IMMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 33, 8 July 1874, Page 3

IMMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND.

[From the “New Zealand Times.”] Among the returns already presented to both Houses of the Assembly there is one of an elaborate character relating to immigration during the period commencing in July, 1873, and ending 31st May, 1874. The return shows the number of immigrants, assisted and nominated, the charterers, rate of passage, amount paid by assisted immigrants prior to leaving England, the amount of notes given by the same, and the amounts paid in cash or bills towards passages of nominated immigrants. The particulars are too many and minute for us to quote at length, and an intelligible summary cannot easily be framed. We subjoin, however, some of the salient figures, such as those relating to the distribution of the immigrants over the different provinces and the countries from which they have come. The distribution of the immigrants has been:■ — Since July 1, Total

16,102 y 22,605 „

1873. to date. Auckland 1731 souls ... 2773 souls Taranaki 27 42 Hawke’s Bay 1063 ... 1870 11 Wellington ... 2889 11 ... 4407 11 Marlborough 57 n ... 198 11 Nelson 35 44 Westland 72 90 Canterbury ... 3771 n ... 5664 11 Otago ... ... 6457 n ... 7527 11 Total ... 15,102 22,605 The nationalities of the above are— English 9167 ... 13,445 11 Irish 2502 ... 8603 Scotch 2257 ... 2942 French ... ... 178 ... 178 Germans 221 ... 592 Danes 473 ... 878 Swedes 212 ... 223 Norwegians... 18 ii ... 559 11 Others 74 »> ... 105 11