he Yellow Agony.

A correspondent writing over the signaturo Poo Bnh," referring to the influx of Chinese by the steamer Waihora, from Sydney, yesterday, says: Instead of these 35 Chinese contributing £350 to the revonuo of New Zealand, and being imported from China to work in coal mines at the_ Grey by tho owners of these mines, as it has been stated, I find that the facts of tho matter are as follows Of a total of 35 Chinese only eight have to pay poll tax, tho remaining 27 being ail old hands in tho colony, in which they have been employed for a term varying from 20 to four years, and have just returned from visits to their friends in China. All these twenty seven have exemption certificates with permits to leave the colony and return within stated periods. Thoy many of them, speak English, and have mostly been goldminersor gardener?. All these facts may Dβ ascertained on application to tho Customs. To prove that those men aro under no engagement to anyone in Greymouth or elsewnere, I may add that yestcrterday more than ono of them depided to remain in Wellington instead of going on to the Grey. I do not speak without book, but from actual knowledge of the facts in question."

From inquiries at the Customs, wo find that our correspondent's statement with regard to Chinese passengers by the Waihora, being, with the exception of eight, all old residents in New Zealand returned from their customary periodical visit to the Flowery Land is slightly in correct. The actual number paying poil-tax is fourteon. Still there aro certainly twenty-one returned who have passed as Now Zeaianders. The appearance of so largo a number, all except eight bound for the West Coast bad undoubtedly a suspicious look, although the Westland diggings are a very favourite field for Chinese gold minors, who make good wages at washing the auriferous sand and tailings. If the that these men have been imported by a coal-mining company to oust the EuropoAD minor?} provo true, we .-hall soon hear of it, on the arrival of the men at their destination, and the sympathy of every white man in the country would go with the ousted miners in resisting the greed of any company, who, living themselves by the thrift, industry, and domestic habits of the European population, attempt to import Chinese labourers to work their mines. Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 81, 6 April 1887, Page 2