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Malta ................................. 10 5 2 7 1 2 1 4 ....... ............ 4 1 2 1. Netherlands ............... ............ 1.532 1.073 709 572 652 1.199 3.730 10.812 7.880o 4.926 3.731 2.499 2.667 5.276 5.457 6.339 Norway .............................. 6.581 4.465 6.031 4.333 5.216 9.488 23. 054 2 .967 27.197 21.295 13.906 11.692 13.659 18.322 17.178 11..l IC Sweden ......................................... 4.336 6.031 5.204 4.774 6.176 16.659 46.723 55.892 60.413 32.595 24.017 21.508 32.222 51.230 Portugal ..................................... 52 1.212 816 552 648 576 161 59 89 650 186 593 71 108 21 10 Roumania ....... .................................. .................. . ............4. 2.6 . . 15 55 81 116 781 301 2.204 6775 1.43 421 Russia ....................... 7.447 4.369 6.787 3.370 4.216 3.781 5.278 8.193 17.497 6.907 15.122 16.517 23.930 a3.521 35.504 31.4 5 Finland ............................... 4 23 21 8 22 19 247 320 708 8.107 -107 434 840 2.294 1.819 1.9Poland .................... 1.449 707 85 320 554 876 2.483 6.2&3 4.246 2.151 4.369 3.101 6.318 4.Q60 5.902 W .230 Spa.*i..... ... ................ **.* 571 8529 597 5429 432 534 420 405 328 245 334 319 452 48.3 006 "1J witzerland .. ....... .......... - 2.430 1.641 1.572 1. 612 2.051 3.831 8.498 11.628 11. 839 11.433 8.25 5.12 4.518 6.501 7.022 7 .33 Turkev in Europe ....................... 21 36 46 25 2.3 34 62 50 118 80 187 155 178 171 217 -11 Helig6land ..................................................................... ............ .................... ............2...... ........ Total all otherEurope ......... 1 77. 72.305 59.237 70.676 110.767 277.658 45101 441.658 3. 138 2 5 221.592 321 310.32 11.12 Total Europe................. 1208. 059 144.178 114. 8 4 7111.8 184.211 112 09660.331 6.06149S.4971407. 606 1" 302I5.448 U% ~ .2o.12.1 During the last eight years the exclusion of the Chinese since 1832 has caused the immigration from Asia to decline from over thirty thousand to a few hundreds annually. and in addition to this real loss no attempthas been made since 188 to compute the very heavy overland immigration from Canada.which. of course. makes a still further apparent decrease. Yet. despite these important deductions. there has been the large gain of 175.458 persons in the average annual immigration of the last eight years as compared with the eight years next preceding. As it is thks apparent that immigration is increasing in quantity. the next point is to determine its quality. Iutlheeon.sular reports on Emigration and Immigration." published by the State Department in 1887. when Mr. Bayard was Secretary. a table is given which classifies the immigration into the United States from 1873 to 1886. inclusive. as follows: Professional .......................................................................................... 31.803 Skilled .............................................................................................. 55. 349 M iscellaneous ........................................................................................ 2.052.294 Occupation not stated .......................................................................... 12:. 7si W ithout occupation ................................................................................ 2. . 1 Taking the table as it stands and throwing out those immigrants " with oc. cupations not stated." itappears that of all the vast immigration during the( fourteen years 48.1 per cent.. or nearly onehalf. are persons avowedly wlhout occupation or training.or. in other words. unskilled labor of the lowet hind. while professionaland skilled labor amounts to only 41.49 percent. of the whole. "Miscellaneous." which is neither skilled nor professional labor. amounts to 38 per cent. It may be assumed that the same proportions hold good for the three years from 18.36 to 1889. and it must be noted also thatthe detailed tablest indicate that the number of persons without occupation increases In a slightly larger ratio than the rate of increase of the total immigration. These figures give an idea of the general character of the foreign Immgrlation into the United States during a long period of fourteen years. It Is more important. however. to determine whether the immigration of this general character improves or deteriorates as it increases. This can be ascertained best by examining the rate of increase in the immigration from the different countries from whih it chiefly comes during the two periods of eight years each from 1s74 to 181 and from l8s2 to 1889. respectively: Annual average. Percentage of difference. Countries. 1874181. 1 188218M9.