THE CHINESE PROTEST.
, - Sir,—ln a paragraph; iii vfyour'- issue ,of !Th'ilrfedtS' r-'lSst;; ro-!tho : protest ' of .'the/; Chinese '.against, thoY Aduca'tioji test,; publish. ia tabio of "iflgttrias "showing how tho number of! Chinese had _decrcascd : from 5004 in 1881 2570 in 1906;': Whilst that' table of figures accuraWj-yefit is inaccurate inas-. •:nmch; asiit .woutSiieadjtho 'averago'person to believe tll'at!'i thlS'Jjiiiiinher of' Chinese in 'New- 1 Zealand why thp /person who x 'aiW'' the. petition for/the was iastuto enough to . deal , only'with 'tfic' / fivc year, periods.. . Hero are, tho figures tfe'-'^ ißtr ? r -^ e ' le - v .^ r ,the.,;twelvo .montlrly ipe'rlodS :r~ ; . ■ . ,\ .Arrivals in colony. Departures.,
.from : -tlie§e' figures ' that fw,Ujteiii'-W ! left New Zealand ,'lOlO have' ariimßngst; the; arrivals,' : let;:mo; add, farei^Chineseiwomen.''.; v 7y; ■;-T', '■ 'j f -vTliCsp 'figures ; may. be; instructive,; to /your ''readorii;: ifil'' 18?6,','drie : hundred 'and seventy-, ?^/^Wfiiujb-' Zealand. '• Tho from £50 to £100, ■'aiid7the v arfivals :i at onco, dropped from 176, in 1896/ to 13, in -1897. Again,' take 'the' years l i 189- tttll9(®#'Md>you;'vrill 'fiiid.'tho total num-, "bdr of, abi^als;ifpp,the.six years is 238. But >in totalled 260, .and •eleven : .Chineso'j>i r ero jborn' ! in the .colony. '■' It ''therefore, fie argued that the Chinese' wo/a? diminishing > quantity, i. ~:.'ißegarding^thp,distribution, of Chinese, the; 'following' are;': (jig official ; figures' 6f the Regis-. l OTar-Gonei l al!-'after tho last census: The Grey eleotorato .he'fids ,the-list, with. 262, and Wei-', iin'gten'.Cdnti-al ! ;.'comes, second .'with','l9l (most •TiffMom,;b'yo''thb' bye,' are on thejr'oll),• Tua.peb4''l76,' 155,' and Dunedin Sbuth ■:lo7.»k":TKdsd''■•'ar6 : ; .the . districts .•where .'the :'Chmes'e ; 'popiilatioh is highest. And.',perhaps out of placo here for me to ;-add"'thab A f(ir j 'bver ' : seyeu\ years,"l. lived,in : and' , "duriiig that- period; I* only -saw' ;, 6(ii,-6hPl| i 'kept by , a Chinaman—and a TOdf jliving'he ;made,.; If you ;want , fruit in it is a caso of John Chihaman or - liyo. tho Chinese' will ob-: :tKi((- tli();ui)per;h'aiid iu tho tobacco business, ; imd -.thby \vill only . stop, their trade ranii'■ficatib'iis ' / wlifri. the Mite people, make • :tEsflfl'tdp'.'^rl 1 am/'etc., i.- :.. '•• ' kM. B. FISHER. '•March .7;;1903: ' .-. ,
• 190'r'' . 75 69 ' ■ ' • 87 1903 ... 132 " 124 1904 " : .:V 235 ' ' '.v '128 • .''1905 : 239 187 ;• i<J06 ... • '260 '.. • 133' X.V T " : 'Vif "^804:
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 4
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352THE CHINESE PROTEST. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 4
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