New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 165

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 165

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of OCTOBER, 1917, 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.		Total Persons.	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.
United Kingdom .. ..	42	67	13	8	130	15	12	..	..	27
Australian Commonwealth ..	316	313	24	31	684	265	298	45	30	638
Fiji .. ..	35	16	3	4	58	18	10	1	2	31
Cook Islands .. ..	8	3	3	1	15	..	2	..	1	3
Niue .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Canada .. ..	35	38	10	11	94	6	6	1	..	13
United States .. ..	20	7	3	5	35	14	5	..	..	19
Panama Canal Zone ..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Samoa .. ..	7	6	..	2	15	7	..	..	1	8
Friendly Islands .. ..	2	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	..	1
Hawaii .. ..	3	3	..	..	6	4	5	..	..	9
Foreign Pacific Islands (undefined) ..	4	..	..	..	4	7	3	1	..	11
Totals, October, 1917..	472	453	56	62	1,043	340	341	48	34	763
Totals, October, 1916..	798	778	115	127	1,818	736	518	52	64	1,370

The excess of the arrivals in New Zealand over the departures therefrom during the month of October, 1917, was therefore 280 persons, as against 448 in the corresponding month of 1916.

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 .. ..	451	73	252	272	524	357	55	192	220	412
Wellington .. ..	466	45	268	243	511	324	27	196	155	351
Lyttelton .. ..	8	..	8	..	8	..	..	..	..	..
Totals, October, 1917 ..	925	118	528	515	1,043	681	82	388	375	763
Totals, October, 1916 ..	1,576	242	913	905	1,818	1,254	116	788	582	1,370

CHINESE (included above).

Arrivals.				Departures.
		Males.	Females.	From Auckland ..		Males.	Females.
At Auckland ..	..	6	..	.. Wellington ..	..	12	1
,, Wellington ..	..	9	..
		15	..			12	1

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.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1917.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Population of the Dominion.

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 30th September, 1917.

	Males.	Females.	Total.
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris, and residents of Cook and other Pacific Islands), on 30th June, 1917	540,861	555,379	1,096,240
Increase during September quarter, 1917—
By excess of births over deaths ..	1,913	2,234	4,147
By excess of immigration over emigration (including members of Expeditionary Forces)	—2,773*	—7*	—2,780*
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific Islands) on 30th September, 1917	540,001	557,606	1,097,607
Maori population, Census, 1916	25,933	23,843	49,776
Population of Cook and other Pacific Islands, Census, 1916	6,553	6,244	12,797
Total estimated population of the Dominion on 30th September, 1917	572,487	587,693	1,160,180

Decrease—Excess of emigration over immigration.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1917.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for October 1917

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated6 November 1917
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, Arrivals, Departures, October 1917
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🏛️ Population of the Dominion as of 30 September 1917

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated6 November 1917
KeywordsPopulation, Statistics, Census, September 1917
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