The immigration and emigration re turns for the colony for the month of October were published m last Thursday's Gazette, and nro satis factory to the extent of showing that the " exodus " haß ceased. There is, m fact, a great improvement on some of the previona returns, though the balance is still not so decidedly m favour of the colony as we should like to see it. The arrivals m the colony from all outside ports numbered 1085, as against 809 departures. There was a considerable number of arrivals over departures, ao far as passengers to or from Great Britain were concerned, 341 arriving thence, while only 90 left for the Mother Country. From Vic toria, 238 arrived, as against 233 who left New Zealand for that colony, so

that there was a small balance on the aide of New Zealand. New South Wales took 423 and sent only 384, so that New Zealand loat m that direction 39. The remaining figures are very small. The total lobb oE population to New Zealand by esoes9 of emigration over immigration, for the nine months ended September 30th, was 3552 persona. It will thus be seen that the rate o£ immigration shown by the October return must be very largely increased if the losses already sustained are soon to be made good. But it is something to be able to hope that the tide has at length really turned.
TOWN & COUNTRY.
