CHAPTER I
DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS
1. Construction of table: difficulties 87 2. Sources utilized: reports of Jewish societies 87 3. Rearrangement of numbers from 1886 to 1898 88 4. Determination of numbers by country of nativity: methods used 88 5. Determination of numbers from 1881 to 1885: methods used 90 6. Tendency to magnify numbers of Jewish immigrants 91 7. Results 92