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Show f THE ,YEA jgUZBAJlQNJ Gain of More Xhan 138,000 Over Yeijr 1901. While the immigration at the New York port for the last half of the current cur-rent year has not been as large as that nf tho flvt-t ci- . .1- it that of the first six. months, there was a very heavy increase in, the total Immigration, as compared with the previous calendar year. The total number of immigrants that arrived at New York and were admitted in 1902, up to and including December 29, was 545,751, as compared with 417,713 in 1901, a gain this year of more than 138,000. The month of May showed the largest immigration, the number of arrivals in that month being 82,154., Most of the newcomers went to Ohio Illinois and Califsi-n;' |