New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 7

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✨ Immigration Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the YEAR ended 31st DECEMBER, 1899, 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	Adults.		Children.		Total	Excess of Immi-	Excess of Emi-
	M.	F.	M.	F.	Persons.	M.	F.	M.	F.	Persons.	gration over	gration over
											Emigration.	Immigration.
United Kingdom	1,017	609	147	145	1,918	650	458	113	103	1,324	594	..
Queensland	..	3	..	1	4	2	1	1	..	4	..	..
New South Wales	6,577	3,311	590	503	10,981	6,487	3,407	513	480	10,887	94	..
Victoria	2,057	1,277	166	174	3,674	1,438	935	116	114	2,603	1,071	..
South Australia	1	1	..	..	2	1	..	..	..	1	1	..
Western Australia	1	3	..	1	5	..	..	..	..	..	5	..
Tasmania	544	247	38	34	863	407	206	36	40	689	174	..
Fiji	92	66	26	21	205	51	49	10	3	113	92	..
Other British possessions	102	27	9	12	150	286	39	7	7	339	..	189
Pacific Islands	229	74	30	29	362	142	92	12	8	254	108	..
Other foreign ports	202	89	34	17	342	285	107	10	3	405	..	63
Totals	10,822	5,707	1,040	937	18,506	9,749	5,294	818	758	16,619	1,887	..

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports.	ARRIVALS.					DEPARTURES.
	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total
					Persons.					Persons.
Kaipara	..	6	..	6	6	21	11	9	23	32
Auckland	..	6,067	781	4,450	2,398	6,848	5,871	614	4,159	2,326
Napier	..	9	4	9	4	13	2	..	2	..
Wellington	..	6,292	765	4,573	2,454	7,057	5,848	573	4,164	2,257
Picton	..	..	..	..	..	..	18	..	16	2
Westport	..	2	1	2	1	3	..	..	..	..
Greymouth.	..	1	2	3	..	3	1.	2	1	2
Lyttelton	..	4	..	2	2	4	209	53	151	111
Timaru	..	3	5	5	3	8	5	4	1	8
Dunedin	..	18	4	10	12	22	7	2	4	5
Bluff	..	4,127	415	2,808	1,784	4,542	3,061	317	2,060	1,318
Totals	..	16,529	1,977	11,862	6,644	18,506	15,043	1,576	10,567	6,052

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 1899.

	Adults—i.e., over 12 Years.		Children.	Total.
	Males.	Females.
Arrivals	10,822	5,707	1,977	18,506
Departures	9,749	5,294	1,576	16,619
Excess of arrivals over departures	1,073	413	401	1,887

ARRIVALS IN AND DEPARTURES FROM NEW ZEALAND DURING EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR 1899.

Month.	ARRIVALS.						DEPARTURES.
	From						To
	United	Austral-	Fiji.	Other	Foreign	Total	United	Austral-	Fiji.	Other	Foreign	Total
	Kingdom.	asian		British	Ports.	Arrivals.	Kingdom.	asian		British	Ports.	Departures.
		Colonies.		Posses-				Colonies.		Posses-
				sions.						sions.
January	210	2,174	20	23	26	2,453	69	1,289	6	25	32	1,421
February	150	1,368	17	40	60	1,635	52	1,638	15	19	29	1,753
March	131	1,281	22	13	75	1,522	328	1,747	14	58	60	2,207
April	99	977	18	8	39	1,141	194	1,692	11	11	102	2,010
May	175	1,027	15	1	43	1,261	191	1,265	8	..	79	1,543
June	149	743	8	14	62	976	87	1,170	10	..	86	1,303
July	42	938	11	4	33	1,028	140	942	13	10	134	1,239
August	159	879	7	20	125	1,190	38	813	8	..	55	914
September	170	1,078	28	..	61	1,337	59	937	6	..	31	1,033
October	97	1,314	8	..	41	1,460	74	814	7	214	53	1,162
November	334	1,871	26	13	59	2,303	26	734	7	..	31	798
December	202	1,879	25	14	80	2,200	66	1,143	8	2	17	1,236
Totals	1,918	15,529	205	150	704	18,506	1,324	14,184	113	339	659	16,619