NEW YORK IMMIGRANTS More than 1.100,000 persons were examined by the New York immigration authorities last year, representing the passengers carried by more than a,OOO vessels from foreign countries, according to a statement made recently by Mr Benjamin Nr. Dey, commissioner of immigration. Among those examined 300.000 were returning citizens, while 120,000 were quota aliens, comprising about 75 per cent, of all quota aliens entering the country, and 115,000 were non-quota aliens or members of ships' crews.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 352, 12 May 1928, Page 2
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77Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 352, 12 May 1928, Page 2
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