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B. ALLEGIANCE No present figures are available as to the allegiance of the inhabitants of New Zealand. The following table, while it does not show allegiance, does give an indication that the proportion of foreigners in the country is very small and is steadily falling Table No. 42. —Table shoiving Percentage, at various Dates, of Total Population of New Zealand, bom in Foreign Countries, 1901-1926 1901 .. .. 2-41 1916 .. ..1-70 1906 .. .. 2-24 1921 .. ..1-47 1911 .. .. 1-95 1926 .. .. 1-03 The last date on which census figures for allegiance were completed was 1921. The following table, which shows total number of foreigners in New Zealand at various censuses, further illustrates the point that, while the proportion of aliens in New Zealand was never high, it is still falling fast: —

Table No. 43.—Table showing Number of Non-naturalized Foreigners in New Zealand at various Censuses, 1881-1921

The following table, extracted from the report of the 1921 census, shows .the number of persons owing allegiance to the various foreign powers : Table No. 44. —Table showing the Number of Persons of each Foreign Nationality in New Zealand , Chinese .. .. 2,712 Italian .. .. 229 United States .. 1,013 Swiss .. .. .. 219 Yugoslav .. .. 857 Russian .. .. 197 •German .. .. 521 Finnish .. .. 166 Danish .. .. 480 Other nationalities .. 601 Swedish .. .. 341 Norwegian .. .. 301 Total .. .. 7,901 French .. .. 264 The next table, taken from the register of aliens in New Zealand in 1946, gives an up-to-date picture of the present situation.

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Year. Number. Percentage of Total Population. 1881 18,043 3-68 1886 17,884 3-09 1891 .. 14,594 2-33 1896 13,357 1-90 1901 11,615 1-50 1906 12,856 1-45 1911 .. 12,050 1-20 1916 .. 9,640 0-88 1921 7,901 0-65