New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 49

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✨ Immigration Statistics and Notices

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of APRIL, 1912, 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.
M.	F.	M.
United Kingdom	435	457
Queensland	...	...
Victoria	201	140
New South Wales	858	567
Western Australia	8	11
South Australia	1	2
Tasmania	74	40
Fiji	19	10
Other British possessions	19	18
Pacific Islands	29	12
Other foreign ports	25	5
Totals, April, 1912	1,664	1,262
Totals, April, 1911	1,274	779

*From Bombay, 2; Canada, 23; Capetown, 18. † For Canada, 109; Ceylon, 2; Norfolk Island, 8. ‡ From Friendly Islands, 20; Society Islands, 19; Navigator Islands, 10; Sandwich Islands, 5. § For Friendly Islands, 10; Society Islands, 22; Navigator Islands, 7; Sandwich Islands, 6. || From France, 1; Teneriffe, 1; San Francisco, 29. ¶ For France, 13; San Francisco, 43; Monte Video, 9; Rio de Janiero, 4.

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports.	ARRIVALS.	DEPARTURES.
Adults.	Children.	Males.
Auckland	1,014	130
Wellington	1,493	241
Lyttelton	...	...
Dunedin	1	1
Invercargill	418	39
Totals, April, 1912	2,926	411
Totals, April, 1911	2,053	245

Chinese : Arrivals-
Males. | Females.
At Auckland | 19 | ...
,, Wellington | 3 | ...
Total arrivals | 22 | ...

Chinese : Departures-
Males. | Females.
From Auckland | 32 | ...
,, Wellington | 19 | ...
Total departures | 51 | ...

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.

M. FRASER,
Registrar-General's Office, Government Statistician.
Wellington, 4th June, 1912.

Election of Member of Hawke's Bay Land Board.
Result of Poll.

I, CHARLES ROBERT POLLEN, Returning Officer
for the election of a member of the Hawke's Bay
Land Board, do hereby notify the result of the poll taken
by me on the 30th day of May, 1912, in terms of regulations under the Land Act, 1908, to be as follows:-

Candidate. | Votes polled.
Ross, Robert Beatson | 268
Sheath, James Howard | 156

Number of valid votes | 424
Number of votes rejected as informal | 22

And I do hereby declare that ROBERT BEATSON ROSS,
having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Hawke's Bay Land Board.

Dated at Napier, this 30th day of May, 1912.

C. R. POLLEN,
Returning Officer.

Note of Date of Examinations.

Education Department,
Wellington, 12th April, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Civil Service Junior Examination will be held in November, 1912, beginning on or about the 18th day of the month; that a Junior National Scholarship and Junior Free Place Examination (commonly known as the December Examination) will be held on or about the 28th and 29th November, 1912; and that a Civil Service Senior Examination and an examination for teachers' certificates of Class C and Class D will be held in January, 1913, beginning on or about the 6th day of the month.

With the Civil Service Junior Examination will be taken the Intermediate Examination, being the Special Examination for a senior free place qualification in secondary schools and district high schools and for the First Examination of pupil-teachers.

With the Junior National Scholarship Examination will be taken the Junior Free Place Examination (including the examination for junior free places in technical schools).

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1912, No 49

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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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for April 1912

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated4 June 1912
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, April 1912, Arrivals, Departures
👩‍💼 Officials

M. Fraser, Government Statistician

🗺️ Election of Member of Hawke's Bay Land Board

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated30 May 1912
KeywordsElection, Land Board, Hawke's Bay, Poll Results
👱🏽 Names

Robert Beatson Ross, Elected member of Hawke's Bay Land Board
James Howard Sheath, Candidate for Hawke's Bay Land Board

👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Robert Pollen, Returning Officer

🎓 Note of Date of Examinations

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Dated12 April 1912
KeywordsExaminations, Civil Service, National Scholarship, Teachers' Certificates

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