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dom to the United States for the same six years, according to the 

 official accounts in that country, was 80,522, which allows but 

 6,618 for the number of emigrants to the United States from all the 

 other parts of theworld, though it is known that these (including 

 the emigrants from the rest of the British dominions) are nearly 

 equal to the number from the United Kingdom. 



The more accurate returns, subsequently made to the State de- 

 partment, furnish us with some data for correcting these errors. 

 By the official returns of British consuls residing in America, the 

 number of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland to the United 

 States for the five years from 1833 to 1837,* was 163,447; but, 

 according to the reports of the collectors here to the State depart- 

 ment, the whole number of foreigners who came to the United 

 States, in the same period, was 324,750, which is very nearly 

 double the number of those who w r ere from Great Britain and Ire- 

 land. 



If, then, we suppose that the British accounts were not less accu- 

 rate in the last period of five years than in the first period of six, 

 (and they were probably more so,) and that the emigrants from 

 other countries to the United States bore as large a proportion to 

 those from Great Britain and Ireland in the first period as the last, 

 (which there is no reason to question,) then the British returns of 

 emigrants to the United States would be to the whole number from 

 all parts of the world in the ratio of 163,447 to 324,750, unless it 

 were proper to make a deduction from the last number for those 

 British emigrants who took their route to Upper Canada by way 

 of New York. 



To some, this deduction may not seem to be necessary, because 

 they would consider that the number of those who came to the 

 United States from Canada was likely to equal those who went to 

 Canada by the route of New York, and especially during the civil 

 commotions that broke out within the five years in question. Yet 

 as, since 1834, the proportion* of British emigrants who take the 

 New York route is said to be " considerable," let us assume, in the 

 absence of all precise data, that as many as one-third of those emi- 

 grants who land in New York afterwards proceed to Canada, and 

 see how far the above-mentioned ratio is affected by that proportion. 



The number of British and Irish emigrants who arrived at New 

 York from 1833 to 1837, inclusive, was 152,164 ; and the number 



* Porter's Progress of the Nation. 



