New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 6

Page 291

✨ Immigration and Emigration Statistics

Jan. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 291

Arrivals and Departures in 1908.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 21st January, 1909.

TABLES showing the numbers of arrivals in and departures from New Zealand during the year 1908, with totals for the previous nine years by way of comparison, are published for general information.

The arrivals in the Dominion last year (44,970) were more than the number recorded in 1907 (36,108), and the departures during 1908, which numbered 30,709, were greater than those in the previous year—viz., 30,378.

The excess of arrivals over departures last year was 14,261, against 5,730 in 1907; but this last number was lowered by a special cause, the departures of persons who arrived in the latter months of the year 1906 to visit the Exhibition.

The interchange of people between New Zealand and the Commonwealth of Australia has been in favour of this Dominion, the gain being 5,301 persons after deducting departures to the Continent. The number of departures for other British possessions in 1908 (609) consists mainly of persons who left for British Columbia.

The comparative tables show that the Dominion has drawn to itself in each of the ten years 1899 to 1908 more population than it has parted with.

The figures under the heading “United Kingdom” for 1908 show an excess of 8,713 arrivals over the departures, from Australian States there is an excess of 5,301, and from other countries 247.

Of the 44,970 persons who came to New Zealand last year, 5,037, or 11·20 per cent. of the total, were children—i.e., under twelve years of age; and of the 30,709 departures the children numbered 2,566, or 8·36 per cent.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the YEAR ended 31st DECEMBER, 1908, 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.					Excess of Immigration over Emigration.	Excess of Emigration over Immigration.
	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.
United Kingdom	5,791	3,432	1,116	1,009	11,348	1,360	995	147	133	2,635	8,713	..
Queensland ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	1
New South Wales	14,474	6,859	1,003	854	23,190	12,630	6,389	851	757	20,627	2,563	..
Victoria ..	3,905	1,917	348	283	6,453	2,561	1,478	203	206	4,448	2,005	..
South Australia ..	..	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	..
Western Australia ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tasmania ..	1,351	617	85	72	2,125	845	424	46	76	1,391	734	..
Fiji ..	421	197	41	51	710	317	206	41	20	584	126	..
Other British possessions	236	102	41	49	428	355	197	39	18	609	..	181
Pacific islands ..	479	137	42	37	695	200	65	15	12	292	403	..
Other foreign ports ..	7	7	2	4	20	96	23	1	1	121	..	101
Totals ..	26,664	13,269	2,678	2,359	44,970	18,364	9,779	1,343	1,223	30,709	14,261 (net)	..

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	1	..	3	3	9	4	4	9	13
Auckland ..	12,134	1,403	8,893	4,644	13,537	9,613	953	6,808	3,758	10,566
Wellington ..	19,689	2,782	14,527	7,944	22,471	12,913	1,047	9,031	4,929	13,960
Napier ..	..	..	..	..	..	32	8	24	16	40
New Plymouth ..	1	2	..	3	3	..	..	..	..	..
Lyttelton ..	1	..	1	..	1	261	20	180	101	281
Dunedin ..	369	68	267	170	437	66	1	52	15	67
Invercargill ..	7,737	781	5,654	2,864	8,518	5,249	533	3,608	2,174	5,782
Totals ..	39,933	5,037	29,342	15,628	44,970	28,143	2,566	19,707	11,002	30,709

In the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants are all counted at the first port of arrival in the Dominion, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1908.

	Adults—i.e., over 12 Years.		Children.	Total
	Males.	Females.
Arrivals ..	26,664	13,269	5,037	44,970
Departures ..	18,364	9,779	2,566	30,709
Excess of arrivals over departures ..	8,300	3,490	2,471	14,261

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1909, No 6

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