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of population since the establishment of the govern 

 ment has been as follows, as given by Mr. Haggles : 



1790 3,929,827, 



1800 5,305,937, increase 35.02 per cent. 



1810 7,239,814, increase 36.45 per cent. 



1820 9,638,191, increase 33.13 per cent. 



1830 12,866,020, increase 33.49 per cent. 



1840 17,069,453, increase 32.67 per cent. 



1850 23,191,876, increase 35.87 per cent. 



1860 31,445,080, increase 35.59 per cent. 



&quot;This rate of progress, especially since 1820, is owing in 

 part to immigration from foreign countries. 

 &quot;There arrived, in 10 years, 



From 1820 to 1830 244,490 



From 1830 to 1840 552,000 



From 1840 to 1850 1,558,300 



From 1850 to 1860 2,707,624 



Total 5,062,414 



&quot; Being a yearly average of 126,560 for the last 40 years, 

 and 270,762 for the last ten years.&quot; 



The rebellion checked the tide of foreign immi 

 gration ; but in 1863 it again commenced setting 

 towards our shores. Mr. Ruggles says : 



&quot;The records of the Commissioners of Emigration of 

 New York show that the arrivals at that port alone have 

 been, for 



From From Total, including 



Ger mally . ^ 



1861 27,754 27,159 65,529 



1862 32,217 27,740 76,306 



1863, up to Aug. 20, 7| mos. . . 64,465 18,724 about 98,000 



&quot;The proportions of the whole number of 5,062,414 ar 

 riving from foreign countries in the forty years from 1820 

 to 1860, were as follows : 



