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Show THE YEAR'S IMMIGRATION. Gain of More Than 138,000 Over Year 1901. Whllo tbo Immigration at tho New York port for tho lost half of tho current cur-rent year has not been as large as that of tho first six months, there was n very heavy Increnso In tho total Immigration, as compared with tho previous cnlondnr year. Tho total numbor of Immigrants that arrived at Now York and wcro ndmlttod In 1902, up to nnd Including December 29, was 545,751. ns compared with -417.713 In 1901. a gain this yenr of more than 138,000. Tho month of May showed tho largest Immigration, tho number of nrrlvals In that month being 82,154. Most of tbo newcomers went to Ohio, Illinois nnd California. |