. Christian herald and signs of our times . TRACTS FOR ITALIAN ARRIVALS. fall, when the greatest number of immi-grants arrive. On entering this country, each immi-grant is taxed fifty cents, and this rev enuegoes to the Treasury Department ofthe general government, whichappropriates S per an-num for the fixed sal-aries and other expensesof the Immigration De-partment. Every facil-ity is prov ided for aid-ng the new arrivals toreach their ultimate des-tination safely andspeedily. Besides thegeneral ticket officethere are an exchangefor foreign money, din-ing rooms where a thou-sand can
. Christian herald and signs of our times . TRACTS FOR ITALIAN ARRIVALS. fall, when the greatest number of immi-grants arrive. On entering this country, each immi-grant is taxed fifty cents, and this rev enuegoes to the Treasury Department ofthe general government, whichappropriates S per an-num for the fixed sal-aries and other expensesof the Immigration De-partment. Every facil-ity is prov ided for aid-ng the new arrivals toreach their ultimate des-tination safely andspeedily. Besides thegeneral ticket officethere are an exchangefor foreign money, din-ing rooms where a thou-sand can feed simulta-neously, sleeping quar-ters, detention rooms,a hospital, a contagiousdisease building, andmissionary quarters. Inthe last named, fromsix to ten missionariesare stationed daily toattend to the sriritual sia. Norwav and Sweden, Great Britain,Ireland. Turkey and Greece. The great-est number from any one country camefrom Italv which sent us As faras could be ascertained the sum total of allthe immigrants wealth was ,
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