New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 37

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✨ Immigration Statistics and Public Notices



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of Immigration to and Emigration from the Dominion of New Zealand during the Month of February, 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 .. .. .. 361 378 60 47 846 64 38 5 6
Australian Commonwealth .. .. 165 6 .. 2 173 406 431 58 32
Cook Islands .. .. .. 32 18 9 1 60 7 2 .. 1
Fiji .. .. .. 11 5 .. .. 16 9 11 2 2
Canada .. .. .. 3 2 .. 1 6 10 7 1 ..
United States .. .. .. 4 3 .. .. 7 7 6 2 1
Hawaii .. .. .. 4 .. 6 2 12 11 7 .. ..
Samoa .. .. .. 14 7 1 3 25 44 4 .. ..
Foreign Pacific Islands (undefined) .. .. 2 2 1 2
Totals, February, 1918 .. 594 419 76 56 1,145 560 508 69 44 1,181
Totals, February, 1917 .. 630 633 86 98 1,447 854 611 83 73 1,621

The excess of the departures from New Zealand over the arrivals therein during the month of February, 1918, was therefore 36 persons, as against 174 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 .. .. .. 332 58 204 186 390 354 45 206 193 399
Wellington .. .. 639 64 439 264 703 714 68 425 357 782
Invercargill .. .. 42 10 27 25 52 .. .. .. .. ..
Totals, February, 1918 .. 1,013 132 670 475 1,145 1,068 113 631 550 1,181
Totals, February, 1917 .. 1,263 184 716 731 1,447 1,465 156 937 684 1,621

CHINESE (included above).

Arrivals. Deportures.
At Auckland .. .. Males. Females. From Auckland .. .. Males. Females.
,, Wellington .. .. 10 1 ,, Wellington .. .. 81 ..
14 1 48 ..

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, 11th March, 1918.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Public Service Entrance.—Special Examination, June, 1918. Control of Wireless Telegraphy on Board Merchant Ships in New Zealand Territorial Waters.

NOTICE is hereby given that it has been decided to hold a special Public Service Entrance Examination commencing about the 24th June next.

The examination will most probably be held at the following centres: Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Gisborne, Napier, Dannevirke, Masterton, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Gore, and Invercargill; but, should sufficient candidates offer, the examination will be held also at other centres.

Entries on proper forms, obtainable from the offices of the Public Service Commissioner, the Education Boards, or the Education Department, will be received by the Director of Education, Wellington, up to the 30th April. Both male and female candidates will be admitted.

An entrance fee of £1 is payable at any post-office money order office, but this will be refunded if the candidate passes the examination and accepts employment in the Public Service.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

Office of the Naval Adviser,
Wellington, 9th March, 1918.

WITH reference to the notifications, dated 21st February and 6th March, 1918, respectively (vide pages 566 and 782 of the New Zealand Gazette for 1918), by the Right Honourable the Minister of Telegraphs, transferring the control of all apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board any merchant ship while in the territorial waters of New Zealand to Captain Percival Henry Hall-Thompson, C.M.G., R.N., the following regulations are now promulgated:—

(a.) The use of wireless telegraphy is prohibited in the harbours and territorial waters of New Zealand.

(b.) On entering any port or harbour, masters of all vessels fitted with wireless telegraphy shall carry out any instructions relative to the dismantling of the same which they may receive from any naval, military, examination service, Customs, or police officer.

(c.) Any breach of these regulations renders the masters of offending ships liable to penalties.

P. H. HALL-THOMPSON, Captain, R.N.,
Naval Adviser and New Zealand Naval Authority.



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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for February 1918

🛂 Immigration
11 March 1918
Immigration, Emigration, Statistics, February 1918, Arrivals, Departures
  • MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician

🎓 Public Service Entrance Special Examination Notice

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Public Service, Examination, June 1918, Entrance
  • D. ROBERTSON, Public Service Commissioner

🚂 Control of Wireless Telegraphy on Board Merchant Ships

🚂 Transport & Communications
9 March 1918
Wireless Telegraphy, Merchant Ships, Regulations, Territorial Waters
  • P. H. HALL-THOMPSON, Captain, R.N., Naval Adviser and New Zealand Naval Authority