IMMIGRATION RETURNS.
During the year ending 1877, the AgentGeneral has despatched to the colony 33 ships, conveying 5630 souls, equal to 5027 A statute adults. The number is classified as follows : Souls. English 2515 Scotch 694 Irish 2382 Foreigners 89 Total .. .'.-'■ 5630 equal to 50274 statute adults. The following return gives the number introduced into each provincial district or chief port, viz. ; Souls. Auckland 488 Taranaki 84 Hawke’s Bay 411 Marlborough 106 Westland 125 Nelson 128 Wellington 544 Canterbury 2112. Port Chalmers 1339 Bluff 248 Totat 5030 The total number introduced into the colony since the passing of the Immigration and Public Works Act is as under : > ■ Souls. English .. .. 44,172 Scotch 13,511 Irish .. .. 19,475 Foreigners 7668 Total .. 84,826 Equal to 70,876} statute adults.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5302, 23 March 1878, Page 3
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123IMMIGRATION RETURNS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5302, 23 March 1878, Page 3
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