FEB. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 617

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of JANUARY, 1914, 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.

The excess of the arrivals in New Zealand over the departures therefrom during the month of January, 1914, was therefore 1,888 persons.

• From Canada, 51; Natal, 1; Cape Town, 35; India, 74. † For British Columbia. ‡ From Friendly Islands, 23; Navigator Islands, 13; Sandwich Islands, 12; Society Islands, 12. § For Friendly Islands, 6; Navigator Islands, 12; Sandwich Islands, 8; Society Islands, 55. || From San Francisco. ¶ For San Francisco, 49; Monte Video, 30.

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Chinese: Arrivals—
At Auckland .. .. 53 6
,, Wellington .. .. 3 ..
,, Invercargill .. .. 1 ..
Total arrivals .. .. 57 6

Chinese: Departures—
From Auckland ... ... 53 6
,, Wellington ... ... 5 ..
Total departures ... 58 6

• 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, 13th February, 1914.

Applications invited for the Position of Senior Shift Engineer at Okere Falls Power-station, near Rotorua.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th February, 1914.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received up till noon on the 6th March, 1914, for the position of senior shift engineer, Okere Falls, Rotorua.

2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must not be more than forty years of age, and must be qualified mechanical engineers with electrical training and thorough experience in three-phase high-tension work.

4. The duties comprise taking shift daily in sole charge of power-station in rotation with two other shift engineers, keeping necessary records and furnishing reports as may be required by the Electrical Engineer at Rotorua, and maintaining the plant at all times in good order and repair for continuous running. The system is that of three-phase, high-tension, alternating current. The plant at present consists of three low-pressure water turbines, two of 100-h.p., and one of 180-h.p., with belt-driven generators of a total of 200-k.w. capacity, and is run continuously.

5. In the event of any emergency arising, the senior shift engineer may be required to be on duty longer than implied in the previous paragraph.

6. The successful applicant will also be required to act as Postmaster and Telephonist; or this work may be undertaken by his wife, in which case the salary and fees allowed by the Post and Telegraph Department will be payable to her. (The post and telephone office is attached to the house provided for the senior shift engineer.)

7. The position will be graded in the General Division, with a commencing salary of £240 per annum, less £40 to be deducted as rent of house.

8. The appointment to be subject to the Public Service Act, 1912.

9. Duties to commence between the 1st and 7th April, 1914.

A. J. H. BENCE,
Secretary.