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The following tables show, first, the total number assisted to New Zealand in the various allowed categories, and, secondly, the provincial distribution of those immigrants.

Table No. 51.—Table showing Number of Assisted Immigrants, from 1922 to 1935, distinguishing as to Classes of Immigrants

The table shows clearly the absolute importance of the nominated class. The figures as to farm labourers and domestic servants are interesting in themselves. No information is available to show how long they remained in their original occupations.

Table No. 52. —Table showing Distribution into Provinces of Immigrants from 1921 to 1933

The predominance of Auckland and Wellington in the above table is in marked contrast with the figures given previously for the immigrants of the " eighteen seventies," most of whom were located in the South Island. VI. ALIEN IMMIGRATION During the "sixties" and early "seventies" of last century quite a number of northern European immigrants were assisted to New Zealand. When, by 1875, it was possible to obtain from the United Kingdom all the immigrants required, assistance to foreign immigrants ceased. A number of Chinese had arrived in New Zealand during the gold rushes of the " sixties," and in the early stages of the immigration boom of the ■*' seventies " a proposal was put forward to import Chinese labourers. Nothing eventuated

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Year. Total. Nominated. Farm Labourers. Overseas Allotment. Domestic Servants. Schoolboys. 1922-23 6,737 3,255 684 3,482 550 1923-24 6,752 5,946 745 48 649 1924-25 8,924 7,987 553 617 208 1925-26 7,685 6,824 510 504 177 1926-27 11,239 10,134 690 589 1,400 1927-28 3,822 3,465 388 16 1928-29 1,968 1,754 232 15 1929-30 1,790 1,626 180 1930-31 1,233 1,078 155 1931-32 290 258 34 1932-33 56 56 1933-34 4 4 1934-35 1 1

Year. Auckland. Canterbury. Hawke's Bay. Marlborough. Nelson. o -1 O Southland. Taranaki. Wellington. | Westland. 1921-22 3,173 1,276 533 202 277 855 348 573 2,390 276 1922-23 2,407 889 247 63 328 541 169 209 1,653 231 1923-24 2,187 713 318 39 289 579 144 156 1,389 132 1924-25 3,117 1,031 395 38 357 946 225 322 2,299 194 1925-26 • 2,615 876 293 46 254 717 216 267 2,204 . 197 1926-27 3,652 1,193 521 39 428 1,035 361 350 3,368 292 1927-28 1.376 426 136 20 122 261 90 154 1.152 85 1928-29 699 157 86 9 59 140 37 65 634 83 1929-30 558 218 64 10 86 113 37 53 545 106 1930-31 510 103 33 2 35 58 20 31 375 66 1931-32 75 16 10 2 11 37 1 4 112 22 1932-33 31 5 5 3 4 8