The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-23 00:00:00

REPORT OF THE COMIIL34ION'ERS.

This morning was issued a blue book of 216
pages, containing the 23rd general report of the Emigration

The emigration from the United Kingdom, in 1862,
amounted to 121,214 souls, of whom 58,706 or upwards of
48 per cent. went to the United States, 15,522 or a little
more than 12 per cent. to British North Americo, 41,843 or
nearly 34 per nest. to Australia and New Zealand, and
5,143 or more than 4 per cent to other places. The emi-
gration of 1862 exceeded the emigration of 1861 by up-
wards of 29,000 souls, and was larger than the average of
the four previous years—but fell mach short of the emigre'
tion of 1855, 1836, and 1857, and was less than two-fifths
of the emigration of the sight years from 1847 to 1855.
The greatest decrease, both in 1861 and 1862, was, as might
be expected, in the emigration to the United State*. In
1861 this emigration bad kiln to 49,764, equal to 612:
per cent. of the whole emigration of that year. Is 1862
it rose to 58,706, but its proportion to the whole emigre-
800 was even less than in 1861, being only 4813 per not. ;
in fact, its proportion to the whole emitintion was smaller
in 1862 than in any year since 1841. In the 21 yean which
have elapsed since 1841, the proportion of the emigration to
the United States to the whole emigration his varied from
7918 per cent. to 4813, the average being 6193. The de-
crew in the but two years was of course the result of the
civil war. The same moss increased the proportion of the
emigration to British North America. Between 1849 and
1862 the proportion of that emigration to the whole emigre-
tics varied from 5'55 per cent. to 1859 to 13'85 per cent. is
1861. In 1862 it amounted to 12'80 per mat Neverthe-
less, the emigration to British North America, though pro-
portionally large, was absolutely small. With the exception
of the four preceding years (1858 to 1861 inclusive) it was
the smallest since 1839. Of the whole number of mai.
grants, 49,680 or 40'98 per cent. were Irish. This propor-
tion is larger than in 1861, and in some recent years, and
indicates ao lucre's° of pressure upon the labouring class in
Ireland. Whenever that is the case the ample remittances
so nobly sent home to their friends in Inland by those who
have preceded them, afford • ready meson of extending the
emigration. The amount retuned as sent home in 1862
was 463,0241.. making in the 16 years for which there ars
returns, a total of 12,642,0001. It is necessary to repeat
that three returns are very imperfect, as they contain moos
of the remittances through the poet or through private hands,
or through any of the banks or mercantile bosses, which de-
cline to furnish us with information. It would scarcely be
uoreasonable to estimate the amount of which there are no
returns, at half as much again as that of which there're re-
turns. During the first four months of the year the emigra-
tion is for obvious reasons generally small. The numbers who
emigrated in the months daring the five nen preceding
the present year were-1858, 34.423; 1859, 33,767; 1860.
38,285. 1861, 34.749 ; 1862, 30,016. In 1863 they have
amounted to 68,571. Of this emigration there proceeded
to the United States 46,904, which, though numerically
large, is not larger in proportion to the whole than the
average of former years. But the proportion of Irish in the
emigration was considerably larger then in previous years.
Thus the proportion of Irish was in 1838, 5461 per cant ;
1858, 6317: 1860, 64'06 ; 1861, 6311 ; 1862, 58.95. In
1863 it was 70159 per cent. The properties of single toss
to the whole emigration to the United Stews was in 1858,
37'20 ; 18.59, 38'57 ; 1860, 35/4 ; 1861, :12.85. 1862, 3264.
la 1863 it was 36.16. The oconmissioners believe that the
great increase in the Irish emigration of the present year is
to be attributed rather to the distress caused in Ireland by
an unfortunate succession of bed seasons, and to the high
wages now prevailing is the limited States, than to any
pre-couesived intention os the part of the emigrants to tabe
service with either party is the civil war wow miss.

It appears from a general abstract issued this
morning, that the grants for civil services for the year 1863,
as compared oath the greats for 1862.3, show a .04 degrease
of 44,7471.