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Table No. 45.—Table showing Number of Aliens registered in New Zealand in 1946

The table indicates farther the relative unimportance of foreign nationals in New Zealand and shows that the number has declined still further than in 1921, V. IMMIGRATION POLICIES In the first twenty years of New Zealand's history as a British colony the Government did not take an active part in stimulating immigration. The various settlements developed by the New Zealand Company and its subsidiaries did to a major extent assist in the peopling of several parts of the Dominion, but without direct Government support. This type of immigration, however, was not in operation after 1860. During the " fifties " and early " sixties " the discovery of gold, particularly in Otago, attracted a fairly large number of gold-diggers. Due to the Maori wars, the development of the North Island was seriously retarded, until at least the " seventies," by which time the gold rushes had practically stopped.

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Country of Allegiance* | Male. Female. Total. 1 Americans .. .. 364 125 489 Argentinians 3 1 4 Austrians 46 28 74 Belgians 25 9 34 Brazilians 9 2 Bulgarians 2 9 Chilians 5 1 6 Chinese 2,223 440 2,663 3 Croatians 3 Cubans 9 1 3 Czechs 55 47 102 Danes 166 51 217 Dutch 52 29 81 Egyptians 2 2 Estonians 19 4 23 Filipinos 1 1 Finns 34 7 - 41 French 50 53 103 Germans 377 343 720 Greeks 101 31 132 Hungarians 46 26 72 Icelanders 1 1 Italians 231 98 329 Japanese 3 3 Latvians 6 3 9 Lebanese 6 6 12 Lithuanians 4 2 6 Moravians 1 1 Norwegians 123 18 141 Palestinians 3 4 7 Peruvians 2 2 Poles 102 "T2 174 Russians .. .. .. 26 17 43 Rumanians .. .. .. 4 4 8 Samoans .. .. .. 3 2 5 Spaniards .. .. .. .. [ 3 3 Stateless .. .. .. 50 "38 88 Swedes .. .. .. 81 8 89 Swiss .. .. .. .. 105 31 136 Syrians .. .. .. •.. 19 8 27 Tongans .. .. .. 8 9 17 Turks .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 2 3 Yugoslavs .. .. .. 782 191 973 Totals .. .. .. 5,140 | 1,711 6,851 * Table reproduced exactly as supplied by the Commissioner of Police.