Untitled

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9173, 13 October 1915, Page 6

Dealing with the matter of wheat returns, the monthly “Abstract of Statistics”: for September, says: —‘ ‘As indicated in previous issues of the ‘Abstract,’ inquiries have been made : in regard to discrepancies between results 1 obtained from returns furnished by farmers and by threshing-mill owners. As a: result of . these inquiries it is found that the previously-published area under wheat for' the season 1914-16 was understated to tho extent of approximately 40,000 acres, duo partly to the non-furnishing of returns and partly to increased sowings of wheat after the : furnishing of returns by The area under wheat is now found to have been approximately 229,600 acres.”

Official statistics in regard to immigration and emigration (excluding' troops of expeditionary forces) show' that for August last there were 1124 male immigrants and 795 females- total, 1919, of whom 63 wore Government assisted immigrants. For the same month, the emigrants were 1104 males and 661 females; total, 1765, showing an excess of immigration over emigration of 154. For August, 1914, the figures were: Male immigrants, 1670 ;■ females, 1157; total. 2827, ot whom 415 were assisted by the Government: male emigrants,' 1057; females, 526; total, 1583; excess of immigration over emigration, 1244. For the first eight months of the present year, the returns show 9332 male immigrants, 6915 females, or a total of 16,247, of whom 844 were Government assisted; male emigrants, 9622: females. 6588; total, 16,210; showing an excess of immigration over emigration of only 37. For the first eight months of 1914, however, there was an excess of emigrants over immigrants of no less than 1660—male immigrants, 14,992"; females, 10,070; total, 25,062, of whom 2446 were Government assisted; male emigrants, 16,414; females, 10,308; total, 26,722.