New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 34

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✨ Immigration Statistics and Notices

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of FEBRUARY, 1907, 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	Adults. Children. Total
	M. F. M. F. Persons.	M. F. M. F. Persons.
United Kingdom	329 219 46 50 644	87 49 9 6 151
Queensland	.. .. .. .. ..	.. .. .. .. ..
Victoria	499 275 81 35 840	387 289 45 41 762
New South Wales	1,053 612 85 72 1,822	1,146 644 80 70 1,940
Western Australia	.. .. .. .. ..	.. .. .. .. ..
South Australia	.. .. .. .. ..	.. .. .. .. ..
Tasmania	112 72 6 4 194	93 55 2 2 152
Fiji	21 14 8 2 45	62 21 1 7 91
Other British possessions	1 1 .. .. 2*	2 2 .. .. 4†
Pacific islands	26 7 4 1 38†	3 5 .. .. 8§
Other foreign ports	18 7 .. .. 25‖	46 17 2 3 68¶
Totals, February, 1907	2,059 1,207 180 164 3,610	1,826 1,082 139 129 3,176
Totals, February, 1906	2,041 853 180 153 3,227	1,830 774 93 78 2,275

From Canada.
† For Singapore, 3; Malden Island, 1.
‡ From Friendly Islands.
§ For Friendly Islands, 2; Navigators, 6.
‖ From San Francisco.
¶ For San Francisco, 47; Teneriffe, 1; Monte Video, 20.

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports.	ARRIVALS.	DEPARTURES.
	Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total	Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total
Kaipara	1 2 .. 3 3	1 .. .. 1 1
Auckland	833 83 583 333 916	1,000 85 691 394 1,085
Wellington	1,473 183 1,008 648 1,656	1,073 95 742 426 1,168
Lyttelton	1 .. .. 1 1	3 .. 1 2 3
Dunedin	.. .. .. .. ..	7 .. 5 2 7
Invercargill	958 76 648 386 1,034	824 88 526 386 912
Totals, February, 1907	3,266 344 2,239 1,371 3,610	2,908 268 1,965 1,211 3,176
Totals, February, 1906	2,894 333 2,221 1,006 3,227	2,104 171 1,423 852 2,275

CHINESE.—Arrivals—At Auckland, 3; Wellington, 7. Departures—From Wellington, 4; Auckland, 2.

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, 4th April, 1907.

Officiating Ministers for 1907.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1907.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1904,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend William Frank Stent.

Salvation Army.

Staff-Captain Robert Henry.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Tender for Cartage of Parcels.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 8th April, 1907.

THE following tender for cartage of parcels and small lots of perishable goods as required between the Wellington and Te Aro Railway-stations and the City of Wellington and its suburbs, for a period of three years from 1st April, 1907, to 31st March, 1910, is published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

SCHEDULE.

ACCEPTED: HENRY INNISS.

Rate for delivery of parcels and small lots of perishable goods (conveyed by passenger or mixed train) within the limits described in clause 10 of specification, at per parcel or per consignment, as the case may be—

28 lb. and under .. .. .. 0 4
Over 28 lb. and up to 112 lb. .. .. 0 6

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1907, No 34

After a massive fire destoyed the wooden Parliament complex in 1907, Old Government House (depicted) became the seat of Parliament until 1918. Demolished in 1969 to make way for the Beehive.

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🏥 Vital Statistics Report for Principal Towns in February 1907 (continued from previous page)

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated5 April 1907
KeywordsCauses of Death, Mortality, Statistics, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. von Dadelsen, Registrar-General

🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for February 1907

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated4 April 1907
KeywordsImmigration statistics, Emigration statistics, Arrivals, Departures, Ports data, Chinese immigrants
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. von Dadelsen, Registrar-General

⚖️ List of Officiating Ministers for Marriage Ceremonies

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated10 April 1907
KeywordsMarriage Act 1904, Officiating Ministers, Church of England, Salvation Army
👱🏽 Names

William Frank Stent (Reverend), Authorized to perform marriages
Robert Henry (Staff-Captain), Authorized to perform marriages

👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. von Dadelsen, Registrar-General

🚂 Tender for Cartage of Parcels in Wellington

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated8 April 1907
KeywordsRailway Department, Cartage contract, Wellington to Te Aro, Parcel delivery
👱🏽 Names

T. Ronayne, General Manager of New Zealand Railways
Henry Inniss, Accepted tender for cartage services

👩‍💼 Officials

T. Ronayne, General Manager, New Zealand Railways

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