DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION (ANNUAL REPORT OF).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1922 Session I, D-09

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1922. 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, 28th June, 1922. 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 1921-22. I have, &c, H. 11. Thomson, Under-Secretary. The Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Immigration.

REPORT. The number of assisted immigrants arriving in the Dominion during last year reached the satisfactory total of 7,005 souls. The particulars concerning these new arrivals are given in the statistics quoted hereunder. Owing to the commercial, industrial, and financial outlook of the Dominion it was deemed advisable to confine approvals under the Imperial overseas-settlement scheme to those applicants who were either nominated or who were proceeding to assured employment and accommodation, and this has been the means of keeping the number under this heading well within the limit which could be comfortably absorbed. I am pleased to report that the nominators have carried out their obligations in fully 99 per cent, of the cases dealt with, and I can confidently state that with few exceptions the new arrivals have settled down to their new surroundings, and are a valuable asset to the Dominion. During the period under review the Department has dealt with 655 domestic servants under the G-oyernment's scheme, and also a number following this occupation who were granted passages under the Imperial overseas-settlement scheme. There is still a large demand for this class of immigrant and the parties are readily placed on their arrival. In conclusion, I may state that the machinery of the Department has worked most satisfactorily, and I wish to place on record the valuable services rendered by the officers under my control.

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Nominated and Overseas-settlement Passengers who arrived in the Dominion from the 1st April, 1921, to the 31st March, 1922.

The distribution by districts is shown hereunder : —

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I Nominated. Overseas c Settlement Grand Total. Boat. Arrived. | I Men. Women. Children. Total. Men. Women. Children. Total. Shropshire Remuera Tainui Ionic Kaikoura 9/4-/21 22/4/21 1.8/4/21 2/5/21 1/6/21 19/6/21 18/6/21 15/7/21 .13/7/21 31/7/21 22/8/21 23/8/21 28/8/21 9/9/21 12/9/21 1/10/21 9/10/21 16/10/21 27/11/21 28/11/21 19/12/21 20/12/21 26/12/21 10/1/22 17/1/22 9/2/22 20/2/22 27/2/22 20/3/22 26/3/22 20/3/22 160 4 3 167 39 79 32 150 1 31 1 33 L 55 .. 56 .. 2 .. 2 6 31 1 38 12 78 22 112 33 90 33 156 66 174 109 349 10 44 13 67 12 25 19 56 15 80 26 121 7 37 5 49 9 49 20 78 43 70 24 137 75 159 145 379 13 4 17 40 79 35 154 I I .. 2 19 67 21 107 112 4: 8 56 9, I ■ 73 6 7 6 19 23 9(1 21 134 27 73 20 120 52 96 89 237 24 61 26 111 i 36 66 43 145 19 34 27 80 119 37 5 7 2 3 1 8 49 145 16 20 56 6 13 48 178 1 77 1 I 53 5 14 8 7 2 8 2 12 8 10 3 2 126 63 21 24 7 13 1 34 68 515 67 71 212 17 51 91 529 2 161 4 3 129 293 213 54 80 9 51 1 146 224 864 134 127 333 66 129 228 908 19 315 4 5 236 4 197 91 Arawa Port Napier . . Paparoa Ruahine Pakeha . . . Dorset Rimutaka Athenie Corinthic Ruapehu Remuera Waimana Tainui Ionic Port Kembla Kaikoura Ruahine Mali an a 15 15 151 30 20 63 7 15 25 138 I 39 I 1 35 II 4 219 21 31 93 4 23 18 213 45 2 1 41 Arawa Rimutaka Ruapehu Athenie Pakeha 36 20 47 III 193 75 41 62 41 18 44 57 204 4:0 29 59 47 34 46 49 230 38 38 84124 72 137 217 627 153 108 205 271 337 864 264 253 285 Remuera Dorset Corinthic Totals . . 745 1,652 756 13,153 745 1,652 756 13,153 1,431 1,092 11,329 3,852 7,005 Note. — (a.) Of the above ( Jnited Kingdom, leaving a to 156 domestics, of whom 107 wci [not incluc tal of 2,C re nominal ling overs )_] nouih tod and 5-seas-settlement sohe lated in New Zeal 4-8 were granted apt me) 1,13! ami. (I). "lied pass; ! were no Inductee tges. minated a 1 in the ind applie above fit d in the ares are

Nom linated. Oa verseas (- {ottlomoi it. T01 ais. District. i £ a o d o I 7ti _ d a o d _ -a o "_ o H d <_ _ I 751 ' 887 275 j 352 96 llo 19 j 19 38 40 173 I 193 44 I 37 97 113 602 | 892 81 101 d Grand Total. Auckland Canterbury . . Hawke's Bay Marlborough. . Nelson Otago Southland Taranaki Wellington . . West Coast . . 228 107 27 9 16 62 14 32 210 40 4-89 I 218 I 67 l 11 i 22 112 21 58 603 51 237 I 100 28 8 6 38 13 44 221 61 954 425 122 28 44 212 48 134 1,034 152 523 168 69 10 22 111 30 65 392 41 398 134 43 8 j 18 81 16 55 289 50 490 160 27 11 13 99 16 62 351 100 1,411 462 139 29 53 291 62 182 1,032 191 727 260 55 19 19 137 29 106 572 161 .2,365 887 261 57 97 503 110 316 2,066 343 Totals .. 745 1,652 756 3,153 1,431 1,092 1,329 3,852 2,176 2,744 2,085 7,005 i