✨ Railway Costs and Immigration Statistics
Mar. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 883
ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, etc., to 31st March, 1916, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards respectively.
| Section. | Cost of Opened Lines. | Cost of Unopened Lines. |
|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
| Whangarei | 760,095 0 0 | 124,909 0 0 |
| Kaihu | 99,962 0 0 | 17,194 0 0 |
| Tauranga | .. | 255,719 0 0 |
| Gisborne | 585,768 0 0 | 231,245 0 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 15,049,532 0 0 | 821,396 0 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 14,431,457 0 0 | 122,625 0 0 |
| Westland | 2,054,716 0 0 | 588,288 0 0 |
| Westport | 592,089 0 0 | 95,672 0 0 |
| Nelson | 542,171 0 0 | 35,189 0 0 |
| Picton | 672,439 0 0 | 14,981 0 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service | 43,708 0 0 | .. |
| In Suspense— | ||
| Surveys, North Island | .. | 35,701 0 0 |
| Miscellaneous, North Island | .. | 5,169 0 0 |
| Surveys, South Island | .. | 5,752 0 0 |
| Miscellaneous, South Island | .. | 5,16- 0 0 |
| P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way | .. | 118,190 0 0 |
| W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores | 25,945 0 0 | .. |
| Totals | £34,857,882 0 0 | £2,477,198 0 0 |
J. MACDONALD.
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railway Department, 5th March, 1917.
Immigration and Emigration Returns.
RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of FEBRUARY, 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 | 23 | 48 | 5 | 9 | 85 | 46 | 151 | 30 | 25 | 252 |
| Australian Commonwealth | 512 | 528 | 65 | 76 | 1,181 | 717 | 414 | 48 | 38 | 1,217 |
| Norfolk Islands | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 6 |
| Cook Islands | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 |
| Fiji | 35 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 78 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| Canada | 16 | 12 | 1 | .. | 29 | 20 | 10 | .. | 1 | 31 |
| United States | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | 12 |
| Samoa | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| Foreign Pacific Islands (undefined) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
| Totals, February, 1917 | 630 | 633 | 86 | 98 | 1,447 | 854 | 611 | 83 | 73 | 1,621 |
| Totals, February, 1916 | 1,426 | 1,093 | 181 | 184 | 2,884 | 1,426 | 897 | 161 | 122 | 2,606 |
The excess of the departures from New Zealand over the arrivals therein during the month of February, 1917, was therefore 174 persons, as against an excess of arrivals over departures amounting to 278 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 | 583 | 95 | 320 | 358 | 678 | 394 | 38 | 216 | 216 | 432 |
| Wellington | 627 | 83 | 373 | 337 | 710 | 1,016 | 102 | 690 | 428 | 1,118 |
| Dunedin | 53 | 6 | 23 | 36 | 59 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Invercargill | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55 | 16 | 31 | 40 | 71 |
| Totals, February, 1917 | 1,263 | 184 | 716 | 731 | 1,447 | 1,465 | 156 | 937 | 684 | 1,621 |
| Totals, February, 1916 | 2,519 | 365 | 1,607 | 1,277 | 2,884 | 2,323 | 283 | 1,587 | 1,019 | 2,606 |
CHINESE (included above).
| Arrivals. | Departures. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
| At Auckland | 3 | .. | From Auckland | 7 | .. |
| „ Wellington | 5 | .. | Wellington | 29 | .. |
| 8 | .. | 36 | .. |
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, 6th March, 1917.
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