Emigrants To America.

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Document ID 9706390
Date 20-11-1847
Document Type Statistics
Archive Linenhall Library
Citation Emigrants To America.;The Belfast Commercial Chronicle, Saturday, November 20th, 1847.; CMSIED 9706390
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    Emigrants to America. - The following statistical
facts in regard to emigration are extracted by the Albany
Evening Journal from the report just made to the
legislature by the Commissioners of Emigration. - The
number of passengers who arrived from May 5th to Sept.
30th, inclusive, and for whom communication money was
paid, or bonds given, was 101,546, of whom only 25 were
bonded. Of said passengers, there were natives of
Germany, 43,208; Ireland, 40,820; England and Wales,
5,501; Holland, 2,966; France, 2,633; Scotland, 1,856;
Switzerland, 1,596; Norway, 881; Belgium, 478; West
Indies, 265; Italy, 130; Sweden, 119; Spain, 72;
Denmark, 51; Portugal, 31; Poland, 21; East Indies, 6;
Turkey, 1; South America, 1 - 101,546.