B.—No. 2a.

No. 7. I IMMIGRATION. RETURN showing Nationalities, Cost, and Location of Immigrants sent to New Zealand by the Agent-General, made up to 20th August, 1872.

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i Cost to the Colony to date NATIONALITIES. Expenses, Recoveries up to date in London and Colony on account oe Passage Money and Expenses. AS PAE AS Date Inglish. Si !0TCH. Ieish. Norwegian. Danish. G 'eench. Unknown. ADVISED, (subject to the eecoveeies to be made on Promissory Notes.) Statute Passage op Ship. iEMAJ Adults. Landed at Located at PEIOR Expenses since Arrival. Remarks. Money. Aeeival. ilts. Ch. Oh. Adi to EmbarAdi Adi ilts. Ch. Ad. dts. Ch. Adults. Its. Ch. Adi dts. Ch. Adi dts. Ch. Adults. Ch. kation. 1872. February 2 "Celceno" M. 9 p. 13 M. 2 p. 3 M. 6 p. 8 4 M. p. M. P. M. V. 11. P. M. p. 46i Wellington ... Wellington and Hawke's Bay Otago ... £ s. d. £ s. d.| 627 18 0 £ s. d. Gratuities, Surgeon and others ... ... 30 5 0 £ s. d. 246 19 5 £ s. d. 411 3 7 There are further recoveries to be made on Promissory Notes given by the Immigrants or by their friends in the Colony. Promissory Notes vary from £5 to £10 per statute adult, single women alone excepted, who are, in nearly all cases, free. Out of the 1,136 souls (or 966 statute adults) sent by the Agent-General, there are— Souls. English ... 388 Irish 185 Scotch 127 German ... 175 Danish ... 173 Norwegian ... 87 French ... 1 March 8 " Margaret Galbraith " 4 2 6 Dunedin 87 0 0 C Quarantining, Med. Officer, Brd. Hlth. Inquiry 493 4 2} < Compensation for Clothing destroyed... ... 294 13 0 > (. Locating, Implements, &c, half recoverable ... 247 5 4 J 30 0 0 57 0 0 March 9 "England" 2 3 1 4 8 8 10 13 5 11 10 21 81 Wellington j Wellington, Hawke's Bay, and Opaki, Wairarapa | 2 17 10 1,054 9 3 95 16 2 1,996 13 5 March 9 "Wild Deer" 5 4 2 2 2 3 4 20i Dunedin Otago ... 297 5 0 77 0 0 220 5 0 May 7 " Dover Castle " 10 3 14 2 1 3 17 13 63J Lyttelton Canterbury 4 11 8 866 15 6 Gratuities, £53 10s.; forwarding, £25 Os. 3d.... 78 10 3 256 15 0 693 2 5 July 8 " William Davie " 6 7 7 18 32 10 6 14 4 91* Dunedin Wellington 1 Otago ... Wellington, Taranaki, Picton, and Opaki, Wairarapa Auckland 1,303 7 6 276 0 0 1,027 7 6 July 27 "Halcione" 32 28 17 6 1 1 11 6 10 25 2 5 23 19 31 149 92 * : i approximately, 1,937 0 6 .pproximately, 1,196 0 0 > Proportion, Gratuities, Surgeon, &c. ... ... 148 10 0 | Gratuities, Surgeon, &c. ... ... ... 137 0 0 58 0 0 2,027 10 0 July 30 "Celestial Queen" ... 20 28 23 Auckland 1,331 0 0 August 5 "Merope" 45 56 45 5 9 4 10 19 18 1 175 Lyttelton Canterbury 2,275 0 0 Gratuities, Surgeon, &c.... ... 207 10 0 2,482 10 0 Not yet 1 arrived j " Friedeberg "... 26 25 8 24 23 11 51 51 73 241 Not yet arrived Intended for Canterbury f i Lpproximately, 2,542 11 0 105 4 6 2,437 6 6 Not yet \ arrived ) § Totals "Hovding"* ... 129 142 117 43 59 25 59 93 33 36 38 13 58 52 63 51 51 73 1 966 Totals Intended for Hawkes Bay. 7 9 6 12,187 6 3 £1,636 17 9 1,145 15 1 12,683 18 5 1,136 The remainder, 200 souls (or 175| adults), being sent by Messrs. Brogden, through the Agent-General. The underr out by M nentioned have been sent [essrs. Brogden and Sons : f In letters ad partures, the says : —" I c the usual ] account, as i terms on wl [vising these de-Agent-General o not forward iassage money n all cases the lich the work3nt out have sd between the gden and the Gratuities, Surgeon, &c 142 0 0 Per ' " Schiehallion "f 98 14 25 1 124 " Halcione "f 31 14 17 51| men are s< been arrang< Messrs. Brq emigrants." Proportion, Gratuities, Surgeon, &c. ... . ... 51 10 0 Total 258 170 159 43 59 25 59 93 33 36 38 13 58 52 63 51 51 73 1,141| £1,830 7 9 rith Scandinav vian emigrants, but no detailed particulars received.