DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION (ANNUAL REPORT OF).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1923 Session I-II, D-09

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Session 11. ' 1923. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION (ANNUAL REPORT OF).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sir, — Department of Immigration, Wellington, 19th June, 1923. Herewith I have the honour to submit the annual report upon the immigration which has taken place into New Zealand from the United Kingdom, during the year 1922-23. ; I have, &c., 11. D. Thomson, Under-Secretary. The Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Immigration.

REPOET.

During the past year immigration from the United Kingdom under the present nominated policy has progressed satisfactorily. Special facilities have been offered for farmers and farm labourers and all classes of skilled artisans required for the secondary industries. This policy, under which the nominator gives an undertaking for maintenance and employment upon arrival of the nominees the Dominion, has solved the housing problem so far as the new arrivals are concerned. It has also ' resulted in a successful solution of one of the most important phases of any migration scheme—that ' of children and juveniles. Under this heading there is generally involved a considerable initial outlay., ' but under " nomination," firstly, there is no extra expense ; and, secondly, they are accompanied by ' their parents. The net result of the year's working shows that immigrants of this class comprise 33 per cent.'of • the whole volume of migrants. Since the expiry of the scheme for free passages granted to ex-members" * of the Imperial Forces and Navy, together with their dependants, under the Oversea ■ Settlement Committee, New Zealand has been unable to maintain her quota of immigrants —namely,' 10,000 per; annum— owing chiefly to the high rate of passage-money. However, the passing of the Empire , Settlement Act of 1922 by the Imperial Parliament will, it is anticipated, have the effectjof stimulating , the flow of British immigrants to our shores, and also of greatly reducing the cost of passage-money, ~',;, per capita. This Act is to make better provision for furthering British settlement in! His Majesty's., oversea dominions, and gives power to the Imperial Government to co-operate and carry out " agreed schemes" in association with a . Dominion Government. An "agreed scheme" may be either;. (1) development or settlement scheme, or (2) one for facilitating migration by assistance with passages, initial allowances, special training, or otherwise. It is laid down that no scheme shall be agreed to without the consent of the British Treasury, which must be satisfied that the Government concerned is making a proper contribution to the expenses of the scheme. The contribution of the British Government is not in any case to exceed one-half, and its liability to make contributjon not to • extend beyond a period of fifteen years after the passing of the Act. Acting under instructions the/; : , Department has for the present not entered into any agreement regarding a development or lahd T settlement scheme, but has concentrated all its efforts in obtaining the best possible assistance in passage-money.

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The initial agreement entered into on the 28th August, 1922, between His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Dominion Government had the effect of reducing the then current assisted fares from £26 per adult and half-price for children between the ages of three and twelve years to £18 per adult and children free. This agreement expired on the 31st March, 1923, and it is anticipated upon renewal that there will be a still further substantial reduction in adult passagemoney and also for juveniles— i.e., boys and girls up to the age of sixteen and eighteen years. If anticipations are realized it should be the means of inducing an increased number of immigrants to our shores sufficient to make up our total to not less than ten thousand per annum. There is .no doubt that if certain restrictions were removed and a more open policy adopted the number of immigrants arriving per annum could be doubled. Whilst fully alive to the economic advantage to the Empire as a whole of migration and settlement within the Empire, it would be useless to say, no matter how much they are needed, that we can take thousands and thousands of people from any country and plant them down in the Dominion without proper reception or without being able to assure them that openings and work can be found upon arrival. Therefore it is better to proceed as at present and consolidate our position rather than cause disruption and dissatisfaction. The total number of arrivals in New Zealand from the United Kingdom during the year ended 31st March, 1923, was 11,341, excluding returning New-Zealanders. Out of the total number of persons arriving, 6,737 were assisted by the New Zealand Government. During the year thirty-two steamers brought out assisted immigrants as follows :- -

Nominated and Oversea Settlement Passengers who arrived in the Dominion from the 1st April, 1922, to the 31st March, 1923.

Note. —(a.) Of the above nominated passengers (excluding oversea settlement scheme) 706 were granted applied passages in the United Kingdom, leaving a total of 2,549 nominated. (4.) Included in the above nominated figures are 550 domestics, of whom 126 were nominated and 424 were granted applied passages. (c.) Of the nominated passages 2,217 were assisted by the New Zealand Government and 1,038 by both New Zealand and Imperial Governments.

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The distribution by the various districts is shown hereunder : —

Nominated and Applied Farm Labourers and Miners who arrived in the Dominion from the 1st April, 1922, to the 31st March, 1923.

Totals. Men. Women. Children. Total. Nominated.. .. .. .. ..232 96 198 526 Applied 154 4 .. 158 Grand totals .. .. .. .. 386 100 198 684

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No: inated. Iversea lettlemei it. Tol ;als. District. i a o I o H | a o d o 4-< o H a I o 1 Grand Total. I I Luckland Canterbury .. lawke's Bay larlborough.. Jelson )tago iouthland 'aranaki Wellington .. Vestland 341 141 34 8 60 70 14 19 243 26 499 186 45 13 61 121 17 37 446 41 322 104 22 4 66 89 13 17 158 38 1,162 431 101 25 187 280 44 73 847 105 466 154 53 14 47 86 43 46 311 46 315 120 36 11 34 68 30 33 201 33 464 184 57 13 60 107 52 57 294 47 1,245 458 146 38 141 261 125 136 806 126 807 295 87 22 107 156 57 65 554 72 814 306 81 24 95 189 47 70 647 74 786 288 79 17 126 196 65 74 452 85 2,407 889 247 63 328 541 169 209 1,653 231 Totals .. 1,466 1,335 3,482 2,222 2,347 956 833 3,255 1,266 881 2,168 6,737

Nominated. Applied. Distriot. Men. Women. Children. Total. Men. Women. Children. Total. Luckland Canterbury lawke's Bay .. larlborough .. kelson cSO 44 1 34 8 69 14 183 66 1 14 12 4 5 8 6 1 4 98 2 1 15 12 4 5 8 7 1 4 100 2 )tago Southland iWanaki Wellington Westland 36 14 6 3 28 20 22 7 1 I LO 13 47 18 2 2 21 35 105 39 9 6 59 58 1 2 232 96 198 526 154 158

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Nominated and Applied Domestics who arrived in the Dominion from the 1st April, 1922, to the 31st March, 1923.

The distribution of nominated and applied domestics to the various districts is shown hereunder : —

Occupations of Nominated and Overseas Settlement Passengers who arrived in the Dominion from the 1st April, 1922, to the 31st March, 1923.

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— —Boat. 13 Date a i o£ Arrival. g 6 J J-i t I c? n >gp o *4 o -2 "t4 co a o ro p Ml a c 3 43 a o 5G 3 a 2 co H a - o M) a 3 i I QJ I* 3 4O H Tainui Waimana Ionic Ruahine 3/4/22 25/4/22 15/5/22 20/5/22 29/6/22 23/7/22 9/8/22 18/9/22 27/9/22 10/10/22 29/10/22 27/11/22 10/12/22 11/1/23 24/1/23 7/2/23 6/3/23 8 8 3 10 3 21 20 23 27 18 14 11 11 22 1 17 21 13 11 11 29 3 40 45 39 39 40 37 38 20 40 1 39 41 40 28 31 n 19 11 3 12 8 10 6 8 4 1 '4 6 3 6 5 1 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 i Arawa Ruapehu Athenic Corinthic i 1 4 3 4 1 1 6 1 1 2 2 Paparoa Ruahine Tainui Rimutaka Ionic Ruapehu Arawa Athenic Corinthic 11 9 11 12 8 5 3 8 5 2 2 1 2 4 3 4 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 1 1 Totals .. 147 64 19 4 9 31 5 11 254 550

District. Nominated. Applied. Total. Auckland .. Canterbury Hawke's Bay Nelson Otago Southland .. Taranaki Wellington. . Westland .. Marlborough 48 19 7 6 8 3 4 24 4 3 99 45 12 3 23 2 7 230 2 1 147 64 19 9 31. 5 11 254 6 4 Totals 126 424 550

Boilermakers Bricklayers Blacksmiths Butchers Bootmakers Carpenters Clerks .. Domestics Electricians Engineers Farming .. 33 .. 11 .. 27 .. 13 .. 25 .. 61 .. 91 .. 912 .. 25 .. 124 .. 514 Fiancees Fitters Gardeners Joiners Labourers Miners Mechanics Moulders Motor mechanics Motor-drivers Plumbers .. 61 .. 45 .. 17 .. 22 .. 127 .. 377 .. 18 .. 19 .. 43 .. 21 .. 12 Painters Printing Railways Turners Tailors Weavers Wives Miscellaneous.. 24 17 32 13 26 17 .. 1,217 .. 676 Total .. 4,620

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Totals : Adults, 4,620 ; children, 2,117 = 6,737. (51 children included in adults over sixteen.)

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1923.

Approximate Cost of Paper. — Preparation, not given; printing (525 copies), £8.

Occupations as per Individual Boats.

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