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Gaming Act outlawed puckapoo and fan-tan two Chinese games of chance
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The Poll Tax was increased to a hundred dollars
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Immigration Restriction Act which along with excluding criminals, the insane and people with infectious diseases also excluded Chinese.
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English Reading test for 'Aliens' which included Chinese.
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Chinese prevented from being naturalised citizens
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Factories Act limited the hours that laudaries employing more than two people could be open. This affected Chinese laundaries as most of them employed more than two workers.
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Immigration Restriction Act which required all aliens to apply for permit to come and only the Minister of Customs could decide who was allowed to come as permanent residents
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Amendment to the Shops and Offices Act stated that all people working in fruit shops apart from the owner and his/her spouse had to be paid the basic wage. this stopped Chinese fruiterers from using their children as unpaid workers.
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Immigration review permitted Chinese with professional qualifications to come to New Zealand