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TABLE OF LVIMIGEATION. 



The following commiinication and accompanying table, showing the immigra- 

 tion at New York, have just been received : 



CusTOM-HousE, New York, 



Collector's Office, Octoher 24, 1864. 



Sir : In farther compliance with your request of the 29th June last, I trans- 

 mit herewith a report of the number of emigrants arrived at this port during 

 the months of July, August, and September, 1864. 

 Very respectfully, vour obedient servant, 



S. DRAPER, Collector. 

 Isaac Newton, Esq., 



Commissioner, Deimrtment of Agriculture, WasJdngton, D. C. 



Statement showing the nurnher of arrivals of foreign emigrants in the district 

 and port of Neio York during the three months composing the quarter ending 

 Septemier 30, 1864. 



Male. Female. Total. 



Arrivals in July 9,453 7,138 16,591 



Arrivals in August 12, 946 9, 079 22, 025 



Arrivals iu September 7,029 5,341 12,370 



29, 428 21, 558 50, 986 



District and Port of New York, 



Collector's Office, Septcmhcr 30, 1864. 



Through the politeness of Hon. Oliver Warner, Secretary of the State of 

 Massachusetts, Hon. Simeon Draper, collector of the port of New York, 

 W. B. Thomas, esq., and H. W, Hoffman, collectors of the ports of Philadel- 

 phia and Baltimore, we are enabled to give the number of emigrants who have 

 arrived at those ports during the year commencing September 30, 1863, and 

 ending September 30, 1864. 



Boston 5,204 



New York 177,823 



Philadelphia 4,483 



Baltimore 2,203 



189,713 



The returns show for eleven months ending November 30, 1863 146,519 



And for the year 1862 76,306 



This shows that notwithstanding the eff"ects of the terrible war in which we 

 are engaged, and the eff'orts made by our enemies abroad, there has been an 

 enormous increase in the rush of the people of the Old World to a land that 

 promises universal liberty. 



