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Immigration. The number of immigrants 

 landed at Castle Garden for the eleven months 

 ending with December 1st was 372,183, or 

 63,464 less than for the same months in 1882. 

 The estimated number for the year was 390,- 

 000, against 455,450 during the previous year. 

 During eleven months 4,818 immigrants were 

 admitted to the hospital and refuge on Ward's 

 island, of which 575 remained there on the 

 10th of December, 116 of them being insane. 

 During the same period employment was found 

 for 27,480, and 1,273 were returned to the 

 countries they left as incapable of supporting 

 themselves. The expenses of the Board of Im- 

 migration were met by $168,054.04, collected 

 by the United States Treasury Department 

 from the vessels landing immigrants, and $38,- 

 202.51 appropriated by the State. There was 

 also $31,049.29 expended for repairs of State 

 property on Ward's island, which was drawn 

 from the State treasury. 



National Guard. The militia of the State, 

 known as the National Guard, consisted on the 



Over 3,500 men were in camp there from June 

 16th to July 28th. 



The New Capitol. Work on the new Capitol 

 at Albany progressed favorably during the 

 year. The rooms designed for the Court of 

 Appeals in the east end of the building were 

 finished. A contract was made on the 19th of 

 June for the construction of the southeastern 

 staircase, at a cost of $239,345.80, and it is ex- 

 pected to be completed by Sept. 15, 1884. The 

 old Capitol and the State Library building were 

 removed in preparing for the construction of 

 the eastern approach to the new edifice. The 

 State Library and Law Library were temporari- 

 ly provided for in the new building, in which 

 permanent rooms for them are to be ultimately 

 furnished. When the new commissioner took 

 charge of the Capitol, the granite and brick 

 walls of the west end were unfinished. This 

 wing extends 291 feet from north to south, 

 and 62 feet from east to west, not including 

 the space designed for the great staircase, 72 

 by 52 feet all comprising about one fourth of 



STATE CAPITOL, ALBANT. 



30th of September of 11,568 officers and en- the floor-space of the building. Before the 

 listed men. A camp of instruction is held at close of the year the walls were completed and 

 Peekskill in the summer, on a ground contain- 

 ing one hundred acres, and leased by the State 

 at an annual rental of $1,000. The lease ex- 

 pires May 1, 1885, and the State has the privi- 

 lege then of purchasing the ground for $13,000. 



roofed over. The total amount expended upon 

 the building to December 15th was $15,318,- 

 680.67. The amount expended from April 9th 

 to December 15th was $900,481.23, leaving a 

 balance on hand at the latter date of $99,5.18.- 



