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1911. NEW ZEALAND.

IMMIGRATION: OCCUPATIONS OF ASSISTED PASSENGERS, 1910-11.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated t)ie 31st August, 1911. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return, in coninuation of D.-9, 1911, on immigration, giving the occupations of all persons who have been brought into the Dominion during the last year by means of assisted passages."—(Mr. McLaren.)

Immigration : Summary giving the Occupations of all Persons who have ueen brought into the Dominion during the Year ended 31st March, 1911, by means of Assisted Passages. Farmers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 496 Domestic servants ... ... ... ... ... ... 734 Domestic duties (wives nominated by husbands in the Dominion) ... 317 Dressmaker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Miners ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Horse-collar maker .. ... ... ... ... ... 1 Fisherman ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 The balance of the persons who arrived, numbering 927 souls, had no occupations. They comprised wives coming out with their husbands, and others, not being adults, or being dependent on parents. Wμ. C. Kensington, Under-Secretary, Immigration.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparatiqp, not given : printing (1.400 copies), £1.

Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—1911.

Price 3d.]