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A large number of British emigrants are brought 

 to this country by funds gratuitously provided by rela- 

 tives already in the United States. A writer in the 

 London Chronicle, July 15th, after learning the 

 amount of bills negotiated in this way by five houses 

 in Liverpool, estimates that the sum of one million 

 sterling, or nearly $5,000,000, is thus sent over 

 every year. 



The number of paupers in the State of Massa- 

 chusetts in 1849 was 24,892. Of this number 9,128 

 were from England and Ireland ; the cost of supporting 

 which amounted to |441,675, or upwards of "£88,- 

 000. The value of labor performed by paupers in 

 Alms House, $17,000, or about <£3,500. 



It is estimated that there are 200,000 Canadians 

 residing in the United States. Boston is the healthiest 

 city in the Union, standing higher in this respect than 

 all the larger cities. The weekly mortality of Boston 

 is from 60 to 80 deaths. According to a table kept 

 in the City Registrar's office in Boston, the Ameri- 

 cans present a much higher standard of longevity 

 than do the foreigners ; and foreign children's diseases 

 also prove much more extensively fatal than do those 

 of the children of natives. 



Diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid, typhus, and other 



