IMMIGRATION TO CANTERBURY AND OTAGO.
The following notes, showing the nnmbet of perrons introduced into Canterbury and Otaco under the Genera: Government immigration scheme, which have been gleaned from thfl public records, arc of interest at the present time. The Provincial .Governments virtuallj ceased to conduct immigration after the passing of the Immigration and public Works Act, on September 12, 1870 ; but it wa? not until January, 1872, that actual operations were begun by the General Government. On tho latter date tho A gent-General entered into a contract with Shaw, Saville, and Co. ; and from that time to March 31 last, the following ships hawe been despatched : To Canterbury.
SUMMARY. From England • 796 A From Hamburg - 211
SUMMARY. From England - 1,197 From Hamburg - 222J 1,419.J statute adults. During the five weeks ending May 5, 255 immigrants arrived ; 103 in the Lutterworth, 106 in the Euterpe, ten in the Wiliam Davie, aud 35 in the Wild Deer.
The following is a return of the number of immigrants shipped from London and foreign parts yearly from January, 1861, to December, 1871, inclusive Cant.
•Immigrants to Southland before union with Otago.
Arrived. Adults. Chilof Ship. 1872. M. F. dren. Souls Dover Castle May 7 29 27 17 73 Merope Aug. 3 58 87 67 212 Frieburg „ 30 86 114 93 293 St. Leonards Sept. 23 35 40 21 96 Lady Jocelyn Nov. 11 45 62 47 164 Pleiades Dec. 28 38 46 36 120 1873. Crusader Jan. 5 66 44 46 176 Himalaya March 3 41 41 34 116 398 481 184 1,240
l,037i adults. To Otago. Ship 1870. W. Davie Ap. 6 30 53 17 100 Hydaspes Sept. 20 70 73 46 188 May Queen Oct. 25 32 39 31 102 C. M'Ausland Dee. 5 168 98 56 322 Palmerston „ 6 83 99 78i 260J Zealandin* - 148 89 80 317 C. Gladstone — 201 84 52 J 337i 732 635 380 1,627 * Includes immigrants landed at the Bluff.
Otasro. Statute s tat. M. F. Adults. Adults. 1801 899 541 1,075 605 1862 1,760 951 3,061 130 62 232* 1,831 1863 1,892 587 1,592 360 4,054* 1,251* 2,315 1864 3,010 1,443 5,460 333 262 800* 1,727 1866 1,427 809 2,632, 22 15 50* 1,021 1866 456 324 912 17 17 - 47* 711 1867 708 1 553 3 1,512 5* 809 1868 597 29 389 25 1,223 63* 292 1869 697 40(5 1,178 444 1870 710 529 1,529 3,640 931 1871 30,28 405 575
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Evening Star, Issue 3185, 6 May 1873, Page 3
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409IMMIGRATION TO CANTERBURY AND OTAGO. Evening Star, Issue 3185, 6 May 1873, Page 3
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