Division of Immigration 



NEWTON BRIGHT, Commissioner 

 ELIZABETH LYON, Assistant Commissioner 



The general conception of the duties of this Department is that it 

 deals wholly with foreign immigration, but due to the location of Ken- 

 tucky, but little foreign immigration finds its way into the State, and 

 then only to industrial centers. This soon becomes assimilated with 

 native citizenship, and soon becomes naturalized. The more modern 

 definition and meaning of immigration is the influx of the American 

 citizenship into our State from other States, seeking either industrial 

 positions and locations or for the purpose of engaging in agricultural 

 pursuits. This being the conception of the meaning of the law, I, as 

 your Commissioner, have used this appropriation toward the publica- 

 tion of such material as would induce desirable native immigrants to 

 come into our State with the idea of making Kentucky their future 

 home, and at the same time, locate in such localities as would best 

 suit their former occupation, and conform to their financial ability. 



The Assistant Commissioner, through the columns of the Ex- 

 change bulletin and with other literature gotten out by the Department 

 of Agriculture, handles such inquiries and has rendered valuable 

 service along this line. Within the past eighteen months inquiries 

 have come from many States, all of which have been answered. 



Numerous inquiries have come from parts of the State seeking 

 information relative to other parts of the State. While most of the 

 inquiries are concerning agriculture, many of them are relative to out- 

 door life, business opportunities, touring information, etc. Many 

 publications are used from the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Kentucky Highway Department, State Geological Survey, State 

 College of Agriculture and Kentucky Progress Commission. To all of 

 which we wish to express our debt of gratitude. 



