The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-23
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= gulSSug states 4AF SonSult III ttamHl, at
Hull Eng Gland reports, that, as com.
pared With recent years, 1904 was dis.
tipguished nv an Increase in the to.
tals pas ger movement both inward
and out ward. The chief features Of
interest relating z to countries out OF
Europe are: First, the large British
alton to British North America;
second, the large emigration, both ma.
lives and Ign toithe United States,
and third the met inward movement
h d ISL passengers from South Az.
sica There was also large
increase IN the number Of returned
smigEants from North America, South
Africa and New Zealand, sent back to
me- limited Kingdom BY the authori.
lies for various causes.
EXAMINING the statistics Of the
movement TO and from places out Of
Europe we find that Of the British
ma Irish passengers outward 49,
\ s04 or Az per cent. were to places
Within the British Empire, viz, %
Ser cent. sto British North America, 10
per cent. TO British South Africa, 6
pef cent. to Australia and New Zea.
land. q per cent to British India and
GeyIon and the remainder to other
Rrititsh colonies and possessions. OF
hose going to foreign countries near.
the whole went to the United
States. ". "
With respect to the emigrants re.
iected abroad sand sent back 10 this
country on various grounds it is in,
teresting to observe that the great
alaIority Of cases so treated by the
United States were because they were
4 sithers panpers Or likely to become a
yahItc charge GAS British and Irish
md SS27 oreigners) diseased persons
t2s British and Irish and 221 foreign.
ms on persons charged with viola.
tiun of the contract labor law (43
British and Irish and 773 foreigners).
the $50 persons sent back by the
gunad diam authorities 112 (nine Brit
hi and Irish and 1O3 foreigners) were
rejected on account Of disease.
new table has been added con
iafning information based on returns
ohtained from the shipping companies
With regard to aliens to whom pas
sage 10 places out of Europe were re
fused in the United Kingdom on the
ground that they would probably be
rejected by the immigration authori
ies Of the countries to which the,
desfrntll to proceed. 1T appears from
tffese8 returns that passage were re
fused to S14 aliens in 1908 and t.
I'M Z 904, and that the great ma
iorits OF these persons were suffer
ings from trachoma.
While many the aliens are stat
M TIL have been returned to the con
fnent u large number We're sent t.
places in the United Kingdom, prin
cipal1 Yt to- London. The great major
by suf Ethese,,i 1t seems, eventually sue
eeel in reaching their desired DIES
dnati ion, sometimes after prellm
nary period Gof waiting in the metroI
alis. during which medical treatmen
d obtained sat the hospital and di
pensarie 1t lis, however, pointe
out that the large increase in 19(
III the number Of persons rejected
tiles United States or refused passal
III NE steamship companies may,
gone extent, be connected with L
great lowering Of passenger rates !
k0htng from the "rate war"
Some interesting figures are avail
bile as to 4 the number of aliens W
have to be relieved by public a
private charities on their arrival
The United Kingdom. In London t
Jewish Board of Guardians and t
Eoajoint Committee assisted 23,s
Individuals. as compared with 49,;
il, 1907. The poor law authorities
AeT ed 49, ", as against 3,6Sl IN l!
/. and Ss,ss4 in 1903. In Birmingha
Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, Manches
aud Sheffield the total number rell
Z ed EasA1 ,GS5, of whom $50 were R
slams and p oles, 1872 Germans, rs
ians, 3 Austro-Hungarians and
4 Ronmanians; the remainder being
other nationalties. The number
L.eels was 54S,i and this number is
ceadeas only by that for Liverpou,.
total Of ,GS5 represents an ncre
o. % over the number relieved
IN Scotland, the number
Z aliens relieved at Goyan, Glasg
tiraenock, and Port Glasgow tota
l5s. ias$ compared with 100 in the
sseding year: