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EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart), the movement of population out of one country into another (see MIGRATION).

... ern frontier to seek an asylum in other lands. In 1891 the alarm caused by this emigration led to further protests from abroad. The citizens of London again assembled at Guildhall, and addressed a petition to the tsar on behalf of his Hebrew subjects. It was h ...

... 10, and in 1901, 196,090. The county is among those least seriously affected by emigration. Of the total about 50 % are Presbyterians, about 20 % each Protestant Episcopalians and Roman Catholics; Antrim being one of the most decidedly Protestant counties in I ...

... in districts still not served by either. Population and Government. — Owing to emigration, chiefly to Canada, the population has declined, almost without a break, since 1831, when it was 100,973, to 74>°85 m '891 and 73,642 in 1901, in which year there were 2 ...

... The population (72,286 in 1891 ; 65,619 in 1901) shows a heavy decrease, though emigration affects it less seriously than the majority of Irish counties. Of the total about 45 % are Roman Catholics, 32 % Protestant Episcopalians, and 16 % Presbyterians, the Ro ...

... A very important factor in the movement of the population is the large over-sea emigration, mostly to the United States of America, which has grown very much during the last quarter Administrative Territories. Areas in Population. Density of Population Miles. ...

... Farming (Triibner & Co., 1877). 3 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xx. p. 500. EMIGRATION— EMILIA each contour-feather appears to be double, its kyporackis, or aftershaft, being as long as the main shaft — a feature noticed in the case of either form so soon ...

... t is famous; cheap fans; and pewter, iron and tin wares. Swatow is also a great emigration port and was the scene of many kidnapping adventures on the part of foreigners in the early days. Their outrages gave rise to much hostile feeling towards foreigners who ...

... unknown but rich capacities, which it was now moving to reduce to possession by emigration, it would seem far more strange if the social conditions had not been somewhat disturbed. G. — The Development of Democracy, 178^-1801. 109. All the tendencies of politi ...