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IV. RACIAL AND ALLEGIANCE STRUCTURE A. RACE STRUCTURE For census purposes statistics of the racial structure of the population are classified into. European, including all of every European race, Maoris, and race aliens, which last includes all those not classified as Europeans or Maoris, and hence includes all the so-called coloured races. The following table shows that the population is predominantly European :

Table No. 36. —Table showing Racial Structure of the Population of New Zealand at various Censuses from 1916 to 1936

In another section of this report details of immigration restriction regulations are given. Here it is necessary to consider only numbers involved. (1) Chinese. —Considerable numbers of Chinese entered the country during the gold rushes of the " sixties." Later, restrictions were imposed. More recently very few Chinese have entered the country for permanent residence. The following table shows -the number of Chinese at successive censuses:—

Table No. 37. —Table showing Number of Chinese in New Zealand at various Censuses from 1874 to 1936

Chinese represented only o*l9 per cent, of the total population in 1936.

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Census. Europeans. Maoris. Race Aliens. Total Population. Numbers 1916 1,093,024 52,997 3,204 1,149,225 1921 .. 1,209,239 56,987 5,438 1,271,664 1926 .. 1,338,167 63,670 6,302 1,408,139 1936 .. 1,484,508 82,326 6,976 1,573,810 Percentage 1916 .. 9511 4-61 0-28 100-00 1921 .. 95 09 4-48 0-43 100-00 1926 .. 95-03 4-52 0-45 100-00 1936 .. 94-33 5-23 0-44 100-00

Census, Males. Females. Total. 1874 4,814 2 4,816 1878 4,424 9 4,433 1881 4,995 9 5,004 1886 4,527 15 4,542 1891 .. 4,426 18 4,444 1896 3,773 86 3,859 1901 2,885 78 2,963 1906* .. 2,515 55 2,570 1911* .. 2,542 88 2,630 1916 .. 2,017 130 2,147 1921 .. 2,993 273 3,266 1926 2,927 447 3,374 1936 2,432 511 2,943 * Apparently omits Chinese of mixed blood.