New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 12

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✨ Immigration Statistics

Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 335

ARRIVALS IN AND DEPARTURES FROM NEW ZEALAND DURING EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR 1917.

Month.	United Kingdom.	Australian Commonwealth.	Fiji.	British Pacific Islands.	Canada.	Other British Possessions.	Foreign Pacific Islands.	U.S. of America, including Canal Zone.	South America.	Other Foreign Countries.	Totals.
Arrivals.
January	255	1,728	83	109	81	..	91	28	..	..	2,375
February	85	1,181	78	18	29	..	56	..	..	..	1,447
March	1,069	830	44	12	37	15	74	34	..	..	2,115
April	418	800	63	1	47	10	167	14	..	..	1,520
May	385	658	27	6	13	..	108	13	..	..	1,210
June	263	606	30	8	27	13	44	12	..	..	1,003
July	278	788	42	23	24	2	44	22	..	..	1,223
August	..	345	43	4	121	..	61	22	..	..	596
September	48	366	49	17	85	1	34	22	..	..	622
October	130	684	58	15	94	..	27	35	..	..	1,043
November	..	949	14	12	32	..	45	..	..	..	1,052
December	..	1,211	86	13	51	15	67	..	..	..	1,443
Totals	2,931	10,146	617	238	641	56	818	202	..	..	15,649

| Departures. | | | | | | | | | | | |
| January | 824 | 889 | 39 | .. | 49 | 18 | 46 | 1 | .. | .. | 1,866 |
| February | 252 | 1,217 | 22 | 12 | 31 | .. | 54 | 33 | .. | .. | 1,621 |
| March | .. | 1,433 | 43 | 24 | 43 | .. | 59 | 53 | .. | .. | 1,655 |
| April | 67 | 1,500 | 91 | 19 | 27 | .. | 96 | 10 | .. | .. | 1,810 |
| May | 77 | 1,009 | 36 | 5 | 62 | .. | 84 | 18 | .. | .. | 1,291 |
| June | 54 | 747 | 49 | 1 | 26 | .. | 41 | 14 | .. | .. | 932 |
| July | 8 | 796 | 46 | 5 | 30 | .. | 51 | 18 | .. | .. | 954 |
| August | 120 | 671 | 29 | 5 | 25 | .. | 21 | 12 | .. | .. | 883 |
| September | .. | 220 | 87 | .. | 134 | .. | 32 | .. | .. | .. | 423 |
| October | 27 | 638 | 31 | 4 | 13 | .. | 29 | 21 | .. | .. | 763 |
| November | 65 | 641 | 29 | 5 | 32 | .. | 33 | 18 | .. | .. | 823 |
| December | 7 | 738 | 51 | 5 | 13 | .. | 31 | 3 | .. | .. | 848 |
| Totals | 1,501 | 10,499 | 503 | 85 | 485 | 18 | 577 | 201 | .. | .. | 13,869 |

Chinese included above: Arrivals, 272; departures, 313.

ARRIVALS IN 1917, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO BIRTHPLACE, RACE, AND SEX; AND DEPARTURES OF RACE ALIENS IN 1917, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO BIRTHPLACE AND SEX.

Birthplace.	Arrivals.					Departures.
	Of European Descent.		Race Aliens.*		Grand Totals.	Race Aliens.*
	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.		Males.	Females.	Total.
British Empire.
United Kingdom	1,931	1,447	..	..	3,378	..	..	..
Australian Commonwealth	2,527	2,956	..	..	5,483	..	..	..
New Zealand	3,545	1,731	..	..	5,276	..	..	..
Fiji	35	23	1	5	64	1	..	1
British Pacific Islands	20	21	26	12	79	8	..	8
Canada	46	44	..	..	90	..	..	..
British South Africa	9	7	..	..	16	..	..	..
Malta	11	..	..	..	11	..	..	..
Hong Kong	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..
India	5	3	90	2	100	12	..	12
Total British Empire	8,130	6,232	117	19	14,498	21	..	21
Foreign Countries.
Germany	..	15	..	..	15	..	..	..
France	..	40	15	..	55	..	..	..
Austria-Hungary	..	1	1	..	2	..	..	..
Italy	..	19	3	..	22	..	..	..
Belgium	..	3	2	..	5	..	..	..
Russia	..	32	8	..	40	..	..	..
Spain	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..
Norway	..	8	1	..	9	..	..	..
Denmark	..	23	5	..	28	..	..	..
Holland	..	11	3	..	14	..	..	..
Sweden	..	11	1	..	12	..	..	..
Switzerland	..	5	5	..	10	..	..	..
Greece	..	3	..	..	3	..	..	..
Servia	..	1	1	..	2	..	..	..
Roumania	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..
United States of America	174	116	4	..	294	302	11	313
China	..	..	254	18	272	5	..	5
Japan	..	..	10	1	11	..	..	..
Syria	..	..	1	1	2	..	..	..
Turkey	..	3	1	1	5	..	..	..
Arabia	..	..	..	..	..	5	..	5
Peru	..	1	1	..	2	..	..	..
Brazil	..	1	1	..	2	..	..	..
Cuba	..	1	1	..	2	..	..	..
Java	..	..	1	1	2	..	..	..
Samoa	..	11	12	10	17	50	..	..
Tonga	..	3	3	8	9	23	..	..
Bolivia	..	1	1	..	2	..	..	..
Foreign Pacific Islands (otherwise undefined)	7	7	247	4	265	364	..	364
Total foreign countries	376	187	536	52	1,151	676	11	687
Grand totals	8,506	6,419	653	71	15,649	697	11	708