New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 99

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✨ Immigration and Population Statistics

Aug. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2623

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of Immigration to and Emigration from the Dominion of New Zealand during the Month of July, 1919, showing the Countries from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.

ARRIVALS FROM AND DEPARTURES TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

Countries.	Arrivals					Departures.
	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.
United Kingdom .. ..	80	601	74	68	823	47	67	16	17	147
Australian Commonwealth ..	409	247	45	43	741	349	269	47	32	697
Fiji .. ..	21	7	..	..	28	46	15	3	2	66
Cook Islands .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	9	2	..	..	11
Canada .. ..	71	25	9	8	113	..	..	..	..	..
United States .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	25	18	3	..	46
Hawaii .. ..	3	3	1	..	7	..	..	..	..	..
Samoa .. ..	18	11	..	..	29	3	11	..	..	14
Friendly Islands .. ..	20	1	..	..	21	4	6	..	2	12
Foreign Pacific Islands (undefined) ..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Totals, July, 1919 .. ..	622	895	129	119	1,765	485	388	69	53	995
Totals, July, 1918 .. ..	490	343	40	36	909	433	329	50	42	854

The arrivals during the month of July, 1919, exceeded the departures by 770. In the corresponding month of 1918 there was an excess of arrivals over departures of 55.

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 .. ..	227	18	182	63	245	232	34	142	124	266
Wellington .. ..	1,290	230	569	951	1,520	641	88	412	317	729
Totals, July, 1919	1,517	248	751	1,014	1,765	873	122	554	441	995
Totals, July, 1918	833	76	530	379	909	762	92	483	371	854

CHINESE (included above).

Arrivals.		Departures.
	Males.	Females.
At Auckland .. ..	8	..
,, Wellington .. ..	4	..
	12	..

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, 12th August, 1919.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Population of the Dominion.

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 30th June, 1919.

	Males.	Females.	Total.
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific Islands) on 31st March, 1919	555,885	568,733	1,124,618
Increase during June quarter, 1919—
By excess of births over deaths	1,629	1,867	3,496
By excess of immigration over emigration (including members of Expeditionary Forces)	11,791	—891*	10,900
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific Islands) on 30th June, 1919	569,305	569,709	1,139,014
Maori population, Census, 1916	25,933	23,843	49,776
Population of Cook and other Pacific Islands, Census, 1916	6,552	6,245	12,797
Total estimated population of the Dominion on 30th June, 1919 ..	601,790	599,797	1,201,587

Excess of emigration over immigration.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1919.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1919, No 99

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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for July 1919

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated12 August 1919
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, Arrivals, Departures, Countries, Ports
👩‍💼 Officials

MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician

🏛️ Estimated Population of New Zealand as of 30 June 1919

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated8 August 1919
KeywordsPopulation, Statistics, Census, Maori, Cook Islands
👩‍💼 Officials

MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician

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