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✨ Immigration and Population Statistics

MAY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2005

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of APRIL, 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 .. ..	288	87	19	24	418	67	..	..	..	67
Australian Commonwealth ..	360	335	57	48	800	737	623	80	60	1,500
British South Africa ..	6	4	..	..	10	..	..	..	..	..
Cook Islands ..	1	..	..	..	1	9	6	3	1	19
Fiji ..	27	26	6	4	63	30	42	9	10	91
Canada ..	26	17	..	4	47	15	10	1	1	27
United States ..	8	3	2	1	14	7	2	..	1	10
Hawaii ..	7	5	..	..	12	7	2	..	..	9
Samoa ..	47	7	..	1	55	59	9	..	..	68
Foreign Pacific Islands (undefined) ..	90	4	4	2	100	10	7	1	1	19
Totals, April, 1917 ..	860	488	88	84	1,520	941	701	94	74	1,810
Totals, April, 1916 ..	998	503	83	100	1,684	1,387	943	143	119	2,592

The excess of the departures from New Zealand over the arrivals therein during the month of April, 1917, was therefore 290 persons, as against 908 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 .. ..	645	89	485	249	734	703	99	388	414	802
Wellington ..	703	83	463	323	786	831	55	604	282	886
Invercargill ..	..	..	..	..	..	108	14	43	79	122
Totals, April, 1917 ..	1,348	172	948	572	1,520	1,642	168	1,035	775	1,810
Totals, April, 1916 ..	1,501	183	1,081	603	1,684	2,330	262	1,530	1,062	2,592

CHINESE (included above).

Arrivals.			Departures.
	Males.	Females.	From Wellington ...	Males.	Females.
At Auckland ...	4	..		29	..
,, Wellington ...	17	..
	21	..

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, 7th May, 1917.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Population of the Dominion.

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 31st March, 1917.

	Males.	Females.	Total.
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris, also Cook and other Pacific Islands), on 31st December, 1916	550,033	550,125	1,100,158
Increase during March quarter, 1917—
By excess of births over deaths ..	2,203	2,569	4,772
By excess of immigration over emigration (including members of Expeditionary Forces)	—4,463*	294	—4,169*
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific Islands) on 31st March, 1917	547,773	552,988	1,100,761
Maori population, Census, 1911 ..	26,475	23,369	49,844
Population of Cook and other Pacific Islands, Census, 1911 ..	6,449	6,149	12,598
Total estimated population of the Dominion on 31st-March, 1917 ..	580,697	582,506	1,163,203

*Decrease—Excess of emigration over immigration.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1917.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1917, No 81

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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for April 1917

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated7 May 1917
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, Arrivals, Departures, April 1917
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🏛️ Population of the Dominion as of 31 March 1917

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated7 May 1917
KeywordsPopulation, Statistics, Census, March 1917
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