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No. 111. The Agent-General to the Hon. the Ministee for Immigeation. (No. 77.) 7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., Sir,— 9th February, 1875. I have the honor to submit for your information the following summary statement of the numbers and nationalities of all emigrants despatched by me to the Colony in the course of the year 1874. The numbers stated are in souls, not statute adults. 2. I will first state the amount of emigration from the United KingdomEnglish (including Welsh 298, and Channel Islands 270) ... ... 21,369 Scotch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,819 Irish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6,831 making a total for the United Kingdom of 34,019 souls. 3. I now proceed to give the numbers of Continental emigrants of various nationalities : —-Germans, 770; Danes, 276; Swedes, 765; Norwegians, 27; Russians, 43; Swiss, 42; other countries, 636; making a total for the European continent of 2,559 souls. 4. The population of the United Kingdom amounted, at the last census, 1871, to the following numbers :— England, Wales, and the Channel Islands ... ... ... 22,856,904 Scotland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,360,018 Ireland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,411,416 The emigration to New Zealand for the last year, if divided notably in proportion to the respective nationalities of the United Kingdom, would give in round numbers to England over 24,000; to Scotland less than 4,000, and to Ireland less than 6,000. The returns of the department do not sustain these proportions ; England has sent about 3,000 less than she was entitled to, Scotland nearly 2,000 more, and Ireland nearly 1,000 more. It is impossible, of course, to draw a hard-and-fast line in the conduct of a service dependent on so many fluctuating conditions as that of immigration, in which at one time a strike in the labour market, at another, the temporary failure of a particular crop, or the depressed state of trade in the United States, may stimulate the movement towards the colony of the people of a particular province, or of some special occupation, who may prove to be a most desirable class of emigrants. But, as it has been repeatedly stated that I have not done my utmost to encourage emigration from Ireland, I take leave to submit to you the general result of my returns on the subject. I may add that I believe a considerable number of those who are classified as English and Scotch are, if not actually Irish by birth, the children of a vast number of Irish families, who have settled in England and Scotland since the period of the great famine of 1847. 5. The grand total of the results of the immigration policy of the colony from July, 1871, to the Ist of January, 1875, may now be distributed, in regard to nationalities, as follows: — English (including Welsh, 496 ; and Channel Islands, 270) ... ... 31,529 Scotch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8,325 Irish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,768 Germans ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,305 Danes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,113 Swedes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 794 Norwegians ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 849 Other countries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,033 Total number of souls ... ... ... ... 54,716 I have, Ac, I. E. Featiieeston, The Hon. the Minister for Immigration, Wellington, N.Z. Agent-General.

No. 112. The Agent-Genebal to the Hon. the Mintsteb for Immigeation. (No. 81.) 7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., Sib,— 9th February, 1875. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 311, dated 22nd October, 1874, forwarding copy of correspondence with His Honor the Superintendent of Otago on the subject of the shipment, by the " Christian'McAusland," of "certain lunatic immigrants who, it is reported, were clearly known as lunatics previous to their embarkation for New Zealand." Only one immigrant is named in the documents forwarded, and I therefore confine my observations to a consideration of the case of that person. In compliance with your instructions, I have made careful inquiry in this case, and I enclose copies of the following letters received in reply to communications addressed by me to the respective writers, viz.,— 1. Letter from Mr. Samuel Graham, the local agent who forwarded the immigraut's papers to this office. Mr. Graham states that he had known the woman for a long time as a servant; " obtained for her two situations," where she " gave entire satisfaction;" " never heard or saw with her anything touching insanity." Mr. Graham keeps a servants' registry office. 2. Letter from Mr. Richard Atkinson, with whom she lived one month. Mr. Atkinson remarks that " the thought of her being insane never crossed his mind;" that " during the short period which she lived with " him " she was perfectly sound in her mind."