THE COLONY'S POPULATION. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 31 January 1899, Page 5

THE COLONY'S POPULATION. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

A return of some interest as showing the number of persons who arrived here and the number who departed each, year during the period from 1892 to 1898, inclusive, has been prepared by the Regis-trar-General Mr. E. J. Yon Dadelszan), the figures being as follow :—: — Excess of Year, Arrivals. Departures. c ! partures. Persons. Persons. Persons. 1892 ... 18,122 13,164 4,958 1893 \.. 26,135 15,723 10,412 1894 ... 25,237 22,984 2,253 1895 ... 21.862 20,967 895 1896 ... 17,236 15,764 1,472 1897 ... 18,592 15,840 2,752 1898 ... 18,855 16,159 2,696 Totals for 7 years 146,039 120,601 25,438 In a footnote accompanying the figures it is stated that the returns from which the above figures are taken show that, for the years 1892 to 1898 inclusive, New Zealand has annually gained population by an excess of arrivals over departures, according to the recorded numbers over and above the natural increase by excess of births over deaths. Working from the returns, the excess of arrivals for the seven year period is found to be 25,438 persons, drawn from othar colonies or countries, This number may be' somewhat greater than the actual fact, but probably not very much so. Any error would be caused by the numbers stated for the departures being short of the truth, but as far as relates to the Union S.S.' Company's steamers the figures given by the Cunoms are checked by information obtained directly from the Company on the return of every vessel leaving the colony. Of the total arrivals in seven years (146,039), only 16,925 were children— i.e., under 12 years ; and of the total departures (120,601), 11,947 were counted as children. Some 859 Austrians arrived in the year 1898, but the returns do not distinguish how many went away.