New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 163

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✨ Immigration and Emigration Statistics

Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3937

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of Immigration to and Emigration from the Dominion of New Zealand during the Month of October, 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.		Total Persons.	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.
United Kingdom .. ..	14	176	19	20	229	2	..	..	..	2
Australian Commonwealth ..	402	334	39	52	827	382	438	53	44	917
Fiji .. .. ..	21	24	5	8	58	14	14	2	3	33
Canada .. .. ..	45	36	4	2	87	48	38	8	7	101
United States .. .. ..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
Samoa .. .. ..	33	10	2	2	47	17	5	1	4	27
Tonga .. .. ..	3	1	1	..	5	4	1	..	..	5
Hawaii .. .. ..	2	1	..	..	3	6	3	..	..	9
Totals, October, 1918 ..	521	582	70	84	1,257	473	499	64	58	1,094
Totals, October, 1917 ..	472	453	56	62	1,043	340	341	48	34	763

The excess of the arrivals in New Zealand over the departures therefrom during the month of October, 1918, was therefore 163 persons, as against 280 in the corresponding month of 1917.

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 .. ..	319	49	178	190	368	547	94	295	346	641
Wellington .. ..	784	105	413	476	889	355	20	210	165	375
Invercargill ..	..	..	..	..	..	70	8	32	46	78
Totals, October, 1918 ..	1,103	154	591	666	1,257	972	122	537	557	1,094
Totals, October, 1917 ..	925	118	528	515	1,043	681	82	388	375	763

CHINESE (included above).

Arrivals.		Departures.
At Auckland .. ..	Males.	From Auckland ..	Males.
.. Wellington ..	1	.. Wellington ..	2
	12		1
	13		3

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, 5th December, 1918.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1918, No 163

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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for October 1918

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