. ..
Timaru .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. ..
Dunedin .. 2 1 1 2 3 4 6 3 .. 7
Invercargill .. 461 34 298 197 495 402 40 265 177 442
Totals, February, 1898 .. 1,412 146 1,001 557 1,558 1,686 170 1,232 624 1,856
Totals, February, 1897 .. 1,417 195 981 631 1,612 1,625 156 1,123 658 1,781

CHINESE.—Departures from Wellington, 16.

  • 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, E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Wellington, 21st March, 1898. Registrar-General.



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VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 1898, No 20





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Changes to Post and Telephone Office Designations

🚂 Transport & Communications
15 March 1898
Post Office, Telephone Office, Designation Changes, Hamilton South, Taihape, Dunedin, Wanganui

🛂 Monthly Immigration and Emigration Statistics for February 1898

🛂 Immigration
21 March 1898
Immigration, Emigration, Statistics, February 1898, United Kingdom, New South Wales, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Chinese Departures
  • E. J. Von Dadelszen, Registrar-General