New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 4

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✨ Immigration Statistics

JAN. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 235

ARRIVALS IN AND DEPARTURES FROM NEW ZEALAND DURING EACH OF THE YEARS 1900-1909.

Year.	From					Total Arrivals.	To				Total Departures.
	United Kingdom.	Australian States.	Fiji.	Other British Possessions.	Foreign Ports.		United Kingdom.	Australian States.	Fiji.	Other British Possessions.	Foreign Ports.
1900	2,314	14,565	298	195	702	18,074	1,254	12,392	166	1,637	794
1901	2,563	19,923	334	1,312	954	25,086	1,152	15,218	215	1,260	719
1902	3,474	22,526	679	2,763	851	30,293	1,497	15,670	610	3,602	922
1903	3,547	25,888	476	116	856	30,883	1,791	15,939	524	169	1,185
1904	4,654	26,110	489	481	898	32,632	1,934	18,340	529	128	1,346
1905	5,553	25,132	468	560	972	32,685	1,854	19,367	648	107	1,407
1906	8,293	28,699	611	709	921	39,233	2,495	21,722	784	61	1,323
1907	7,449	26,916	753	463	527	36,108	2,446	25,848	585	659	840
1908	11,348	31,769	710	428	715	44,970	2,635	26,468	584	609	413
1909	11,184	25,548	584	557	777	38,650	2,676	28,995	663	663	934

SUMMARY OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FOR THE YEARS 1900-1909.

Year.	Adults—i.e., over 12 Years.	Children.	Total.	Adults—i.e., over 12 Years.	Children.	Total.	Excess of Arrivals over Departures.
	Males.	Females.		Males.	Females.
1900	10,997	5,206	1,871	18,074	10,382	4,559	1,302
1901	15,724	6,942	2,420	25,086	11,646	5,477	1,441
1902	20,029	7,406	2,858	30,293	14,752	5,969	1,580
1903	18,628	8,603	3,652	30,883	12,120	5,969	1,519
1904	20,118	9,008	3,506	32,632	13,782	6,928	1,567
1905	19,541	9,606	3,538	32,685	14,468	7,164	1,751
1906	23,374	11,651	4,208	39,233	16,023	8,082	2,280
1907	21,266	11,080	3,762	36,108	17,968	9,823	2,587
1908	26,664	13,269	5,037	44,970	18,364	9,779	2,566
1909	21,763	12,480	4,407	38,650	20,772	10,378	2,786

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of DECEMBER,
1909, 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 ..	781	686	147	137	1,751	61	49	12
Queensland	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Victoria ..	318	219	26	29	592	198	120	25
New South Wales ..	1,328	768	95	107	2,298	947	452	70
Western Australia ..	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
South Australia	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Tasmania ..	80	35	8	5	128	97	45	7
Fiji	32	28	3	4	67	15	20	12
Other British possessions	44	26	10	8	88*	19	4	2
Pacific islands	77	25	1	3	106†	14	12	2
Other foreign ports..	...	...	...	...	...	13	7	2

Totals, December, 1909 .. 2,660 1,787 290 293 5,030 1,364 709 132 97 2,302

Totals, December, 1908 .. 3,160 1,801 324 327 5,612 1,595 725 117 96 2,533

From Norfolk Island, 4; British Columbia, 22; Bengal, 42; Cape Colony, 20. † For Norfolk Island, 2; British Columbia, 28

From Navigator Islands, 11; Friendly Islands, 20; Society Islands, 26; Tahiti, 49. § For Navigator Islands, 12; Friendly Islands, 17
For Monte Video.

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 .. | 1,036 | 116 | 687 | 465 | 1,152 | 600 | 81 | 430 | 251 | 681 |
| Wellington | 2,775 | 410 | 1,846 | 1,339 | 3,185 | 1,018 | 99 | 744 | 373 | 1,117 |
| Invercargill | 636 | 57 | 417 | 276 | 693 | 455 | 49 | 322 | 182 | 504 |

Totals, December, 1909 .. 4,447 583 2,950 2,080 5,030 2,073 229 1,496 806 2,302

Totals, December, 1908 .. 4,961 651 3,484 2,128 5,612 2,320 213 1,712 821 2,533

CHINESE.—Arrivals—At Auckland, 1 ; Wellington, 5. Departures—From Auckland, 2 ; Wellington, 5.

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.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General's Office, Registrar-General.
Wellington, 17th January, 1910.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1910, No 4

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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🛂 Arrivals in and Departures from New Zealand during each of the years 1900-1909 (continued from previous page)

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🛂 Registrar-General's Office Notice

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Dated17 January 1910
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F. W. Mansfield, Registrar-General

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