ABSTRACT
A complicated code of prohibitory measures has been gradually evolved by both the United States and the Canadian Governments, a code which has grown more stringent whenever the inflow of European visitors has quickened. The restrictions are such that they shut out the diseased, the criminal, the vicious, the person unable to support himself, and in some cases the contract labourer. As the whole Union gained by the inflow of population, so also should the whole Union contribute to the immigration expenditure incurred by New York State. To assist the immigration of foreigners under contract to perform labour in Canada is prohibited by ch. 97, of Revised Statutes 1906. Every passenger or other person seeking to land in Canada shall first appear before an immigration officer, and shall be forthwith examined as required under this Act, either on shipboard or on train or at some other place designated for that purpose.
