ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
I XTEIIKSTIN G AXA l A'S IS. WELLINGTON, May 1. The elaborate questioning of passengers who arrive on the overseas steamers, which causes critical comment now and then, has at least the advantage that the Government Statistician is able to analyse in great detail the How of population overseas. ILis latest report, covering the year 1907, shows that the Government’s suspension of assisted immigration, except in the cases of contracts already made, and for the purpose of uniting families', has had the result of causing a big drop in the number of arrivals intending permanent residence. Figures for the last few years arc somewhat striking in this respect:—Immigrants, 1924 ... 11,314 1925 ... 15,704 1920 ... 17,808 1927 ... 11,3-27
Tourists totalled 9]of>, a slight drop 011 the previous year, but a very substantial increase on the year 1924, when the numbers amounted to 7425. The American tourist, of whom more is heard than all the rest, only provided 030 of last year's arrivals, the substantial figures being made up of Ausralians 5737 and people from the Homeland 1379.
The real tourist appearing in these figures is the New Zealander, who shows a remarkable ability to make overseas journeys. In 1927 the arrivals included 1-1.271 New Zealanders who hail returned from abroad and 10,059 who left on an overseas holiday. In 1925 there was a substantial drop in the New Zealand temporary migration (13,758 being the total), hut last year’s movement is the largest recorded in any year for which information is available.
Particulars of the occupations of immigrants show that the suspension of assisted immigration has cut down the numbers of those intending to take up agricultural or pastoral work, the total being 1436 compared with 2432 in tho previous year. Industrial workers have dropped from 1933 to 1139 in the same period. As to tho actual effect of overseas movement on our permanent population, the report .shows that, on comparison of the permanent departures with the permanent arrivals, there
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1928, Page 1
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