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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 130
ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1918, 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 | 765,729 0 0 | 244,157 0 0 |
| Kaibu | 99,962 0 0 | 17,211 0 0 |
| Tauranga | .. | 352,761 0 0 |
| Gisborne | 682,706 0 0 | 179,919 0 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 15,885,220 0 0 | 869,983 0 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 14,591,671 0 0 | 191,516 0 0 |
| Westland | 2,089,946 0 0 | 687,544 0 0 |
| Westport | 605,880 0 0 | 96,059 0 0 |
| Nelson | 542,534 0 0 | 36,790 0 0 |
| Picton | 680,832 0 0 | 18,968 0 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service | 43,708 0 0 | .. |
| In Suspense— | ||
| Surveys, North Island | .. | 35,900 0 0 |
| Miscellaneous, North Island | .. | 5,169 0 0 |
| Surveys, South Island | .. | 5,752 0 0 |
| Miscellaneous, South Island | .. | 5,168 0 0 |
| P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way | .. | 49,834 0 0 |
| W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores | 13,244 0 0 | |
| Totals | £36,001,432 0 0 | £2,796,731 0 0 |
Railways Department, 16th September, 1918.
J. MACDONALD
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Immigration and Emigration Returns.
RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of AUGUST, 1918, 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. | |
| United Kingdom | .. | .. |
| Australian Commonwealth | 326 | 288 |
| Fiji | 25 | 20 |
| British Pacific Islands | 8 | 10 |
| Canada | 23 | 26 |
| United States | 11 | 4 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 2 |
| Samoa | 5 | .. |
| Foreign Pacific Islands (undefined) | 3 | 2 |
| Totals, August, 1918 | 404 | 352 |
| Totals, August, 1917 | 293 | 237 |
The excess of the departures from New Zealand over the arrivals therein during the month of August, 1918, was therefore 87 persons, as against 287 in the corresponding month of 1917.
ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*
| Ports. | ARRIVALS. | DEPARTURES. |
|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | |
| Auckland | 324 | 44 |
| Wellington | 432 | 44 |
| Invercargill | .. | .. |
| Totals, August, 1918 | 756 | 88 |
| Totals, August, 1917 | 530 | 66 |
CHINESE (included above).
| Arrivals. | Departures |
|---|---|
| At Auckland | From Auckland |
| Males. | Females. |
| 14 | .. |
| ,, Wellington | ,, Wellington |
| 19 | 1 |
| 33 | 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, 16th September, 1918.
MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.
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