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The following table shows the nationality of the immigrants from 1871 to 1892 :

Table No. 48.—Table showing Nationalities of Immigrants from 1871 to 1892

The predominance of immigrants from the British Isles is shown in the above table. English immigrants provided about 50 per cent, of the total immigrants. The table also shows the wave of foreign immigration during the early and middle " seventies." As from about 1890 there was a general change in the attitude towards assisted immigration. In 1893 the Agent-General was able to make arrangements with the New Zealand Shipping Company and the Shaw Savill Company that reduced fares in all classes should be given to persons likely to prove successful settlers. From 1900 till the beginning of the Great War in 1914, 3,000 to 4,000 persons per annum took advantage of these reduced rates. There was not the same stress at this period on the settling of land, since by this time most of the available and easily accessible land had been taken up. Consequently, the emphasis was rather on the introduction of farm labourers and family •domestic servants. The following table shows the number of immigrants receiving assistance by way of reduced fares :

Table No. 49. —Table showing Number of Immigrants receiving Reduced Fares, 1893-95 and 1904-1921

Figures for years between 1895 and 1904-05 not available. See annual report of Immigration Department and Appendices to Journals, House of Representatives.

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Year. English. i Irish. Scottish. German. French. Danish. Swedish. Norwegian. Italian. I Others. November, 4,237 1,181 700 384 410 11 541 31 1871, to -+ 90 June, 1873 Welsh 1873-74 .. 9,167 2,502 2,257 221 178 473 212 18 74 1874-75 .. 18,111 6,155 5,356 902 71 640 291 29 230 1875-76 .. 6,785 4,597 3,202 1,060 11 367 149 80 238 123 1876-77 .. 3,216 2,490 1,171 385 15 45 4 16 60 71 1877-78 2,530 2,375 680 12 8 5 10 8 1878-79 .. 4,195 3,023 1,464 19 3 2 1 12 4 24 1879-80 .. 2,821 2,572 1,896 64 6 13 18 2 21 1880-81 297 416 114 4 2 1881-82 61 51 5 1 1882-83 .. 1,233 1,235 696 34 4 13 1883-84 .. 2,909 1,813 1,356 70 21 17 *27 11 1 42 1884-85 .. 565 546 141 1 3 5 1 1885-86 234 188 105 3 1 1 3 10 1886-87 .. 515 266 224 6 14 2 17 10 1887-88 .. 360 292 172 4 3 3 8 9 1888-89 .. 97 91 44 2 2 8 2 2 2 1889-90 .. 24 13 42 j 3 1890-91 75 65 18 6 3 1 1891-92 .. 2 7 57,524 29,878 19,638 3,185 311 2,009 727 743 316 668

Year. Total assisted. Nominated (included in Previous Column). Year. Total assisted, j Nominated (included in Previous Column). 1893*.. 339 1913-14 5,064 2,755 1894 .. 462 .1914-15 2,986 2,119 1895 .. 309 1915-16 1,103 874 1904-05 1,751 1916-17 638 515 1905-06 2,469 120 1917-18 171 171. 1906-07 3,712 383 1918-19 906 906 1907-08 3,104 480 1919-20 3,811 3,811 1908-09 4,953 2,289 1920-21 (Overseas Settle10,107 4,821 1909-10 2,672 1,341 ment Scheme) 1910-11 2,624 1,458 1921-22 (Overseas Settle7,005 3,153 1911-12 3,300 1,572 ment Scheme) 1912-13 3,928 2,131