New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 79

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✨ Immigration Statistics and Notices

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of Immigration to and Emigration from the Dominion of New Zealand during the Month of August, 1920, 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 .. ..	232	267	68	57	624	..	..	..	..	..
Australian Commonwealth ..	1,557	1,021	179	173	2,930	909	694	106	105	1,814
Fiji .. ..	77	53	4	8	142	51	57	4	..	112
Cook Islands .. ..	2	1	..	..	3	9	7	2	2	20
Niue .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	5	2	..	..	7
Canada .. ..	84	70	14	13	181	73	55	13	2	143
United States and Canal Zone ..	135	39	5	2	181	134	78	11	10	233
Hawaii .. ..	12	17	1	..	30	3	13	..	..	16
Samoa .. ..	14	8	2	..	24	21	26	2	3	52
Friendly Islands .. ..	8	1	1	..	10	13	15	1	1	30
Society Islands .. ..	10	6	..	2	18	1	..	..	..	1
Foreign Pacific Islands (undefined) ..	..	..	..	..	..	6	8	..	1	15
Totals, August, 1920 ..	2,131	1,483	274	255	4,143	1,225	955	139	124	2,443
Totals, August, 1919 ..	514	277	58	37	886	725	427	67	66	1,285

The arrivals during the month of August, 1920, exceeded the departures by 1,700. In the corresponding month of 1919 there was an excess of departures over arrivals of 399.

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 .. ..	1,524	186	1,015	695	1,710	920	115	537	498	1,035
Wellington .. ..	2,019	327	1,347	999	2,346	1,200	126	792	534	1,326
Invercargill .. ..	71	16	43	44	87	60	22	35	47	82
Totals, August, 1920 ..	3,614	529	2,405	1,738	4,143	2,180	263	1,364	1,079	2,443
Totals, August, 1919 ..	791	95	572	314	886	1,152	133	792	493	1,285

CHINESE (included above).

Arrivals.		Departures.
At Auckland ..	Males. 125 Females. 2	From Auckland ..	Males. 10 Females. ..
,, Wellington ..	Males. 63 Females. 3	,, Wellington ..	Males. 8 Females. 5
	Males. 188 Females. 5		Males. 18 Females. 5

NOTE.— Figures of arrivals 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, 6th September, 1920.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—
Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registration.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 8th September, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Southland Building Trade and General Labourers’, Wool and Grain Store Employees’, Gasworks Employees’, and Drivers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 782, situated at Invercargill, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 21 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, it is my intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the meantime cause is shown to the contrary.

F. W. ROWLEY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th September, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 19s, Clifton Settlement. Tenure: Renewable Lease (Settlement) 298. Formerly held by Charles Thomas Cameron. Reason for forfeiture: Section abandoned.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for August 1920

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated6 September 1920
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, Arrivals, Departures, August 1920
👩‍💼 Officials

MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician

👷 Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registration of Industrial Union

Domain👷 Labour & Employment
Dated8 September 1920
KeywordsIndustrial Union, Cancellation of Registration, Southland Building Trade, Labourers, Wool and Grain Store Employees, Gasworks Employees, Drivers
👩‍💼 Officials

F. W. ROWLEY, Registrar of Industrial Unions

🗺️ Crown Lands Notices - Forfeiture of Land in Otago

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated6 September 1920
KeywordsCrown Lands, Forfeiture, Otago Land District, Clifton Settlement, Charles Thomas Cameron
👱🏽 Names

Charles Thomas Cameron, Former leaseholder of forfeited land

👩‍💼 Officials

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands

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