New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 83

Page 2747

✨ Statistical Tables



Oct. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2747

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Month of September, 1908.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1908. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1908. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1908. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1907.
Males. Females. Total Deaths.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Thames .. .. 3,750 10 .. .. 2 1 .. 1 4 1·07 13·87
New Plymouth 5,323 21 1 .. 6 .. .. 2 9 1·69 10·51
Napier .. .. 10,115 23 1 1 5 .. .. 3 10 0·99 12·37
Wanganui .. .. 8,160 26 .. .. 3 1 .. 1 5 0·61 11·13
Palmerston North 11,299 46 .. .. 6 .. .. .. 6 0·53 11·33
Masterton .. .. 5,412 16 2 .. 2 .. .. 2 6 1·11 10·90
Blenheim .. .. 3,500 12 .. .. 2 1 .. .. 3 0·83 19·71*
Nelson .. .. 8,305 23 1 1 6 .. .. 6 14 1·69 16·40
Greymouth .. .. 4,836 12 .. .. 5 .. .. .. 5 1·03 16·54
Hokitika .. .. 2,410 8 .. .. 4 .. .. 2 6 2·49 24·28
Lyttelton .. .. 3,941 18 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 0·51 14·46
Timaru .. .. 7,935 18 .. .. 4 .. .. 2 6 0·76 11·96
Oamaru .. .. 5,180 11 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 0·39 11·21
Invercargill (Greater) .. 13,419† 37 .. .. 6 1 .. 4 11 0·82 13·11
  • The figures given as the death-rate for Blenheim in the previous returns from 1902 onwards are incorrect, as the mortality for the country around the town was included in error. The town rates have been calculated again and the following are returned as correct. They are furnished by the Registrar after careful examination of the Registers: 1902, 7·71; 1903, 13·25; 1904, 8·23; 1905, 10·92; 1906, 10·72
    † Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1908.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of Immigration to and Emigration from the Dominion of New Zealand during the Month of September, 1908, 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 .. .. 597 334 122 122 1,175 46 14 1 2 63
Queensland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1
Victoria .. .. 301 105 25 10 441 152 88 18 17 275
New South Wales .. 1,257 539 93 73 1,962 728 392 50 45 1,215
Western Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
South Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tasmania .. .. 95 57 8 6 166 65 34 1 1 101
Fiji .. .. 37 25 4 8 74 77 29 4 5 115
Other British possessions 19 6 4 2 81* 14 11 3 1 29†
Pacific islands .. 59 11 2 1 73† 15 4 2 1 22§
Other foreign ports .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals, September, 1908 2,365 1,077 258 222 3,922 1,097 573 79 72 1,821
Totals, September, 1907 1,347 677 164 157 2,345 1,057 530 92 102 1,831
  • From Cape Colony. † For Canada, 22; Norfolk Island, 7. ‡ From Society Islands, 58; Navigator Islands, 9; Friendly Islands, 6. § For Society Islands, 13; Navigator Islands, 6; Friendly Islands, 3.

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports. ARRIVALS. DEPARTURES.
Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total Persons. Adults. Children. Males. Females. Total Persons.
Auckland .. .. 1,009 111 796 324 1,120 758 68 547 279 826
Wellington .. .. 1,882 320 1,405 797 2,202 573 46 393 226 619
Invercargill .. 551 49 422 178 600 339 37 236 140 376
Totals, September, 1908 .. 3,442 480 2,623 1,299 3,922 1,670 151 1,176 645 1,821
Totals, September, 1907 .. 2,024 321 1,511 834 2,345 1,637 194 1,149 682 1,831

CHINESE.—Arrivals—At Auckland, 33; Wellington, 33; Invercargill, 29. Departures—From Auckland, 7.

  • It is important to mention that, in the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants to the Dominion are all counted at the first port of arrival, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1908.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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🏥 Return of Births and Mortality for Boroughs, September 1908

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
27 October 1908
Births, Mortality, Population, Boroughs, Statistics, Public Health
  • E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General

🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for September 1908

🛂 Immigration
28 October 1908
Immigration, Emigration, Arrivals, Departures, Ports, Countries, Chinese, Statistics
  • E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General