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ences willi an occnsioiial ofFicial tabic. All tlic factsi as to the inimbcrs 

 of immio-rants that I have l)een able to find, eonipilcd from diverse 

 sources, r.ro contained in the following table: 



181G. A vessel brought 300 immigrants from Perthshire to St. John. 



1819. Some 7,000 immigrants, chiefly from Ireland, but with some from Scotland, 

 and some disbanded regiments, reached St. John. 



Another record gives for this year, immigrants from Dumfries 150, 

 Cardigan 180, Falmouth 17, London 38, Ross (Ireland) 110, London- 

 derry 1,312. 



1821. Aug. 28. Ship Mars, Frier, arrived at St. Andrews from Belfast with 



210 passengers. 



1822. June. Reached St. John from Scotland. ."10 immigrants, Eiighuid, .")."); 



Wales, 66; Ireland (Londonderry), 1,300. 



1826. July 1. Upwards of 1,550 immigrants liave arrived at St. .Iiiin since 

 April 30, many in a very distressed condition. 



1826. Oct. 7. 3.000 arrived at St. John since 30 April. 



1829. June. Arrived from England 146, from Ireland 2,064. 



1831-1835. 30,000 immigrants arrived in St. John, of whom many appear to have 

 gone on to the United States. 



1834. Some 8,750 immigrants appear to have reached the Province. 



1835. During the last five years, the average number of emigrant arrivals was 



6.000 annually ; during the five preceding years, 5,000 per annum was 

 the average. The departures, during the same periods, were 2,500 per 

 annum (Wedderburn, 74). 



1840. May. In 2 days 875 immigrants arrived at St. John. 



1841. May 15. Sailed for St. John, 5 vessels from Cork, 2 from Kinsale, 3 from 



Londonderry, 1 each from Belfast and Westport, containing 1,991 pas- 

 sengers. 



1842. July 16. 7,000 immigrants arrived at St. John the present season. An- 



other note says, from April to July 7,000 arrived at St. John, most of 

 whom went on to the UniteO States. 



1843. Jan. 1 — Dec. 31. 8,320 immigrants came to the Province ; St. John, 7,565 ; 



Miramichi, 332; St. Andrews, 423. 



3844—2,605; 184.5—6,133; 1840—9,705; 3847- 14.87!» : 1848 — 1,141: 1849— 

 2.724; 1850—1.838. 



As the above figures indicate, the greater part of the immigration 

 of this period was from Ireland, a condition contrasting sharply with 

 that of the preceding period, in wliieli it was ehijfly from Scotland. 

 Happilv we have very e.xaet data upon this subject of the nationality 

 of the innnigranls cf tin's period, for tlie census of 1<S51, taken at 



