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  1. <text>
  2. <title>
  3. (1920s) Fiscal Figures
  4. </title>
  5. <history>TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1920s Highlights</history>
  6. <article>
  7. <source>Time Magazine</source>
  8. <hdr>
  9. IMMIGRATION
  10. August 20, 1928
  11. </hdr>
  12. <body>
  13. <p>Fiscal Figures
  14. </p>
  15. <p>     During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, a total of
  16. 307,255 immigrants took up residence in the U.S. (as compared
  17. with 335,175 during the previous fiscal year). The bulk of them
  18. came from:
  19. </p>
  20. <table>
  21.      Canada .......................73,154
  22.      Mexico .......................59,016
  23.      Germany ......................45,778
  24.      Irish Free State..............38,193
  25.      England.......................33,597
  26.      Scotland .....................23,177
  27.      Italy ........................18,740
  28.      Scandinavian lands............18,664
  29.      France .......................17,963
  30. </table>
  31. <p>     Immigration from all countries (except Canada and Mexico) is
  32. restricted by the quota system.
  33. </p>
  34. <p>     Though having yearly quotas of 100 each, the following
  35. regions seldom send immigrants to the U.S.: Ethiopia, Muscat,
  36. Nepal, British Togoland, French Togoland, French Cameroon,
  37. Tanganyika, Nauru, New Guinea, Yap.
  38. </p>
  39. </body>
  40. </article>
  41. </text>
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