ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COMMISSIONER GENERAL
OF IMMIGRATION

TO THE SECRETARY OF LABOR

CONTENTS.

Induced and assisted immigration...

Oriental immigration....

The bureau's part in the war.

The new immigration law..

Admissions and rejections..

Illiterate aliens....

Defective aliens...

Aliens subject to exclusion or deportation on economic grounds..

Aliens employed on vessels..

Immigration from insular United States.

Smuggling and surreptitious entry of aliens.

Administrative fines...

Distribution of labor..

The "Immigrant Fund"

Immigration stations ...

Land border immigration stations...

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the illegal landing of Chinese...

Internment station.....

Investigation at San Francisco and elsewhere of conspiracies to accomplish

Suggestions for the betterment of administration.

Appendix I.—Statistics of immigration.....

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Table I.-Aliens admitted, departed, debarred, and deported, and United

States citizens arrived and departed, 1916 and 1917. . . .

Table II.-Net increase or decrease of population by arrival and departure

of aliens, 1916 and 1917, by months.

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Table III.-Net increase or decrease of population by arrival and departure

of aliens, 1916 and 1917, by countries....

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Table IV.-Net increase or decrease of population by arrival and departure

of aliens, fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, by races or peoples......

Table V.-Intended future permanent residence of aliens admitted and

last permanent residence of aliens departed, fiscal year ended June 30,

1917, by States and Territories.....

Table VI.-Occupations of aliens admitted and departed, fiscal year ended

June 30, 1917....

Table VII.-Sex, age, literacy, financial condition, etc., of immigrant

aliens admitted, fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, by races or peoples....

Table VII-A.-Sex, age, and length of residence in United States of emi-

grant aliens departed, fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, by races or peoples.

Table VII-B.-Conjugal condition of immigrant aliens admitted, fiscal

ended June 30, 1917, by races or peoples...

year

Table VIII.-Immigrant aliens admitted, fiscal year ended June 30, 1917,

by countries of last permanent residence and races or peoples.......

Table VIII-A.-Emigrant aliens departed, fiscal year ended June 30, 1917,

by countries of intended future residence and races or peoples......

Table IX.-Immigrant aliens admitted, fiscal year ended June 30, 1917,

by States of intended future residence and races or peoples.....