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figures for 1972 - 1976 include CPG passport holders with onward visas; figures for 1977 - 1980 exclude CPG passport holders with onward visas

** Estimates for 1975 1st half of 1978 were calculated on the basis that 40% of illegals

would never surface, whereas 2nd half of 1978 were calculated on a 30% basis, and estimate: from 1979 onwards are calculated on a 10% basis; estimates for February and March 1980 have been adjusted by C & S Department on 9-5-80.