APRIL 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1037
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 February, 1913.
| Boroughs. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1913. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1913. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1912. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years | 5 Years and over. |
| Thames | 3,704 | 15 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | 3 | 0·81 | 8·68 |
| New Plymouth | 7,545 | 23 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | 0·80 | 13·75 |
| Napier | 10,883 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 4 | | | 3 | 10 | 0·92 | 10·71 |
| Gisborne | 9,230 | 47 | 1 | | 5 | | | | 5 | 1 | 1·30 | 12·87 |
| Wanganui | 13,295 | 46 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 2 | 6 | 0·45 | 7·60 |
| Palmerston North | 11,615 | 44 | 2 | | | 2 | | | | 5 | 9 | 0·77 | 8·58 |
| Masterton | 5,548 | 10 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | 1 | 4 | 0·72 | 7·74 |
| Petone | 6,966 | 12 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | 3 | 0·43 | 9·45 |
| Blenheim | 4,010 | 16 | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 4 | 1·00 | 11·44 |
| Nelson | 8,419 | 26 | | | | 4 | 1 | | | 6 | 11 | 1·31 | 10·93 |
| Greymouth | 5,560 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | | | | 1 | 10 | 1·80 | 9·71 |
| Hokitika | 2,363 | 8 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | 2 | 0·85 | 14·88 |
| Lyttelton | 4,151 | 6 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | 0·48 | 8·43 |
| Timaru | 11,942 | 35 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | 3 | 0·25 | 9·21 |
| Oamaru | 5,371 | | | | | | | | | | | 12·07 |
| Invercargill | 13,486 | 36 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | | | 4 | 0·30 | 10·77 |
| Invercargill South | 1,523 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 0·66 | 11·56 |
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1913.
M. FRASER,
Government Statistician.
Immigration and Emigration Returns.
RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of FEBRUARY, 1913, 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. | Adults. | Children. | Total Persons. | Adults. | Children. | Total Persons. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| United Kingdom | 518 | 413 | 123 | 105 | 1,159 | 83 | 104 | 18 | 16 | 221 |
| Queensland | | | | | | | | | | |
| Victoria | 252 | 163 | 16 | 25 | 456 | 182 | 137 | 13 | 9 | 341 |
| New South Wales | 1,104 | 760 | 79 | 94 | 2,037 | 1,043 | 636 | 83 | 58 | 1,820 |
| Western Australia | 1 | 4 | | | 5 | | | | | |
| South Australia | 14 | 4 | 1 | | 19 | 5 | | | | 5 |
| Tasmania | 90 | 58 | 10 | 9 | 167 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 83 |
| Fiji | 23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 43 |
| Other British possessions | 41 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 76 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 54 |
| Pacific Islands | 34 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 18 | 9 | | | 27 |
| Other foreign ports | 13 | 17 | | 4 | 34 | 47 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 72 |
Totals, February, 1913 | 2,090 | 1,467 | 252 | 248 | 4,057 | 1,478 | 970 | 128 | 90 | 2,666 |
Totals, February, 1912 | 2,038 | 1,387 | 265 | 212 | 3,902 | 1,749 | 1,073 | 162 | 141 | 3,125 |

• From Ceylon, 2; Canada, 39; Cape Colony, 35.
  † For Ceylon, 2; Canada, 52.
  ‡ From Friendly Islands, 17; Navigator Islands, 13; Sandwich Islands, 7; Society Islands, 19.
  § For Friendly Islands, 7; Navigator Islands, 5; Sandwich Islands, 11; Society Islands, 4.
  || From France, 2; San Francisco, 15.
  ¶ For France, 2; Rio Janiero, 5; Monte Video, 33; San Francisco, 29; Port Townsend, 3.
  ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*
  | Ports. | Adults. | Children. | Males. | Females. | Total Persons. | Adults. | Children. | Males. | Females. | Total Persons. |
  | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
  | Auckland | 1,273 | 153 | 851 | 575 | 1,426 | 1,075 | 100 | 694 | 481 | 1,175 |
  | Wellington | 1,736 | 290 | 1,129 | 897 | 2,026 | 984 | 90 | 666 | 408 | 1,074 |
  | Dunedin | 10 | | 10 | | 10 | | | | | |
  | Invercargill | 538 | 57 | 352 | 243 | 595 | 389 | 28 | 246 | 171 | 417 |
  Totals, February, 1913 | 3,557 | 500 | 2,342 | 1,715 | 4,057 | 2,448 | 218 | 1,606 | 1,060 | 2,666 |
  Totals, February, 1912 | 3,425 | 477 | 2,303 | 1,599 | 3,902 | 2,822 | 303 | 1,911 | 1,214 | 3,125 |
  Chinese : Arrivals—
  | | Males. | Females. |
  | --- | --- | --- |
  | At Auckland | 2 | |
  | ,, Wellington | 3 | |
  Total arrivals | 5 | |
  Chinese : Departures—
  | | Males. | Females. |
  | --- | --- | --- |
  | From Auckland | 2 | |
  | ,, Wellington | 38 | 1 |
  Total departures | 40 | 1 |
• 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, 1st April, 1913.
  M. FRASER,
  Government Statistician.