New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 6

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✨ Immigration Statistics

JAN. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 159

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the YEAR ended 31st DECEMBER, 1897, 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	1,522	825	192	185	2,724	830	534	121	107	1,592	1,132	..
Queensland	1	2	2	2	7	..	..	..	..	..	7	..
New South Wales	6,531	2,939	600	600	10,670	6,027	2,909	412	384	9,732	938	..
Victoria	1,918	1,109	162	175	3,364	1,602	993	147	151	2,893	471	..
South Australia	..	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	..
Western Australia	1	2	..	1	4	1	..	..	..	1	3	..
Tasmania	470	227	24	32	753	404	215	25	22	666	87	..
Fiji	122	68	23	20	233	56	47	8	5	116	117	..
Other British possessions	205	66	16	14	301	181	47	10	4	242	59	..
Pacific Islands	173	62	22	13	270	119	50	4	5	178	92	..
Other foreign ports	152	80	17	16	265	281	100	22	16	419	..	154
Totals ..	11,095	5,381	1,058	1,058	18,592	9,501	4,896	749	694	15,840	2,752	..

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	..	2	..	2	..	2	14	12	14	12	26
Auckland	..	6,394	852	4,983	2,263	7,246	5,626	475	4,145	1,956	6,101
Napier	..	7	4	10	1	11	7	4	6	5	11
Wellington	..	6,242	829	4,496	2,575	7,071	4,837	484	3,400	1,921	5,321
Nelson	..	1	1	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	..
Westport	..	4	2	2	4	6	3	1	1	3	4
Greymouth	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	2	2	4
Lyttelton	..	9	2	..	4	11	659	120	477	302	779
Timaru	..	3	3	..	4	6	9	1	7	3	10
Oamaru	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1
Dunedin	..	95	24	81	38	119	29	5	25	9	34
Bluff	..	3,719	399	2,570	1,548	4,118	3,211	338	2,172	1,377	3,549
Totals ..	..	16,476	2,116	12,153	6,439	18,592	14,397	1,443	10,250	5,590	15,840

*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 1897.

	Adults—i.e., over 12 Years.		Children.	Total.
	Males.	Females.
Arrivals	11,095	5,381	2,116	18,592
Departures	9,501	4,896	1,443	15,840
Excess of arrivals over departures	1,594	485	673	2,752

ARRIVALS IN AND DEPARTURES FROM NEW ZEALAND DURING EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR 1897.

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	335	1,744	20	9	46	2,154	6	1,070	..	2	49	1,127
February	148	1,389	3	21	51	1,612	208	1,521	4	10	38	1,781
March	352	1,293	26	13	32	1,716	104	1,820	15	21	86	2,046
April	194	949	21	15	57	1,236	450	1,483	23	10	66	2,032
May	..	991	5	18	38	1,052	323	1,164	7	15	69	1,578
June	197	823	5	9	35	1,069	108	1,072	14	6	66	1,266
July	166	857	21	13	40	1,097	62	857	16	33	53	1,021
August	141	907	39	15	38	1,140	110	793	8	49	47	1,007
September	175	1,134	30	30	40	1,409	83	778	12	32	33	938
October	288	1,087	34	43	41	1,493	14	812	7	30	44	907
November	311	1,892	11	37	50	2,301	100	816	5	18	38	977
December	417	1,733	18	78	67	2,313	24	1,107	5	16	8	1,160
Totals ..	2,724	14,799	233	301	535	18,592	1,592	13,293	116	242	597	15,840