REGISTRATION OF ALIENS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16039, 25 January 1918, Page 4

REGISTRATION OF ALIENS.

an interim return. PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Jan. 24. Tho Minister for Internal Affairs stated to-day that the registration of aliens under the Act passed last session had-been going on satisfactorily and the registration officers had the work well in hand, although returns are still V °Up l to <and including January 21, 4985 aliens had been registered. The following are the numbers and the countries of origin of the aliens registered:— Austria 1017, Germany 481, Greece 69, Italy 182, France 65, Norway 229, Portugal 3, Russia 363, Spain 29, Sweden 300, Belgium 104, Switzerland 81, other Europeans 38, China 1297, Japan 6, Syria 104; Egypt 2. other Africans 3, Argentine! 7, Brazil 2, 1 Chili 1, United States 266; . (