482 

 IMMIGRATION. 



A report has recently been made by the Statistical Bureau of the 

 Treasury Department, giving the numbers and nationalities of immi- 

 grants coming into this country in fifty-one years, from which it appears 

 that 7,448,94:0 persons have taken up a residence here during that period. 

 An analysis of this statement shows that 51 per cent. (3,8liG,040) have 

 come from the British Isles, and nearly 40 per cent. (2,940,971) from the 

 continent of Europe, 4 per cent, from North America, and less than 2 

 per cent, from Asia. 



The table of nationalities is arranged in the order of their numerical 

 prominence. 



Table shoicing the nationalities of the alien passengers arrived in the United 

 States during the fifty-one years ended September 30, 1870. 



Germany, not includingPrussia 2, 250, 822 



Great Britain, not specified 1, 824, 078 



Ireland 1, 406, 030 



England 501,316 



British America 271, 185 



France 245, 147 



Conntries, n. s 204, 627 



Sweden and Norway 151, 104 



China 108,610 



Prussia 100,983 



Scotland 82,403 



Switzerland 61, 269 



West Indies, n. s 45, 558 



Holland 30,905 



Italy 23,387 



Denmark 23, 221 



Spain 23,096 



Mexico 20,039 



Belgium 16, 850 



Wales 12,213 



Austria 7,904 



South America 7, 407 



Azores 6, 636 



Portugal 4, 416 



Cuba 3,960 



Poland 3,955 



Eussia 2,930 



Sardinia 2, 103 



Central America 1, 667 



Sicily 675 



Hungary 488 



Africa 471 



Madiera 313 



Turkey 299 



Canary Islands 290 



Australia 246 



Japan 



Greece 



India 



Malta 



Cape of Good Hope 



Jamaica 



Hayti 



East India Islands 



Cape de Verde 



Liberia 



Bermudas 



Guiana 



Porto Rico 



Brazil 



Venezuela 



Peru 



Sandwich Islands 



Arabia 



St. Helena 



Chili 



Asia, n. s 



Egypt 



New Zealand 



Persia 



Iceland 



Corsica 



Barbary States 



Buenos Ayres 



Society Islands 



Abyssinia 



Islands of the Pacific, n. s 



Syria 



Boli via 



Miciuelon 



New Granada 



Paraguay 



215 



195 



178 



127 



88 



85 



81 



79 



71 



64 



61 



53 



50 



45 



40 



36 



35 



33 



33 



28 



24 



20 



17 



14 



11 



11 



11 



7 



7 



5 



5 



4 



3 



3 



2 



1 



Total 7,447,745 



