SEA PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 8

SEA PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

J s AUSTRALIA CALLs! •' UNITED KINGDOM'S STEADY FLOW. ; The heavy passenger lists by every steamer .' leaving Wellington for Australia during the \ past few weeks led ft representative of f The Dominion to examine tho fignres for the local movements generally, ' and the , result ( Bhows that, whilst a steady flow of immigrants ! is maintained from the United Kingdem, Aus- • tralia is taking considerably more people frem Wellington than she is, sending to .this side, .' which is an oatire .ohango in the order of " proceedings. Th« total srriTals »t Wellißitw v from oversea ports durinc the past 18 montra up to Juno 30 was 82,232, as against 23,970 f departures. Whilst Australia has contributed 18,477 to the total amvals ehe has more than I balanced tho aocount by rtcemng 19,685 peopie from N«w ZeaUnd, the totals for th« past : low imonths jshoiring a steady exodus from " AVollington to Sydney, the d«partures new being almost two to one, as ojtainst arrivals The figures in regard to the United Kingdom ' Eive the familiar steady stream of immigrants, tho arrivals totalling 13,115, as against only (, 6899 departures. , , -, The following tables give tho figures for throo separate periods of six months each np ' to Juno 30, outivard totals being given m parentheses in each iristance:— January to June, 1908. 7 'I New South United Other 1 ' ' Wales. Kingdom, places. January ... 1G29'(952) 909 175), 27 19) " feruSy ... 1101 1005) 1113 2TO H March ... 827 1268) 395 367 41(15 > April •■• 977 1346) 626 322) 8(6 May ... 725 1320) ,500 433 85 18 -~ JuYe .... 66-t 1029) '507 154) 46 (-) \«, >To'tal ... 6923 (6950) 4050 (1748) 2U J (58) - July to December, 1903. ''' New South United Other 7 - ( Wales. Kingdom, places. 1 it.. l :!: S S i i November 148 583 807 91) 9(17) |, December Z 1862(228) 110S, 83)- 16(10) j; ' Total ... 7238 (5061) J?3i;<soo) 103 (64) f ', ' January to June, 1909. \ - , Now South United Other . Wales. Kingdom, places. 10 ::: SB SS SB • ffay 6?0 1257) 489 237) 63 86 \' \jnrfe !" 1018) " 691 123) 32 {-) I Total ... 5316(7674) 4131(1651) 321(269)