✨ Railway Costs and Immigration Statistics
Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 441
ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1920, 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 | 775,556 0 0 | 412,465 0 0 |
| Kaihu | 99,962 0 0 | 34,884 0 0 |
| Tauranga | .. | 478,723 0 0 |
| Gisborne | 682,922 0 0 | 212,951 0 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 16,163,269 0 0 | 1,209,976 0 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 14,710,176 0 0 | 188,730 0 0 |
| Westland | 2,122,303 0 0 | 789,534 0 0 |
| Westport | 606,236 0 0 | 96,073 0 0 |
| Nelson | 444,963 0 0 | 36,762 0 0 |
| Picton | 680,466 0 0 | 19,250 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 | .. | 75,888 0 0 |
| W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. and R.I.A. Stores | 60,554 0 0 | .. |
| Totals | £36,390,115 0 0 | £3,607,225 0 0 |
H. WILLIAMS,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railways Department, 7th February, 1921.
Immigration and Emigration Returns.
RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of JANUARY, 1921, 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 | 655 | 759 | 163 | 148 | 1,725 | 8 | 10 | 3 | .. | 21 |
| India | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Straits Settlements | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Canada | 146 | 101 | 16 | 19 | 282 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Australian Commonwealth | 854 | 649 | 89 | 103 | 1,695 | 614 | 536 | 83 | 58 | 1,291 |
| Fiji | 34 | 33 | 3 | 12 | 82 | 36 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 66 |
| Cook Islands | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 |
| United States and Canal Zone | 90 | 59 | 9 | 5 | 163 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Foreign Pacific Islands (undefined) | 36 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 78 | 18 | 16 | 7 | .. | 41 |
| Totals, January, 1921 | 1,823 | 1,637 | 291 | 298 | 4,049 | 680 | 586 | 99 | 60 | 1,425 |
| Totals, January, 1920 | 1,856 | 1,604 | 303 | 264 | 4,027 | 1,078 | 790 | 123 | 74 | 2,065 |
The arrivals during the month of January, 1921, exceeded the departures by 2,624. In the corresponding month of 1920 there was an excess of arrivals over departures of 1,962.
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 | 555 | 71 | 360 | 266 | 626 | 411 | 61 | 265 | 207 | 472 |
| Wellington | 2,905 | 518 | 1,754 | 1,669 | 3,423 | 855 | 98 | 514 | 439 | 953 |
| Totals, January, 1921 | 3,460 | 589 | 2,114 | 1,935 | 4,049 | 1,266 | 159 | 779 | 646 | 1,425 |
| Totals, January, 1920 | 3,460 | 567 | 2,159 | 1,868 | 4,027 | 1,868 | 197 | 1,201 | 864 | 2,065 |
CHINESE (included above).
| Arrivals. | Departures. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Auckland | Males. Females. | From Auckland | Males. Females. |
| ,, Wellington | 1 .. | ,, Wellington | 3 .. |
| 7 2 | .. .. | ||
| 8 2 | 3 .. |
*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, 7th February, 1921.
MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.
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