dropped as is indicated by the table above. A slight gain since 1911
is not due to the coming of “labor” immigrants but to that of
“non-labor” immigrants. This will be made clear in our dis-
cussion of the character of Japanese immigrants.

Next, a word may be said as to the extent of Japanese depar-
ture from this country. The Immigration Bureau made no record
of returning aliens until very recently. Fortunately, however, the
Japanese government has been recording the returning immi-
grants. According to this authority, and since 1908, according
to the United States Commissioner-General of Immigration, the
number of Japanese who had annually returned from the United
States and the percentage these formed of the number who had
emigrated to the same since 1886 was as follows: +?

1 The figures for 1886-1907 compiled from those figures given in Im-

perial Statistical Annuals, while those for 1908-1914 from the figures
given in the Annual Report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration

Year. Number Percentage.
ENS Ose ts ce ee Cs ea RR eet Sete See 70 36.0
NS Cap tec ete Penh 5 8 0 Ls ed PR NCR erste oR ORRILS Ul ee 65 28.3
SSS x Soe aries tesa Mu le dune  eee i ame eee es 2s SRLS Lie ol 67 16.5
BLS a cas SY ee) oe Seng Rn ee Ee See 76 114
TSO (pies oie a5 | Areas CH SPA REE CLE EO bly CL 73 10.5
ALSO) Niger ee hae tha el A En edie a ye ot ae oth ae 168 14.7
MR G2, es eke Ae tS A eh ROR eM Ee TE 343 16.2
IS OB ecke a AES WE eee aac wees ee Le Ae LS 356 21.6
ELIS) 4 Say ee SA Le cn 7 1s BRR BEER A EUs A ASS SEU 391 22.4
BE Ey eee sk name SN ae, Mate eee Sean ee ee a bP Tae i 347 12.2
ES OG ieee Sees oe a 5 8 Te ee Re foes «eee oe ed 367 33.0
AR OA eee a1 Ne teh a ae aS Pee ee ee fl ee 388 25.4
IES OB Vetoes ae Renee ra sete ain ty eee ee ee SAL 671 30.0
BOOM Efe h te SLs) SAA OLIN OA Bie ani Lad PR ed sed Sell OE ete 833 29.2
ASG eee) oR AC LOR oe eek 18 SERN RI MOOI A ALLS Vee ee 1,006 15.2
EGY Ae POOR e SANT BIL SN SE OO So Bi) Eee aE Saat Be 8 866 17%
Dees eee seated ted OCS 2 oe IY 1,013 20.0
Oar eter oe ee eS ee AMS EEE 28 1,028 14.8
OO Aenea te ae S to. 0e 3) AUR Ear ied ei ee eek ee ee 922 12.0
PO) ye ees ome are oe a LTS ss Rie Se ek al 1,791 49.3
SAL) eae See 8 a ee ea ee ee ee 2,881 33.3
DS ie eek ee ras pee Fe? Oe ok WE ES vk Paes SU 2 eee 1.903 18.6
MOOR! «Sorte e2ahk er gee Soe a8 Oo a hed Ee 4,796 50.2 —
DG (Or Aiea ede AAS hy BRC Ia ie oe oer SPN ae oe he 5,004 205.335
SIRO) nese cere 5 SyN ee A CAI AGS SO a le ee TR De es Oe 5,024 193.39
OU otek ee Aa eerie TCE 2 alee ok kN alee 5,869 137.08
OD is te a 0 BY A RPP fee ene ee bi ae 5,437 100.1
MOM pga Lt Ms ote a tals ile eee ks ae Nadie relate 5,647 82.2
GA ee eee ALIN te ya eae ae eh ones RP ORE ae 6,300 74.4

The figures for the years before 1908 may not be as accurate
as those for the years since. Still the writer is inclined to think

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