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Archives 



In the Archives of the Department, a careful Register is 

 kept of all administrative papers, studies, observations and 

 documents of ships transporting immigrants, and a list of 

 all those entered since the year 1857, 



Accountant's and Treasury Departments 



The Accountant's Department and the Treasury have 

 under their charge the financial part of the administration 

 and keep account of all amounts spent in lodging and trans- 

 port of immigrants and their baggage, payment of wages to 

 employes and other expenses (Article 3 paragraph 13.) 



Statistics 

 The Statistical Office keeps minute statistics of the immi- 

 grants arriving in the country, classifying annually and 

 monthly the arrivals and departures of steamers, stating date, 

 flag, number of passengers and immigrants with a summary 

 of the immigration movement; steamers inspected, ports of 

 procedure, classification of immigrants according to natio- 

 nality, profession, sexe, age; monthly, annually and quin- 

 quennially; sexagenarians entered; births and deaths on 

 board, immigrants entered at the Hotel and settling of immi- 

 grants in the interior. 



Interpreters Office 

 In the Interpreters office there are employes who speak 

 several languages; verbal information is given to all immi- 

 grants who ask for it. It provides information regarding 

 lands offered for sale and has charge of the foreign corre- 

 spondence. 



Labour and Forwarding Office 

 The Labour and Forwarding Office receives inquiries 

 for workmen from all parts of the country, and, according to 

 such inquiries, undertakes the placing of the immigrants who 

 come to the Hotel, asking for lodging and employment. This 

 office provides the immigrants with the information they 



