Census of the United States. 377 
From 1840 to 1850 the arrivals of foreign passengers in 
the ports of the United States have been as follows : *— 
T8404 1) Or ceresess 83,504 1847. 284,576 
1842 101,107 1848 se 226,524 
1848 Fons Calis) LSA O Peeters 269,610 
SAS eeteneateienfteter 74,607 1850 seoeeee L73,011 
vecseseses02,157 Total... 1,542,850 
Taking for granted the substantial correctness of the 
foregoing numbers, and the accuracy of the returns during 
the last ten years, the following statement will show the 
accessions to the population of the United States from immi- 
gration from 1790 to 1850 :— 
Number of foreigners arriving from 1790 to 
JES or axcap core iptoso xed eas nce eee 120,000 
Natural increase, reckoned in periods of ten 
OATS sresstercenystseessecesttssssestsssacssseatiytsneaeancetats 47,560 
Number of foreigners arriving from 1810 to 
1820 seastasai st aeret eS Re 114,000 
Increase of the above to 1820... seessesesesssereees 19,000 
Ditto from 1810 to 1820 of those arriving 
previous to 1810 ........ estiarsaice aes 58,450 
% The average addition to the population of America by European 
emigration, for the ten years ending 1850, has been yearly 154,285. By 
way of contrast, it may be stated that the number of immigrants into New 
South Wales, both at public and individual expense, for the whole of the 
Jast twenty years has been less than 100,000. An impetus has, however, 
been lately given, bidding fair to exhibit in future years very different 
results,—as will be apparent from the single fact that Victoria alone records 
an addition to her numbers in the year 1852 of 15,477 immigrants intro- 
duced at the public cost, and of 79,187 who were unassisted, making 
together 94,664 souls, and being equal to the whole twenty years’ immi- 
gration into the elder colony ! 
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