THE EMMIGRATION INFORMATION OFFICE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1639, 18 August 1887, Page 3

THE EMMIGRATION INFORMATION OFFICE

From tbo Parliamentary paper giving the work done by the Emigrants' luformat lon Office, it appears that on the quartet- ending March laat there were 1684 p^raonal iuquiciea mVe at the office, 3945 let'era reobivad, and 7708 letierß deapaiohed. The trades or oallings represented by tboao who called' m person rank m the following order :— 3B 42 per cent va: cbanics, 16 5 per cent general laborers, 8 75 per oent olerka at;d shopmen, 9 15 per oent farm laborers, 5 per ccn 1 women B9rvants, 3 3 per oent farmers, 2 48 per cent men servants, while 18 4 per cent are classed as miscellaneous. Exactly 50 per cent of the oorrefpondeots were from large towns. Of every 100 Applications, 55 9 were m reference to Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, 24*4 Canada, 2 6 South Afrioa, and 17 1 are act down as general. It is notioed that the figures quo'6d show that the classes seeking to emigrate are m great measure mechanics from London, Glasgow, Liverpool and other large towns, where, presumably, the want of employment has beenmont bitterly felt. Bat few inquiries have come from Ireland or the crofter districts of Scotland. Ii 1886, 330.888 persons emigrated from the ports of the United Kingdom, es against 244 385 In the year before.