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1925. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sir, — Department of Immigration, Wellington, 9th July, 1925. Herewith I have the honour to submit the annual report upon the immigration which has taken place into New Zealand from the United Kingdom during the year 1924—25. I have, &c., H. D. Thomson, Under-Secretary. The Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Immigration, Wellington.

REPORT. I AM pleased to report that during the past year, owing chiefly to the fact that greatly reduced fares were offered to the public under the new agreement entered into by the Imperial and New Zealand Governments, there has been an increase of 30-7 per cent, in the numbers of Government-assisted immigrants over the totals of either of the two preceding years. All the assisted passengers have been met by officers of the D vpartment and given a kindly and cordial welcome. Their physical fitness and keenness for work made the matter of their absorption a pleasurable and easy task. It is gratifying to be able to state that, although there was the above-mentioned increase in numbers, it had really no effect on the labour-market, for throughout the year the demands made to the Department were always greater than the supply —principally skilled trades, farm and domestic labour. Never, in my opinion, has New Zealand gained such a valuable asset from the migratory movement as during the past twelve months. The nomination system, which is the sheet-anchor of the present policy, has been strictly adhered to, and every endeavour has been made to foster schemes for obtaining child and juvenile migrants. At tbe present time immigrants coming under this heading can obtain a free passage to New Zealand up to the age of seventeen years. During tbe past year 208 public- and secondary-school boys have arrived and have been satisfactorily placed with suitable farmers, and with few exceptions are doing exceedingly well. The following figures indicate the numbers that have been allotted to the different provincial districts : Auckland (including Poverty Bay), 86; Taranaki, 53 ; Wellington, 11; Hawke's Bay, 19 ; Nelson, 7 ; Marlborough, 7 ; Canterbury, 6 ; Otago, 10 ; Southland, 9. The extracts given hereunder are from the monthly reports which the Department receives from these boys Many thanks for your letter of the Ist instant. lam pleased to say that lam still progressing favourably and getting good experience in practically every branch of mixed farming. I am thinking of taking out a £25 bond in New Zealand Perpetual Forests (Limited), (which I pay in about four years and a half at an average of 2s. per week), and I hope you will approve of same. I should be glad to know if you still require monthly reports, or whether they can be extended to quarterly. I herewith state my progress report for June : — I have been working a six-horse team at plough, a four-horse team at skim-ploughing, a four-horse team at drill, and a four-horse team at harrow. On 22nd and 23rd June I attended the travelling farm school, which will, I feel sure, prove very beneficial. Owing to wet weather work has been somewhat slack at times, and, as winter has approached us somewhat forcibly, we have been compelled to begin winter feeding.

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Since my last report I have gained considerably more experience in this type of farming. I was working on the machines at crutching-time, in the time when I was not mustering. For the past two months I have been fencing with an experienced fencer, and have gained a useful knowledge of that branch of farming. I have had a rise of ss. per week in my wages, and am to get 30s. per week during the busy season. Thanking you for the interest you are talcing in me. .1 must apologize for not reporting on my progress to you before, but I have been so interested in my new surroundings that it completely slipped my memory. It is rather difficult to give you my idea of this place, because this country seems so strange and wonderful after England. Since I have been at —the work has been very much the same. I cannot imagine how any boy could return Home and say that New Zealand has no possibilities, because it is full of them, providing one is willing to work and settle down to colonial conditions. Mustering on the hills with good dogs is very fine work, and I enjoy it immensely. There are a very fine lot of sheep here, practically all purebred Romneys and Merinos, which require constant attention for the many ailments they are subject to. There is a good herd of milking-cows here, and a well-equipped modern dairy. My employer is very good to me, and shows me anything I want to know. In fact, all the men are very willing to help me with my work, which is very encouraging to one who is in the country for the first time; lam extremely grateful to you for the interest you have taken and are still taking in me. I shall never regret coming out here, and would not return to the Old Country for anything, unless for a holiday in years to come. I will report to you again soon, but up to the present my work has been nearly all mustering. When the lambing and shearing comes around I shall have plenty to say. Thanking you again for your utmost consideration. Owing to the fact that there has not been much farm-work to be done beyond the feeding of the stock, much progress in farm knowledge has not been possible. However, I could neither milk nor ride on my arrival, but am now able to do both. I have learnt to harness and feed the horses, as well as driving and using them about the farm. I have learnt to work milking-machines of the L.K.6. make and New Zealand varieties, and understand the working and disassembling of them. I can also work the gas-engine and start the water-wheel used for driving the machines. I have worked on a sheep-dip, and could now dip sheep by myself. Beyond the general work of the farm there lias been nothing else done, but most of the cows, with the exception of sixteen which will be milked all through the winter, will be dried off in a week's time. When these have been put out into the rough country we will begin sowing-time, and will soon be on to ploughing. I have done some potato digging and grading, and can use harrows. When we get into the more serious work of the farm I can report on my progress, and will forward my next report with full details. I am most thankful for all the thoughtfulness and consideration which was shown to our party throughout the journey, and everything seems to have been done for our comfort. I am sorry I did not send a report last month, but I forgot all about it until I came across your letter recently. I have quite settled down to farm-life, and I like it very much. I have learnt quite a good deal already, but, of course, it is very little in comparison with what there is yet to learn. lam getting good experience in several branches of farming, as there are cows, sheep, pigs, and a few crops on the farm. The cows are milked by machinery, and lam now capable of milking them by myself when occasion demands. Ido a variety of jobs such as fencing, disking, harrowing, rolling, maize-cutting, tree-lopping, &c. There is always plenty to do, but it is a fine life, and I have no desire at all to return to England. It really is a wonderful country, and every day conditions are much better than I expected. Altogether I think lam making very good progress. Be your letter of the 18th, I am pleased to say that I am enjoying the best of health, and I am progressing favourably with the farm-work. In January last my wages were raised another £1. My farming experience at Home has helped me immensely out here. Since my last report to you I have been haymaking, which lasted practically all the month of January; then, in February, I was busy draining—putting in new ones and cleaning out the old. At present lam working a three-horse team, ploughing, disking, and harrowing in the grass and oats. Next week I hope to be on the mower cutting the second crop of hay, weather permitting, or else it will have to be for ensilage. On the whole I have found the conditions and surroundings which prevail in this district to come up to all my expectations ; also the great kindness and generosity which has been extended to me from all with whom I have been in contact —especially from Miss . I think that is all that I have to report up to the present, so thanking you for your interest in my welfare here in New Zealand. I am in receipt of your letter dated the 2nd February, re my quarterly report, the overlooking of which I apologize for. My employer is writing a report to you per this mail. The following are the chief extracts from my diary, 1924 : — " November 4th : Shearing commenced. I ran the engine, did the experting, and put in time wherever required when I could get my regular duties (such as oiling, grinding, &c.) finished. I also picked up useful information in the classing of wool. Shearing was in full swing for practically the whole of November. " December : This month was spent mostly in making gates, doing up fences, a few days in the garden, and milking until the arrival of . I did no milking during shearing. " January, 1925 : Main operations this month were cutting ragwort and cattle-mustering (in which I made good to the effect that at time of writing I am the owner of two dogs, and go out and keep same hours as shepherds, and put in full time with sheep-work, and generally hold a responsible position during the dipping). Shearing of sheep which were missed at shearing-time was also performed. January 29th, 30th, and 31st were spent in introducing to his duties." In conclusion I should like to say that I am very well placed here, and that any one who makes up their mind to get on would always get on with such an employer as Mr. —— and on such a station. I have no complaints whatever to make up to the present, and I hope that circumstances will permit me to remain here for some time yet. My parents have forwarded me a letter from Mr. (England), whose son is, I believe, due to land here this month. Mr. , according to the letter, was given my parents' name by New Zealand House, London, and, from the way the letter is written, also reports of progress made by some of us. I do not know whether the " first-party reports," which were only an experiment on our part, have helped the scheme, or whether they are just side-lights ; but the arrival of Mr. 's letter has given me an impression that if we only try and make an effort, not only on our own personal part and in our daily duties, but as a body of publicschool boys, to recognize and support any movement of the Department of Immigration in that way, so that we may at least feel that we have tried to thank the New Zealand Government for their venture (which might have been a risky and costly one) in supporting the scheme, and make a name of credit which will draw more to New Zealand, and in due time bring a greater wealth and prosperity to the Dominion, or, as Mr. E. Milner, in a letter to the association, wrote, " an educational glory of our great Empire." I therefore hope that if there is any way in which we can show ourselves above and beyond the first goal of making good ourselves, by helping our new home, that you will let me know, when you have time, so that I may acquaint the members and do our best to achieve it. I will forward my report for this present quarter on May Ist, which is a down-river mail-day, without fail.

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The following report on the junior migration scheme has been received from the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce Taranaki Chamber of Commerce. Report of the Immigration Committee covering its work in connection with the British Public-school Boys. The committee, in presenting a report of its work, desires to first express its appreciation of the ready assistance given it by the Immigration Department (and particularly the Under-Secretary, Mr. H. D. Thomson) and the whole community, which entered into the spirit of a scheme that was in many respects original and had to be tested by actual experience. It was a fortunate circumstance that the chairman of the committee was visiting England at the time of the initiation of the scheme, and was thus able to confer with the authorities at Home, and see the boys and their parents, and generally to manifest an oversight over the arrangements for selecting and despatching the boys. In this he had the ready help of General Sir Andrew Russell, Sir James Allen, and Mr. F. T. Sandford, Chief Immigration Officer, all of whom were keen on. sending out to the Dominion the fine eolonizing-material such as the English public-school boy. Altogether over fifty boys came out in various ships to New Zealand, and were met by members of the committee 011 arrival and escorted to New Plymouth, where they were met by local citizens, who acted as hosts to them until they were despatched to the various farms to which they had been allotted. Before leaving they were accorded a public welcome. The committee has kept in touch with the boys, also with the farmers training them. Without this interest the results would not have been as successful as we confidently feel they have been. If there is one thing more than another which has impressed itself upon us it is that young men like the public-school boys must be able to consult and be guided by a body of responsible and disinterested men if they are to be successfully merged into New Zealand's population. Things here are so different from what they have been accustomed to, and it takes time for them to fit in and settle down. For temperamental and other reasons, several of the boys have applied for transfers to other farms, and these applications have received careful attention, the committee being anxious to consider the interests of the farmers as well as of the boys, and, where thought advisable, the applications have been agreed to. In a few instances the boys have found that they are unsuited to farming-life, and they have secured positions in the towns and are making good. Those on the farms are also making satisfactory headway, some, of course, to a greater extent than others. The committee are quite satisfied with the results. The boys have shown more adaptability than was expected, and are keen upon their work. Most of them come straight from school at Home, and are therefore quite unused to the hard work associated with colonial farming operations, but they have " stuck it " manfully and shown that they possess grit and perseverance and not a little capacity. There has really been no absolute disappointment., for whilst some have found that farming is not their vocation, they have succeeded in other walks of life, and still remain a great asset to the Dominion. The system of giving some of the younger boys, who came out here in February, a course, mainly in agricultural subjects, at the high school before going on the land has been attended with striking success. The process has been greatly facilitated by the Principal and his teachers, who have entered wholeheartedly into the work. Our considered judgment is that this is unquestionably the best way of training the lads from Home in agriculture. They are brought out at the right age, they gain the atmosphere of their adopted country in the school, they make friends there, they are taken out to the farms where they are given practical demonstrations, they are taught by experts the rudiments of their future work, and they are thus well equipped to start on their subsequent course of training on farms, on completion of which they will be able to take up farming on their own account. So successfully was the whole scheme developing that towards the end of last year the committee cabled to Mr. List, in London, to arrange for another batch of fifty boys this year. There will be no difficulty in placing them with good farmers, the applications already being in excess of the number of boys available. The committee's chief desire is to see the boys successfully settled and subsequently able to take up properties of their own. Many will be in this position after the completion of their training-period. The work naturally occupies a good deal of the time of members of the committee, but this has cheerfully been given because of a recognition of the importance of the work not only to Taranaki, but to the whole of the Dominion. Thomas C. List, Chairman of Committee. English Public-school Boys attending the New Plymouth High School. At the beginning of the year six English public-school boys entered this school with the intention of having one year's experience of New Zealand school life before taking up farm-work. All of these have attended English public schools for periods of three to four years, and, with the exception of one boy, have been placed m the Matriculation form. The boys concerned are a fine type of English schoolboy, and are without exception keen to learn all they can of New Zealand conditions and to equip themselves for the work they have chosen. Their conduct has throughout been exemplary, and they have with apparently little trouble settled down in their new surroundings, and are now taking an active interest in the various school activities, mixing with the other boys and making many friends. Their objects in coming to this school are—(l) To take a course mainly in agricultural subjects ; (2) to become acquainted with and to make friends with the New Zealand boys of approximately their own ages, their own educational standards, and their own outlook on life—in short, to partake of the atmosphere of the Dominion ; (3) to be placed on good farms (if possible with parents of New

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Zealand boys who are attending the school) at the end of their school course in order to gain further experience before taking up farms of their own ; (4) to take up eventually some branch of farming on their own behalf when they have gained the necessary experience. As their stay here will probably be limited to one year, and as they are all well grounded in the ordinary subjects*of the curriculum, it has been deemed advisable to arrange for them to take special work. The school week of thirty-five periods has therefore been divided up as follows : Laboratory work in agriculture and dairy science, nine periods ; woodwork, six ; metalwork, two ; book-keeping, two ; arithmetic, one ; geography of New Zealand, one ; farm practical work, fourteen : total, thirtyfive periods. There is a farm of 35 acres attached to the school, carrying a small dairy herd, farm-horses, pigs, &c. Arrangements have been made for boys to assist with the following: Fencing (repairing and erecting) ; milking and feeding stock ; sawing and splitting posts, &c. ; cutting hedges, gorsegrubbing, and eradication of noxious and other weeds ; top-dressing pastures. Arrangements have also been made with the manager of the Golf-links Farm, which is in easy reach of the school, for the boys to assist him with the work carried on during the year. On this farm is a flock of 350 ewes, and those boys wishing to gain a knowledge of sheep-farming will therefore be able to do so. Periodically the boys visit well-known local farmers, and are thus able to see some of the best pedigree herds in the Dominion. The well-known Jersey breeder, Mr. John Hale, who lives in the vicinity of this school, has very kindly offered his assistance, and is at all times willing to give them the benefit of his advice and experience. On several occasions the boys have been allowed to attend pedigree and other sales, in the hope that they will thereby gain valuable knowledge. It is perhaps too early to venture any opinion as to the success of the scheme. One thing, however, is certain—that the boys will be able to take their places on the farms to which they are allocated with much more chance of making a success of their work than would be the case had they commenced work immediately on their arrival in New Zealand. While having a good general knowledge, they are in most cases totally ignorant of many things with which New Zealand boys are familiar. The year at school will no doubt remedy this defect, and will enable them to compete on even terms with our own boys who are each year leaving school to take up farming. Under the Flock House scheme (administered by the trustees of the New Zealand Sheepowners' Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Fund) two parties, consisting of fifty-three boys, were met and conveyed to the training-farm in the Rangitikei district. The ages of these lads range from fourteen to seventeen years, and they are chiefly the orphans of British seamen. Under nomination of the Salvation Army seventy-four lads arrived—thirty-eight of these were boys who had already received a course of training before leaving England—and were placed direct with farmers in both the North and South Islands. The remaining thirty-six were sent to the Salvation Army training-farm at Putaruru, where they are receiving a general course of training in all branches of farm-work, at the completion of which they will be placed in suitable situations. Owing to the fact that such satisfactory results have been obtained from this class of migrant, it is hoped to materially increase the numbers during the coming year. The total number of arrivals in New Zealand from the United Kingdom and Ireland during the year ended 31st March, 1925, was 12,451 (6,733 males and 5,718 females). Out of the total number of persons arriving — namely, 12,451 —8,924 were assisted to New Zealand by the Imperial and/or Dominion Governments. The number of assisted immigrants is made up of persons nominated from New Zealand, and of persons themselves applying for assisted passages in London. During the year the following steamers brought out assisted immigrants :—

Number of Passengers, showing by which Government assisted.

s"S ° a o a jj! § q 'll ® O Vessel. ! J "l to °, f jg 3 9 O | Total . Vessel. ° £ g 3 I ° | Total. Arrival. > g g g Arrival. > B g g |o fa |o *<£ | a £ fl « K fl FQ Ruahine .. 9/4/24 .. .. 301 301 Ruahine .. 13/12/24 .. .. 168 168 Arawa .. 30/4/24 .. .. 229 ■ 229 Pakeha .. 16/12/24 .. .. 614 614 Rotorua .. 17/5/24 .. .. 277 ! 277 " Sophocles .. 7/11/24* .... 1 1 Dorset .. 21/5/24 .. .. 316 316 Ormuz .. 18/10/24* .... 1 1 Ruapehu .. 9/6/24 .. .. 92 92 Dorset .. 4/1/25 .. .. 331 331 Atlienio .. 10/6/24 .. .. 396 396 Corinthic .. 7/1/25 .. .. 326 326 Remuera .. 27/6/24 .. .. 305 305 Rotorua .. 24/1/25 .. .. 196 196 Suffolk .. 22/7/24 .. .. 355 35-5 Port Denison .. 30/1/25 .... 4 4 Corinthic .. 22/7/24 3 .. 381 384 Ionic .. .. 18/2/25 .. .. 356 356 Ruahine .. 9/8/24 .. .. 326 326 Hororata .. 19/2/25 .. .. 657 657 Ionic .. 1/9/24 .. .. 400 400 Aorangi .. 24/2/25 1 2 3 Rotorua .. 18/9/24 2 .. 153 155 Remuera .. 7/3/25 .. .. 259 259 Arawa .. 12/10/24 .. .. 287 287 Arawa .. 12/3/25 .. .. 268 268 Remuera .. 2/11/24 .. ] 170 171 Tainui .. 30/3/25 1 243 244 Tainui .. 7/11/24 .. .. 310 310 Suffolk .. 31/3/25 .. .. 290 290 Athenic .. 24/11/24 .. .. 378 378 Port Wellington 31/3/25 .... 1 1 Rimutaka.. 26/11/24 .. 1 262 j 263 j — Ruapehu .. 7/12/24 .... 260 j 260 i 7 2 8,915 8,924 I 1 ' * Date of sailing.

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Nominated and Applied Passengers per Vessel from 1st April, 1924, to 31st March, 1925.

Nominated. Applied. Totals combined. Vessel. Date of Arrival. —: j Men. Women. Children. Total. Men. Women. Children. Total. Men. Women. Children. Total. ' i j I ! Ruahine .. .. 9/4/24 82 83 119 284 11 3 3 17 93 86 122 301 Arawa .. .. 30/4/24 84 50 48 182 9 30 8 47 93 80 56 229 Rotorua .. .. 17/5/24 60 82 87 229 6 33 9 48 i 66 115 96 277 Dorset .. .. 21/5/24 73 103 114 290 2 24 .. 26 75 127 114 316 Ruapehu .. .. 9/6/24 20 29 43 92 .. .. .. .. 20 29 43 92 Athenie .. .. 10/6/24 108 106 138 352 6 35 3 44 114 141 141 396 Remuera .. .. 27/6/24 103 82 117 302 3 .. .. 3 106 82 117 305 Suffolk .. .. 22/7/24 68 86 110 264 51 37 3 91 119 123 113 355 Corinthie .. .. 22/7/24 118 99 103 320 33 31 .. 64- 151 130 103 384 Ruahine .. .. 9/8/24 107 97 99 303 18 4 1 23 125 101 100 326 Ionic .. .. 1/9/24 122 110 115 347 27 26 .. 53 149 136 115 400 Rotorua .. .. 18/9/24 49 39 65 153 2 .. .. 2 51 39 65 155 Arawa .. .. 12/10/24 76 93 82 251 8 28 .. 36 84 121 82 287 Remuera .. .. 2/11/24 55 56 54 165 4 1 1 6 59 57 55 171 Tainui .. .. 7/11/24 114 81 76 271 17 22 .. 39 131 103 76 310 Athenie .. .. 24/11/24 157 84 84 325 19 34 .. 53 176 118 84 378 Rimutaka.. .. 26/11/24 60 88 81 229 5 28 1 34 65 116 82 263 Ruapehu .. . . 7/12/24 72 81 106 259 1 .. .. 1 73 81 106 260 Ruahine .. .. 13/12/24 56 50 56 162 6 .. .. 6 62 50 56 168 Pakeha .. .. 16/12/24 180 167 255 602 10 2 .. 12 190 169 255 614 Sophocles.. .. 7/11/24* .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 Ormuz .. .. 18/10/24* 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Dorset .. .. 4/1/25 89 92 108 289 17 25 .. 42 106 '117 108 331 Corinthie .. .. 7/1/25 109 86 96 291 7 28 .. 35 116 114 96 326 Rotorua .. .. 24/1/25 50 42 59 151 29 16 .. 45 79 58 59 196 Port Denison .. 30/1/25 1 1 2 4 .. .. .. .. 1 1 2 4 Ionic .. .. 18/2/25 129 90 102 321 19 16 .. 35 148 106 102 356 Hororata .. .. 19/2/25 199 183 216 598 38 21 .. 59 237 204 216 657 Aorangi .. .. 24/2/25 2 1 .. 3 .. .. .. .. 2 1 .. 3 Remuera .. .. 7/3/25 93 72 86 251 8 .. .. 8 101 72 86 259 Arawa .. .. 12/3/25 92 63 87 242 26 .. .. 26 118 63 87 268 Tainui .. .. 30/3/25 91 65 65 221 21 2 .. 23 112 67 65 244 Suffolk .. .. 31/3/25 68 68 95 231 32 27 .. 59 100 95 95 290 Port Wellington .. 31/3/25 .. 1 . . 1 .. . . .. . . . . 1 . . 1 Totals .. .. 2,688 2,430 2,869 7,987 435 473 29 937 3,123 2,903 2,898 8,924 * Date of sailing.

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Domestics who arrived per each Vessel, and Distribution by Provinces, also Nominated and Applied Domestics.

Farm Labourers per each Vessel, showing Nominated and Applied.

: d -6 v , Date of -g | ™ § llS-S-g S . V essei. a • i r< -Q *v f-i . eg *~2 hn m oStj Arrival. JjS,SJg'oJgjf ; g_ ! .S 1 § a g % H Arawa .. 30/4/24 10 3 5 .. 1 1 .... 16 .. 36 9 27 36 Rotorua .. 17/5/24 13 1 4 .. i .. 1 .. 15 .. 35 6 29 35 Dorset .. 21/5' / 24 12 7 .. .. 2 3 1 2 16 .. 43 19 24 43 Athenic .. 10/6/24 5 6 .... 2 2 .... 24 .. 39 8 31 39 Suffolk .. 22/7/24 8 8 2 .. .. 1 2 .. 22 .. 43 8 35 43 Corinthic .. 22/7/24 17 4 1 .. 1 1 .. .. 3 7 .. 41 11 30 41 Ionic .. 1/9/24 9 4 2.. 2 2 2 2 14 1 38 13 25 38 Arawa .. 12/10/24 6 11 ] 1 1 3 .. ] 17 1 42 15 27 42 Taimii .. 7/11/24 12 3 2 .. 2 3 .. .. 15 .. 37 15 22 37 Athenic .. 24/11/24 16 8 2 .. .* 2 1 4 9 1 43 9 34 43 Rimutaka .. 26/11/24 15 4- .. .. 1 4 .. .. 17 1 42 16 26 42 Pakeha .. 16/12/24 1 1 I .. 1 Dorset .. 4/1/25 4 5 1 .. 1 4 1 2 16 .. 34 10 24 34 Corinthic .. 7/1/25 14 9 3 1 .. 1 .. .. 11 .. 39 12 27 39 Rotorua .. 24/1/25 12 5 5 22 6 16 22 Ionic .. 18/2/25 10 1 .. 1 1 1 .. 1 4 .. 19 3 16 19 Hororata .. 19/2/25 7 5 5 .. 1 .. 2 1 9 .. 30 13 17 30 Suffolk .. 31/3/25 7 4 .... 1 2 .... 18 1 33 7 26 33 Totals .. .. 177 | 88 28 3 17 31 10 13 245 5 617 181 436 617

Nominated. Applied. Total. , Date of * esse ' Arrival. d § d 3 d § <D U . O S-I SH p I I 3 a ! 1 ■ 3 d!|23 ° t2 1 tS .a ° O H OiEH S & O H Ruahine .. 9/4/24 2 .. .. 2 5 .. .. 5 7 .. .. 7 Arawa .. .. 30/4/24 5 .. .. 5 4 .. .. 4 9 .. .. 9 Dorset .. .. 21/5/24 3 .. .. 3 2 .. .. 2 5 .. .. 5 Athenic .. 10/6/24 6 .. .. 6 2 2 .. 4 8 2 .. ( 10 Remuera .. 27/6/24 5 1 .. 6 3 .. .. 3 8 1 .. 9 Suffolk .. .. 22/7/24 3 .. .. 3 47 1 .. 48 50 1 .. 51 Corinthic .. 22/7/24 8 1 9 28 1 .. 29 36 2 .. 38 Ruahine .. 9/8/24 3 1 4 14 3 .. 17 17 4 .. 21 Ionic .. .. 1/9/24 7 .. 7 25 1 .. 26 32 1 .. 33 Rotorua .. 18/9/24 1 .. .. 1 2 .. .. 2 3 .. .. 3 Arawa .. .. 12/10/24 1 .. .. 1 8 1 .. 9 9 1 .. 10 Remuera .. 2/11/24 1 .. .. 1 3 .. .. 3 4 .. .. 4 Tainui .. .. 7/11/24 3 .. .. 3 17 .. .. 17 20 .. .. 20 Athenic .. 24/11/24 4 .. .. 4 17 .. .. 17 21 .. .. 21 Rimutaka .. 26/11/24 4 .. .. 4 4 1 .. 5 8 1 ..|9 Ruapehu .. 7/12/24 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 Ruahine .. 13/12/24 3 .. .. 3 6 .. .. 6 9 .. .. 9 Pakeha.. .. 16/12/24 6 1 7 10 2 .. 12 16 3 .. 19 Dorset .. .. 4/1/25 10 10 16 1 .. 17 26 1 .. 27 Corinthic .. 7/1/25 5 .. .. 5 6 1 .. 7 11 1 .. 12 Rotorua .. 24/1/25 7 2 5 14 28 .... 28 35 2 5 42 Ionic .. .. 18/2/25 9 .. .. 9 17 .. .. 17 26 .. .. 26 Hororata .. 19/2/25 15 .. .. 15 37 4 .. 41 52 4 .. 56 Remuera .. 7/3/25 5 .. .. 5 8 .. .. 8 13 .. .. 13 Arawa .. .. 12/3/25 6 .. .. 6 24 .. .. 24 30 .. .. 30 Tainui .. .. 30/3/25 5 .. .. 5 20 2 22 25 2 27 Suffolk .. .. 31/3/25 5 1 6 32 1 .. 33 37 2 .. 39 Totals .. .. 133 8 5 146 386 21 .. 407 519 29 5 553 i - i ■■ ■ |

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Distribution of Farm Labourers by Provinces.

Distribution of Public-school Boys. Auckland .. .. 86 Southland .. .. .. 9 Canterbury .. .. .. 6 Taranaki .. .. .. 53 Hawke's Bay .. .. 19 Wellington .. .. .. 11 Marlborough .. . . .. 7 Nelson .. .. .. 7 208 Otago .. .. .. ..10

Distribution of Assisted Passengers by Districts.

I K* rd . r> • W) • 0 I VI Date 1 I S • § 4 tt 1 Vessel of Arrival. J 3§S g Euahine .. .. 9/4/24 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 .. .. 4 .. 7 Arawa .. .. 30/4/24 6 3 9 Dorset .. .. 21/5/24 3 .. 1 .. .. 1 5 Athenic .. .. 10/6/24 3 2 1 .. .. 2 1 1 .. .. 10 Eemuera .. .. 27/6/24 3 2 1 1 .. 2 .. 9 Suffolk .. .. 22/7/24 9 8 3 12 1 17 1 51 Corinthic .. .. 22/7/24 13 4 2 2 16 1 38 Euahine .. .. 9/8/24 4 4 2 .. .. 5 1 .. 5 .. 21 Ionic .. .. 1/9/24 9 3 6 1 1 13 .. 33 Rotorua .. .. 18/9/24 .. 2 1 .. 3 Arawa .. .. 12/10/24 1 .. 2 .. .. 5 .. .. 2 .. 10 Eemuera .. .. 2/11/24 2 1 .. .. 1 .. 4 Tainui .. .. 7/11/24 10 1 .. .. 9 .. 20 Athenic .. .. 24/11/24 10 2 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 6 .. 21 Eimutaka .. .. 26/11/24 2 1 1 .. 5 .. 9 Euapehu .. .. 7/12/24 1 2 .. 3 Euahine .. .. 13/12/24 4 3 2 .. 9 Pakeha .. .. 16/12/24 3 4 1 .. 9 2 19 Dorset .. .. 4/1/25 7 4 1 2 1 2 9 1 27 Corinthic .. .. 7/1/25 3 1 1 7 .. 12 Rotorua .. .. 24/1/25 6 12 1 1 1 4 .. 17 .. 42 Ionic .. .. 18/2/25 7 3 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 13 .. 26 Hororata .. .. 19/2/25 18 6 2 .... 5 1 4 20 56 Eemuera .. .. 7/3/25 5 2 3 .. .. 3 .. 13 Arawa .. .. 12/3/25 9 2 2 .. .. 1 2 .. 14 .. 30 Tainui .. .. 30/3/25 5 4 .. .. 1 2 .. 2 13 .. 27 Suffolk .. .. 31/3/25 12 4 2 .. 2 4 .. .. 15 .. 39 154 72 20 1 4 61 15 16 205 5 553

Men. Women. Children. Total. Auckland 1,017 1,023 1,077 3,117 Canterbury.. .. .. .. 330 362 339 1,031 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. 128 136 131 395 Marlborough ...... 14 14 10 38 Nelson .. .. .. .. 103 108 146 357 Otago 351 271 324 946 Southland .. .. .. .. 81 65 79 225 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 146 88 88 322 Wellington 887 782 630 2,299 Westland 66 54 74 194 3,123 2,903 2,898 8,924

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