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✨ Immigration Statistics and Notices

JULY 3. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2089

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of MAY, 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.	ARRIVALS.					DEPARTURES.
	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.
United Kingdom ..	411	414	115	116	1,056	246	195	29	36	506
Queensland ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Victoria ..	132	116	20	19	287	215	91	5	4	315
New South Wales ..	789	526	74	69	1,458	1,103	641	66	89	1,899
Western Australia ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Australia ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tasmania ..	82	35	2	..	119	53	18	4	1	76
Fiji ..	20	8	1	1	30	27	37	6	3	73
Other British possessions ..	45	12	2	2	61*	108	66	6	4	184†
Pacific Islands ..	31	4	2	..	37‡	9	9	2	..	20§
Other foreign ports ..	6	2	..	..	8		53	21	2	2
Totals, May, 1913 ..	1,516	1,117	216	207	3,056	1,814	1,078	120	139	3,151
Totals, May, 1912 ..	1,496	962	171	129	2,758	1,819	1,085	154	139	3,197

From Cape Colony, 27; Natal, 2; Canada, 32.
† For Canada.
‡ From Friendly Islands, 5; Navigator Islands, 5; Society Islands, 22; Sandwich Islands, 5.
§ For Friendly Islands, 5; Navigator Islands, 8; Society Islands, 5; Sandwich Islands, 2.
|| From San Francisco, 7; Teneriffe, 1.
¶ For Brazil, 1; San Francisco, 40; Monte Video, 35; Rio de Janiero, 2.

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 ..	801	82	563	320	883	950	78	635	393	1,028
Wellington ..	1,449	292	916	825	1,741	1,513	152	977	688	1,665
Wanganui ..	..	..	..	..	..	18	7	15	10	25
Lyttelton ..	26	8	23	11	34	34	8	30	12	42
Invercargill ..	357	41	230	168	998	377	14	277	114	891
Totals, May, 1913 ..	2,833	423	1,732	1,324	3,056	2,892	259	1,934	1,217	3,151
Totals, May, 1912 ..	2,458	300	1,667	1,091	2,758	2,904	293	1,978	1,224	3,197

Chinese: Arrivals—
At Auckland ... Males. Females.
.. Wellington ... 6 ...
... 19 ...
Total arrivals ... 25 ...

Chinese: Departures—
From Auckland ... Males. Females.
.. Wellington ... 2 ...
... 19 ...
Total departures ... 21 ...

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.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1913.

Officiating Ministers for 1913.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1913.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His late Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Wyndham Allen Chaplin.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend William Butterworth.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

[Erratum.—On page 1999 of Gazette, 26th June, 1913, Baptists—for the Reverend I. G. Hughes, read the Reverend J. G. Hughes, Th.D.]

Notice of Date of Examinations.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned examinations will be held on the dates specified in each case :—

Intermediate Competitive (Education Board Senior Scholarship Examination): On or about 18th November, 1913, and following days.

Intermediate Non-competitive, for Senior Free Places in Secondary Schools and District High Schools and for the First Examination of Pupil-teachers: On or about 18th November, 1913, and following days.

Junior National Scholarship: On or about the 27th and 28th November, 1913.

Junior Free Place (including the examination for Junior Free Places in Technical Schools): On or about the 27th and 28th November, 1913.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1913, No 53

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1913, No 53

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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for May 1913

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated1 July 1913
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, May 1913, Arrivals, Departures
👩‍💼 Officials

Malcolm Fraser, Government Statistician

🏛️ List of Officiating Ministers for 1913

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated26 June 1913
KeywordsOfficiating Ministers, Marriage Act, 1908, Church of England, Presbyterian Church
👱🏽 Names

Wyndham Allen Chaplin (Reverend), Officiating Minister, Church of England
William Butterworth (Reverend), Officiating Minister, Presbyterian Church

👩‍💼 Officials

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar-General

🎓 Notice of Date of Examinations

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Dated30 April 1913
KeywordsExaminations, Education Department, Intermediate, Junior National Scholarship

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