CYCLICAL FLUCTUATIONS IN MIGRATION 143 
with 1920 for male emigrants, and does not decline so much after 
restriction becomes effective. The 1918 spurt is largely due to the 
inclusion in the number of nonemigrants of thousands of Chinese in 
transit across the United States for work behind the battle lines in 
France. 
CHART 28 
ReraTivE FrucruarioNns iN NUMBER oF EMIGRANTS AND Non- 
EMIGRANTS, CLASSIFIED BY SEX: 1908-1924. 
= err] ; 
rors. cnn ET 
MALE EMIGRANTS SCALES OF 
PERCENTAGE 
CHANGE 
200 
160 
120 
80 —{ Decrease 
FEMALE EMIGRANTS g 9 
TOTAL WOM-EHIGRINTS: o | 
MALE NON-EHIGRANTS A A 
4 
Increase | , 
60 
FEMALE NON EHIGRANTS 
Poel 03 oe 13] A [8 Te 17 B12 [202i [22 25] 
YEARS ENDING JUNE 30™ 
sNumerical data in Table 38. 
For a more complete discussion of the method of constructing the above chart, see 
footnote (b) to Chart 27. 
The fluctuations in the number of emigrant and nonemigrant 
females, respectively, are also not markedly dissimilar, except that 
when immigration restriction became effective the accompanying 
decline in departures was more pronounced in the emigrant curve.