APPENDIX T. 141

In eight years the immigration into Canada has
ncreased eight-fold. In the fiscal year ending June,
1903, the arrivals totalled the enormous aggregate of
125,000. This gigantic movement originates, not
merely in Europe and Britain—which together supply
less than two-thirds of the influx—but from every state
in the Union, The * American invasion,” which
commenced in 'g6 and 'g7, in 1903 sent to Canada
47,000 settlers.
The arrivals for the year ending June 30, 1902,
total 67,379, as against 49,149 for the previous year,
classified as follows: —
BRITISH
English and Welsh
Scotch... xe
Irish was or
CONTINENTAL—
Galicians ...
Germans ... ave
Hungarians oe our
Austrians ... avi we
Scandinavians ... on
French and Belgians ...
Russians and Finlanders
Miscellaneous ... .
United States  ... ve

17,250

we

23,732
26,388
67,379

Those from Great Britain show an increase
 over last year ... Po
Those from the continent of Europe
chow an increase over last year  ...
Those from the United States show an
increase over last year ah _
Total increase ... po

Total ..-5:449


4,380

8,401

18.220

METHODS OF INDUCING IMMIGRATION.

An extract from a report of a speech by Mr. Sifton,
Minister of the Interior (Toronto Globe, Jan. 5, 1904) i—
« Mr. Sifton believed that an excellent class of