Assuming, however, that 7,500 was the total Japanese population at the beginning
of the year, it is not a matter of surprise that with the arrival at their shores of 8,125
Japanese in the ten months following, the people of British Columbia and more
especially the residents of Vancouver, should have experienced some concern, and
that as vessel after vessel landed an ever-increasing number, until in fewer months
than it had taken years to bring the Japanese population of British Columbia to what
it was, this total was exceeded by new arrivals, that consternation should have been
felt in many quarters. If anjrthing more were needed to occasion unrest, it was to
be found in the simultaneous arrival from the Orient of Hindus by the hundreds
and Chinese in larger numbers than those of immediately preceding years. It was
an alarm at numbers, and the cry of a white Canada was raised.
ORIENTAL IMMKiRATIOU COMMISSION



III.— THE IMMIGEATION OF 1907.
Immigrants rejected — Immigrants admitted to the United States — Immigrants ad-
mitted to Canada — Sources of Immigration Hawaiian Islands — Mexico — Japan
— Immigrants sent 'out hy emigration companies — Large immigration due to
exceptional causes — Classification of immigrants — Prohable numbers of respective
classes — Descriptive table giving detailed classification of Japanese arrivals at
Canadian ports.
