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(2) Indians. —The number of Indians in New Zealand is not large, as is seen from the following table :

Table No. 38.—Table showing Number of Indians in New Zealand at various Censuses, 1881-1936

Indians represented only 0-07 per cent, of the total population in 1936. (3) Syrians. —The next most important group of race aliens is Syrians, whose numbers are shown in the following table :

Table No. 39. —Table showing Number of Syrians in New Zealand at various Censuses, 1896-1936

Syrians represented only 0-08 per cent, of the total population in 1936. (4) Other Asiatics. —In 1936 there were only 172 other Asiatics in the population, representing only 0-01 per cent, of the total population in 1936. (5) Polynesians.—There were 988 Polynesians —that is, Samoans, Cook Islanders, Tahitians, &c.—in New Zealand in 1936, of whom 825 were of mixed blood. They represented o*o6 per cent, of the total population in 1936. (6) Other Races.—Of other races, including Melanesians and Negroes, there were 412 in New Zealand in 1936, representing 0-03 per cent, of the total population. The above brief analysis shows the predominantly European character of the population. Apart from the Maoris the non-European stock aggregated only 0-44 per cent, of the total population in 1936. (7) Jews. —No official statistical evidence is available as to the number of Jews in New Zealand. The Hebrew community estimate that there are approximately 3,700 Jews in New Zealand to-day, or 0*217 per cent, of the population or 22 out of every

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Census. Males. Females. Total. 1881 6 6 1886 1891 \ / Not available. 1896 46 46 1901 21 3 24 1906 6 6 1911 .. 15 15 1916 .. 167 14 181 1921 622 49 671 1926 .. 810 177 987 1936 966 234 1,200

Census. Males. Females. Total. 1896 153 42 195 1901 160 80 240 1906 .. 219 142 361 1911 .. 251 180 431 1916 267 192 459 1921 378 329 707 1926 525 426 951 1936 681 580 1,261