IMMIGRATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 106, 12 August 1910, Page 4

IMMIGRATION.

ANNUAL RiEPORT. By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent,

Wellington, Last Night. I. Following is the' report of the Department of Immigration during the year ended 31st March 1910: the number of persons who arrived from the United Kingdom totalled 9250, consisting of 7569 adults and 1681 children. These figures include both those who made their own arrangements and those who obtained fares at reduced rates. The number of persons who were assisted by the High Commissioner amounted to 2672 souls. The number of domestic workers assisted was 615. The number of souls nominated by relatives in the Dominion during the year was 1341, and the amount of money deposited by the nominators towards the cost of the passages of these persons was £11,339. A proportion of the nominations are received from husbands on behalf of their wives and families. These men came first, and see for themselves whether they are satisfied with the conditions existing and obtain employment. Three hundred and sixty-eight 1 wives were nominated by their husbands Mid accompanied by 072 children, embarked during the year. It was decided during] the autumn of 1909 .that the time when the approved agriculturists should arrive in the Dominion be restricted to the early summer. In accordance with | this decision, the first boat that arrived with assisted agricultural immigrants was the lonic, which reached Wellington on the Ist November. The last vessel was the Arnwa on the 25.th January, 1910. By adopting this procedure every | facility was given to the farm worker to .get accustomed to his new surroundings before farming operations were discontinued for the season. The same principle is again being adopted for the, year 1910-11, and the first vessel to ! leave the United Kingdom with assisted farmers will do so in order that the passengers may arrive here in the early summer as before. It was not necessary to make any restriction in regard, to the time for the arrival of domestic workers, or of wives nominated J>y hus-J bands. These still come out by the most convenient vessel. It appears from thel medical inspectors that the persons who' are being assisted by the Government; are in possession of good health and are likely to make satisfactory colonists. | As an illustration of the value of the' medical officers' inspection the head ofj the department furnishes the following, extract from his report of the sth March last:—"Last month a case was referred to me. The proposed emigrant was a cheese-maker, who suffered from tubercle of the right forearm. He had arranged to take up work in the Taranaki district as a cheese-maker. This man could easily have passed any inspecting officer because he was quite well. I advised that a man should not go although he did manage to pass the port health officer. I explained that as soon as the manager of a cheese factory saw the condition of his arm, he would most likely have refused to allow him to work. This man, who intended paying his own way. to the Dominion, decided to act upon the officer's advice and refrained from emigrating."