Census 1906 The returns show that Wellington harbours more Chinese than any other city or town. There are 306 male and 18 female Chinese here. Auckland has 111 ; Palmerston North, 72 ; Greymouth, 111 ; Dunedin, 204 ; and Christchurch, 47. Altogether there are 1372 Chinese in the country, of whom 68 are women. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 140, 19 July 1906, Page 3 1910 Mr T. H. Shah secretary to the Chinese Consulate in New Zealand (with headquarters in Wellington), has just prepared an interesting Anglo-Chinese calendar for 1910-11, printed in both Chinese and English. It shows the Chinese festivals and the New Zealand bank holidays, of which there are twenty-two days. Of these, only eight are observed in the Chinese Empire, and they include the birthdays of the Emperor, Empress-Dowager, and of Confucius, and the summer aiid winter solstice (or longest and shortest days). The numbers of Chinese in counties, cities, and boroughs as on 29th April, 1906 — the latest figures available— are also shown, together with the total populations of the divisions named. A map, showing the distribution of the Chinese m New Zealand, is also given. The Chinese in the four centres were as follows: Auckland, 113; Christchurch 61; Wellington, 350; Dunedin, 218 - There were 1385 Chinese all told in the dominion at the last census In Rotorua county there was but one Chinese, and in fifty-one counties there were none. Mr Shah has added a universal time indicator, showing what o'clock it is at any given hour in New Zealand " places as far remote as Aden, Tokio, and Perambuoo. The Chinese text which is wonderfully neat, with the handiwork of Mr Shah himself. Ihe calendar has been prepared for the Chinese Association of Wellington. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 8013, 21 March 1910, Page 2

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