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Show 'EWER ALIENS ADMITTED DURING THIS YEAR - Fewer immigrant aliens were .dmitted to the United States dur- ng the fiscal year ended June 30, han in any fiscal year for the last ten years, according to a datement made public by the Commissioner .General of Immigration, Immi-gration, Harry E. Hull. .; . " -., , The tkrtal number of immigrant Uiens admitted during the past iscal year was 179,678, as against :;i7,255 for the preceding year, a eerease of 25,577, or nine per nt. The total for 1929 was the iwest since 1919, when 141,132 mmigrants entered the country. , The decrease for the past year was largely confined to these countries, coun-tries, namely: Irish Free State, Canada and Mexica. Immigration from the Irish Free State dropped Vom 24,544 in 1928 to 17,672 in 1929, or 28 per cent ; from Canada , t dropped from 73.154 to 64,440, ' r 12 per cent; and from Mexico , VJ.016 to 40,154, or 32 per cenV There was an increase from nearly 11 of the other countries, particu-arly particu-arly from England, Scotland and iweden, the total immigrants r m all Europe being 158,513 in '928. and 158,598 in in 1929. |