EMIGRATION TO U.S.A.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1923, Page 4

EMIGRATION TO U.S.A.

XKW ZGA f.AXD’S QI'OTA. WELLINGTON". Sept. 22. During the first two months of the American fiscal year, which commences in .July, New Zealand's quota of immigration to the I’n it ml States has been 7.1 per cent, exhausted. This moans that the number of Now Zealanders who "ill be permitted to go in the Gnilcd •States to settle poimattenlly "ill be restricted to less limn £0 in the next ten months.

I lie; quota is based upon the number ol nationals of each and every country who were resident in the United States when the census of ]<>]() tvas taken, tlio number of people who are permitted to enter the States in anv one year, ! ’eiiii; limited to :j per cent, of the m;.iunal.s ftotn the country of emigrntion m resideiKk in America when that •eti.su.s was taken. T hat- J per cent, nrmunts to 50 in the case of New Zealand, or 80 in the case of Now Zealand and the l’aeiiie Islands. The aw provides that the Government may , permit the cutty in any one month [of dll per cent, of the yearly quota. If followed regularly this provision would result in the quota being exhausted in five months. The authorities in New Zealand endeavour to keep within the proportionate quota of four per j month. It happens that during the mouths of July and August actually more than the 20 per cent, have gone to the I’nited States from this country, with the result that after September Ist. a big restriction wiil have to be placed upon the number who desire to leave for the States to settle permanently. It has been stated that at least 25 per cent of the immigration applications received by the United States authorities from New Zealand aie from members of the nursing profession. Inquiries made by a reporter, however, show that the statement is incorrect. The Acting-Consul-Gencral for the United States (Mr M. Moran) stated that the information was in error, and was not confirmed by figures.