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from this office numbered 2,826 during the past twelve months. The High Commissioner's Office has been kept fully supplied with copies of " The Immigrants' Guide and Settlers' Handbook," for which there has been great demand, and also with up-to-date copies of the " Crown Lands Guide/ It may be interesting to add that, in addition to the settlers reaching our shores from the United Kingdom, a very large and increasing number of applications for assisted passages and for information as to the lands available for settlement in New Zealand, &c, have been received from persons living in Canada, the United States, South Africa, Australia, &c, and invariably, whilst affording complete particulars and details as to the capabilities of New Zealand and the prospects of intending settlers therein, it has been pointed out that, as the countries referred to are seeking to induce immigration to their own shores, it would savour of an unfriendly act on the part of the New Zealand Government if it were in any way to countenance the granting of assisted passages from those countries to this colony. Such applicants have, therefore, teen always advised that assistance in this manner is not given by the Government, except to emigrants from the United Kingdom, and their requests have consequently been declined.

Return showing the Names of the Vessels which carried Passengers at Reduced Rates from the United Kingdom for the Year ending 31st March, 1907; and also the Number of Persons granted Passages, together with the Amount of Capital possessed by them.

Summary of Persons who have been approved for Passages at Eeduced Bates for the Year ending 31st March, 1907.—Farmers : Single men and heads of families, 466—853 souls. Navvies : Single men and heads of families, 279 —507 souls. Domestics: 254 souls. Artisans and miscellaneous : Single men and heads of families : 841—2,095 souls. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,500 copies), £1 12s. 6d.

Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o7.

Price 3d.]

Date of Leaving. Steamer. Souls. Adults. Declared Amount of Capital. Income. Amount of Passagemoney paid by Hign Commissioner. 1906. April 2 5 . 19 „ 28 May 3 „ 17 „ 26 31 June 14 . 23 . 28 July 12 21 „ 26 Aug. 10 . 18 „ 23 Sept. 6 . 15 21 Oct. 4 13 19 Nov. 1 . 13 „ 16 29 Dec. 3 , 14 „ 29 1907. Jan. 5 . io ■ 24 Feb. 2 8 . 21 March 2 8 . 21 „ 30 Oswestry Grange Waiwera ... Turakina ... Devon Athenic Paparoa Morayshire Corinthic ... Ruapehu ... Ayrshire Mamari Rimutaka ... Somerset ... Kumara Tongariro ... Suffolk Ionic Turakina ... Dorset Athenic Paparoa Everton Grange Corinthic ... Ruapehu ... Oswestry Grange Gothic Rimutaka ... Surrey Kumara Tongariro ... 25 93 136 50 270 62 51 325 145 75 124 134 52 99 86 71 270 34 75 235 49 58 339 51 33 142 68 5 32 44 24 80* 12l| 238f 57 41* 2681 122 68 99 1054 45J 83f 744 61 2264 28f 62J 198J 35 50J 284 444 28J 122 54£ 4 25 38 £ 488 1,131 3,022 547 6,315 1,230 478 9,724 11,916 671 2,040 3,475 1,112 2,228 3,161 1,670 12,148 707 1,518 6,550 2,680 869 13,560 1,569 832 5,828 1,460 2 671 1,685 £ ibo o0 435 687 236 £ 86 322 487 181 955 228 166 1,0*8 488 276 396 422 182 335 298 244 906 115 249 793 140 201 1,136 174 113 488 217 16 100 152 "40 "70 40 Ayrshire Ionic Turakina ... Morayshire Athenic ... Paparoa Suffolk Corinthic ... Ruapehu ... Fifeshire 22 100 42 9 88 42 31 79 40 26 21 91* 334 8 79 35 20J 66 32 204 530 5,031 997 95 3,770 1,073 160 2,770 560 416 182 22 30 84 366 134 32 320 140 81 264 128 82 36 60 Totals 3,712 3,141* 114,689 1,988 12,570

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