The Chinese population, it was said, has decreased from 72,422 in 1890 to 33,271 in 1919 and the report calls attention to this decrease; saying, "It may reflect the effectiveness of the Chinese Exclusion Act in excluding the Chinese immigrants and indicates the reverse as to the so-called gentlemen's agreement with Japan."
The Hindu population is given as 2,600. In 1910 the figure was 1,928, The increase in the minor population of Orientals is given as 25% per cent. over 1910. There were 21.611 Japanese of this class included in the late figures. The white increase in the same period was 18.5 per cent.
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