The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-09-13
The Chinese in New Zealand.

The New Zealand (Auckland) Herald of August
Is, has the following:
The question Of Chinese immigration into the
colony is ably dealt with by Sir George Grey in a
Ministerial memorandum which has been laid on
the table Of the Assembly He sets out by shew-
ing that a variety OF circumstances made 1t almost
certain that a dense population OF various races,
and Of different degrees of cultivation. will shortly
exist in the tropical portions OF Australia, possibly
IN great part employed by European capital aud
directed by European enterprise. These terrific
ries, when thus occupied, must be ruled from the
southern parts of the continent and the whole of
the civilization of the North must be dependent
upon the degree OF civilization prevailing in those
portions of Australia in which the AnglO-SaxOn
race first took root. The Premier fOrcibly observes
that no possible chance should be allowed to
arise Of The European population being over
borne, or even to any extent being interiered with,
by a mixed race of an inferior order, and whose
civilization is OF a secondary type Not only the
interest OF Australia, but OF all the islands 10 the
north Of that continent will be affected. and bound
up in solution Of that social problem Turning
to New Zealand, the Pemier maintains that the
same policy should be pursued. namely. to pre-
vent an inferior race obtaining a political position
in the colony. New Zealand, from It's geOgraphi-
cal position must. of necessity. influence through
its trade and miner the South Sea Islands. to
a much larger extent than Australia, and he en-
phatically declares that the future OF the islands
Of the Pacific Ocean depends upon the inhabitants
OF New Zealand being true to themselves, and
preserving uninJured and unmixed that Anglo
Saxon population which now inhabits 1t, and the
pure bred descendants of which ought to inhabit
these islands for all times" The various questions
relating to Chinese immigration are reviewed in
an exhaustive manner-the social degradation OF
the European artizan which would inevitably en-
sue from endeavoring to compete with a servIle
race-the lowered tone OF morality arising from
the Chinese being unaccompanied by their wives
or children-and the certainty that leprosy and
other special diseases cOincident with the presence
of any large number OF Chinese, may be expected
speedily to manifest themselves in this colony.
At present oniy some 800 Chinese are resident in
the country. according to the census tables. Nine
females have also been returned as inhabitants of
New Zealand. and these are stated not to be of
pure Chinese origin. So much for the past But
the Government, with an eye to future eventnali-
ties. framed a measure entitled a Bill to restrict
Chinese Immigration into New Zealand. and it has
been introduced this session for consideration by
Parliament. Among its provisions are the levying
of a tax of elO per head upon each Chinaman
landed in the colony, recoverable in a summary
way also, that the captain OF any vessel bringing
to the colony more than one Chinaman for every
ten tens of her registered tonnage, shall be liable
to a fine OF el0 for every Chinaman so landed, as
well as subject to such penalties in regard to con.
dscation OF vessel as would occur in the case of q
violation of the Customs laws. With stringent
legislation of the above character. the evils Incl
dent to Chinese immigration should be kept within
! effective control.