New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 38

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✨ Immigration Statistics and Notices

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of MARCH, 1916, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.

ARRIVALS FROM AND DEPARTURES TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

Countries.	ARRIVALS.	DEPARTURES.
	Adults.	Children.
	M. F.	M. F.
United Kingdom	192 109	21 18
Australian Commonwealth	516 424	51 64
Fiji	25 14	3 ..
British South Africa	4 5	.. 2
Canada	9 6	1 1
United States	2 ..	.. ..
Uruguay	.. ..	.. ..
Foreign Pacific Islands	22 9	6 1
Totals, March, 1916	770 567	82 86
Totals, March, 1915	1,118 883	100 109

The excess of the departures from New Zealand over the arrivals therein during the month of March, 1916, was therefore 363 persons, as against 163 in the corresponding month of 1915.

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	443 56 270 229 499	594 67 331 330 661
Wellington	808 103 534 377 911	982 80 552 510 1,062
Dunedin	2 .. 2 .. 2	.. .. .. .. ..
Invercargill	84 9 46 47 93	131 14 65 80 145
Totals, March, 1916	1,337 168 852 653 1,505	1,707 161 948 920 1,868
Totals, March, 1915	2,001 209 1,218 992 2,210	2,139 234 1,320 1,053 2,373

CHINESE (included above).

Arrivals.	Departures.
At Auckland	From Auckland

Males. Females.	Males. Females.
Nil Nil	.. ..
,, Wellington	,, Wellington

Nil Nil	1 2

NOTE.—Figures of arrivals and departures do not include members of Expeditionary Forces.

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.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1916.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 4th April, 1916.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge the receipt of the sum of 2s. 6d., forwarded to the Railway Department, Wellington, by some person unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Applications invited for the Position of Working Housekeeper,
Moumahaki Experimental Farm, Department of Agriculture,
Industries, and Commerce.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th April, 1916.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 18th April, 1916, for the position of Working Housekeeper, Moumahaki Experimental Farm, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce.

Applications (to be made on P.S.C. Form 17A, obtainable at principal post-offices) 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.
The duties appertaining to the position are to supervise and be responsible for the following matters at the homestead and learners’ quarters, but not at the farm hands’ quarters:—
(a.) The cooking and serving of meals (including those for about twenty farm hands):
(b.) The proper requisitioning and use of all domestic stores required:
(c.) The work of the domestic staff employed:
(d.) The cleanliness and order of all beds and premises generally:
(e.) The washing and keeping in repair of all bed linen and learners’ underclothing.
Applicants for the position should be of some refinement, and capable of controlling about half a dozen boys, and must, in addition to general supervision, be prepared to assist the domestic staff.

The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

The position will be graded in the General Division. Salary £110, maximum £120, per annum (£30 per annum deducted for board and lodging).

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1916, No 38

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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for March 1916

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated5 April 1916
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, Arrivals, Departures, March 1916
👩‍💼 Officials

Malcolm Fraser, Government Statistician

💰 Conscience-money Received

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated4 April 1916
KeywordsConscience-money, Treasury, Railway Department
👩‍💼 Officials

G. F. C. Campbell, Secretary to the Treasury

🌾 Applications Invited for Working Housekeeper Position

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated4 April 1916
KeywordsJob Application, Working Housekeeper, Moumahaki Experimental Farm, Department of Agriculture
👩‍💼 Officials

P. Verschaffelt, Secretary

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