New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 3

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✨ Immigration Statistics and Maori Electoral Results

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 3

Immigration and Emigration Return.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of DECEMBER, 1905, 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 .. .. ..	439	271	47	64	821	37	18	5	3	63
Queensland .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Victoria .. .. ..	349	198	29	33	609	177	92	17	26	312
New South Wales .. .. ..	1,111	642	95	98	1,946	781	338	41	38	1,198
Western Australia .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Australia .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tasmania .. .. ..	135	78	6	7	226	60	36	5	5	106
Fiji .. .. ..	33	20	5	4	62	17	17	6	1	41
Other British possessions .. .. ..	18	8	4	1	31*	..	..	..	..	..
Pacific islands .. .. ..	14	4	1	1	20†	4	8	5	1	18‡
Other foreign ports .. .. ..	51	36	3	3	93§	35	14	..	..	49
Totals, December, 1905 ..	2,150	1,257	190	211	3,808	1,111	523	79	74	1,787
Totals, December, 1904 ..	1,966	1,219	191	155	3,531	1,083	545	86	50	1,764

From Cape Town. † From Tonga. ‡ For Tonga. § From Frisco, 87; Canton, 5; Philadelphia, 1. || For Frisco, 34; Rio de Janeiro, 3; Monte Video, 12.

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 .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Auckland .. .. ..	888	109	606	391	997	515	44	392	167	559
Wellington .. .. ..	1,762	217	1,218	761	1,979	754	56	539	271	810
Lyttelton .. .. ..	1	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..
Dunedin .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Invercargill .. .. ..	756	75	516	315	831	365	53	259	159	418
Totals, December, 1905 ..	3,407	401	2,340	1,468	3,808	1,634	153	1,190	597	1,787
Totals, December, 1904 ..	3,185	346	2,157	1,374	3,531	1,628	136	1,169	595	1,764

CHINESE.—Arrivals—At Wellington, 5. Departures—From Wellington, 4.

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.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1906.

Notice of Result of Poll, Northern Maori Electoral District.

IN pursuance of a writ under the hand of Hugh Pollen, Esq., Clerk of the Writs, a poll was, on the 20th day of December, 1905, taken at the several gazetted polling-places, under the provisions of “The Electoral Act, 1905,” for the purpose of the election of a member of the House of Representatives for the Northern Maori Electoral District: And whereas Hone Heke, of Wellington, aboriginal native, received the greatest number of votes recorded by such poll: Now I do hereby declare him, the said

HONE HEKE,

duly elected as a member of the said House of Representatives for the said Northern Maori Electoral District.

As witness my hand, this 6th day of January, 1906, at Russell.

R. STONE FLORANCE,
Returning Officer for the Northern Maori Electoral District.

The following is a list of the names of candidates nominated on the 1st day of December, 1905, with the number of votes recorded for each person nominated:—

Hone Heke .. .. .. .. 1,158
Ru Reweti .. .. .. .. 541
Te Huirama Tukariri .. .. .. 238
Papa UrurOA .. .. .. .. 218
Rihari Rotoroa .. .. .. .. 186

Total number of votes .. 2,341

R. STONE FLORANCE,
Returning Officer.

Notice of Result of Poll, Eastern Maori Electoral District.

I, JOHN BROOKING, Returning Officer for the Eastern Maori Electoral District, do hereby give notice, in terms of subsection (j) of section 177 of “The Electoral Act, 1905,” that the result of the poll taken by me on the 20th December, 1905, for the election of a member to serve in the House of Representatives for the Eastern Maori Electoral District was as follows:—

			Votes.
Apirana Ngata ..	..	..	2,447
Wi Pere	..	..	1,690
Mohi te Atahikoia	..	..	1,594
Tiki Paaka	..	..	785
IhaiA Hutana	..	..	305
Tuhaka Kohere ..	..	..	93

And I do hereby declare that

APIRANA NGATA,

having received the greatest number of votes, is duly elected a member of the House of Representatives for the Eastern Maori Electoral District.

JOHN BROOKING,
Returning Officer, Eastern Maori Electoral District.

Dated at Gisborne, this 5th day of January, 1906.

Notice of Result of Poll, Western Maori Electoral District.

IN accordance with subsection (r) of section 177 of “The Electoral Act, 1905,” I herewith publish a notice of the result of the poll for the election of a member of the

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1906, No 3

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🏛️ Immigration and Emigration Return for December 1905

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated13 January 1906
KeywordsImmigration Statistics, Emigration Statistics, Arrivals, Departures, December 1905, New Zealand Ports
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General

🏛️ Result of Poll for Northern Maori Electoral District

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated6 January 1906
KeywordsElection Results, Northern Maori Electoral District, House of Representatives, December 1905
👱🏽 Names

Hone Heke, Elected member for Northern Maori
Ru Reweti, Candidate for Northern Maori
Te Huirama Tukariri, Candidate for Northern Maori
Papa Ururoa, Candidate for Northern Maori
Rihari Rotoroa, Candidate for Northern Maori

👩‍💼 Officials

Hugh Pollen, Clerk of the Writs
R. Stone Florance, Returning Officer for the Northern Maori Electoral District

🏛️ Result of Poll for Eastern Maori Electoral District

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated5 January 1906
KeywordsElection Results, Eastern Maori Electoral District, House of Representatives, December 1905
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

Apirana Ngata, Elected member for Eastern Maori
Wi Pere, Candidate for Eastern Maori
Mohi te Atahikoia, Candidate for Eastern Maori
Tiki Paaka, Candidate for Eastern Maori
Ihaia Hutana, Candidate for Eastern Maori
Tuhaka Kohere, Candidate for Eastern Maori

👩‍💼 Officials

John Brooking, Returning Officer for the Eastern Maori Electoral District

🏛️ Result of Poll for Western Maori Electoral District (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsElection Results, Western Maori Electoral District, House of Representatives

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