IMMIGRATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 5

IMMIGRATION.

THB; ; CANADIAN;; PIGUEES' ;FOS ißyTeleerapli—Press; ;;■.;.'; ' ; U(Rec:i January';3,'lo.sS ; p-m:) ;'.A'; ■ ~- ■ : - 1 -Xy. ■iV'J • ■ "Vv-'.'i.Qttewa,;-: , Jtouary;/ : Si;'!..:": yTHev following -'are :-the""sfaitisticsi !^of : immignitipii into Canada during the 1 year ';,:From'tho TJniteilfStates/.;.^^ 1 ' 90418.•'" ;■ ...From ■.Europe.-. iV.i.i; , ;;.!.';.;'; 1 .:;.;;..';-' 90.522 i; y■■ - ■•;;.;-Total;!; i^;.;:;.;..:™..w;..'M . 180,670iC ■■'• American investments in: Canada during ;thVyear ; Jainbniited-: to I :'':' ■■ ;{ ;TO ;pANApA.i; ', -:l , Ke><alilegraiii: : :dMsVnot' , 'iiiake:'it-' ; d«iifJ how many, of ithe'immigrants.'into' Canada ;in:1309. came,from, the United-Kingdom";; JtheyHreVrumped'togdthefvwiUi .the; : -cori-' Uingent "frotnv^!urppe.'" ; . : vro,E::.the Vfour" ;precpiiing uyears .;■ tte •'• approximate ■■■ figures; Jior imimgrants'enter'ing Canada/from'.the: i United -Kingdom; as- givenvin ;the;Canada iYear^Bookare:—i : .J;;y',:;,;- ; ;''■*;!;;'/■■; ,! "'''■.:;;-i905?.' ::^.^:.^-;i^±.^m £f' ; ■■'-■■xm-.':' ■....:..i! i .;i.-.;£:;..j;.^^ i ; i0?,V57:;.! v. ■•Moy.v is2,oco ■•'■ '■■;; A'•■■y.ilflOß ;V '55,727v:^: 'Effect: Panic;;;f;-'--[;;. ; ;/;->:t : ;'; : v. '.'■ The , ''decline'/: in{British, ',to, .iCanada\Uast,VyeM;^WM.'dW'ot6 , --, : '.tlie': , .'. , :un-' . sottled atafe.'iof; affairs ''resulting';, from 'the : 'American panic,' ! biit' Canadiaii tfa'da tliisfyear .is 'mucti; better,rand the. ■.English' .proportion:' of : _ the.. 90,522-/ <"f rom ; iEuropo"Ms: probably , ' much J greater>than. : I 'tie' 55,727 ■' of -.1908;' : . The : : total: number of .British-emigrants..to..all'-foreign countries .out-qf of ;Wade.;asV;,.. ; \;.-; i ;;V:- : vv,; : .>,}i!V i ' ; <^-,?^"' ; ;'.;f '•:'■'?■ 1900-; ?, !.v.V-'.'i9o2 ! S 101,547; v.';- : 'r ; a9lM. : i' , ,:-■. '1906 :- : 194,671 '; ; !"■ ■:'. -. : ....;:.;.'.-^i:.;...;.;....::. ; 235,092"., v v;'-; ■l908; : ft.;;^a;;:::^;;i.^;i.;iif.81,156; ;^; : ■ ~ A^correspondentof a;li6ndon.paperpoiiits , ; out' that -the .only .classes; of immigrants'. I who. are really' wanted'' in' Canadaiare ,:farmers^lma,icially',:-:able;-.-tqVtake>,viplirfree-;homestcads;6r;ipurchase:<land j(of:'which" !;thc-;lJmted.'States'.'.sends■■■'bo: inahy), -farm: , labourers, 1 . and; female ■idomestio : ' servants;; rHe-'-padsO;,'-..-;-iV, : --.' -''bA.-:-'! '.fe;vi : 'RestricUqris -and A ! -Jy; J^:s; : ?;.' Another!,reason for.the;decrease in: the : hnmberi.of- emigrants';!to\:Cimadain''l9oß ! ■was'the regulation brought;,intc-:fo'rce.two: years :ago;, by .which everyj.eniigrant , liinst. I on' landing;at Canada have at least' JK> 'is;, in .addition:.to any, .further:'railway,,;ex-l penses-.to-which'he may r be liable;'. Partly owing to. this.;.restriction,\on the.qase'of■ the V: Self-Help < Emigration'. Society,' : there, has;.been.'a' falling-off'from,about;'soofin' 1907:,.to.'about ,'2OO-ip'-the-present: yejiT.; :This regulation 'is .'strictly;,cn|prced with regard: t0.7 emigrants : who ■ wisJi'-;tb: settle; in the'towns' and'cities,' but.it;is not :eia-, i.ployed'.so,often..tb:bring about,the rejtc-tion'-:of : to'vsettle; as iagrioultu'rists/' ■,The.;re§ult. has. ;been.: to divert: emigration.from';, the cities to .'the vagribulturaV ■' l ;;";^;,''; : r :;i , i.V.v-'i .■;•,'•' V The inbreasing .desire" ;pf the. Canadian 'authorities- to:, exclude':; undesirable :;ema-i grants may be'gathered.from:the fdllo'wlng'.'table of ■ annual■ rejfctions;.given.;ih; _ the: Board: of.Trade ireturns H-;«'■;, ;',•;:; ! f>; 19O2'i: :^..»l™_;.i;.u.;^™.-:i».;; ;■ ■-"-." IBOS-' , '.'-.-^-':.'.^..'...". , 24 "i'.:- , , 1 ;. :-w; i9oi ■ 36 ■ •; v -1905 • ■-<■'■ , -''•'- ™....™_;...,i ■'■- Si;.■'■■:-, '■■'.: ! - ,1906 - ■ :^_..;;-..'.i., . : ;'.v. : .«-.;.. : ...;«'; , , ; 'iMiX :: - , ' 1907 ' : -i—».;.-.-;.....;......;-.".; '290;'; - '■'■ ;■' 1908 '._„„...;...;;.:,;.;...;;.;..;.;„. ::878 ; ;: '.: