New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-07
IySJ,Iy REPORT OF THE COMMISSION.
Frs OF EMIGRATION.

TIE COMM 81 ,ners Of Emigration when was Indh<
fore the Legislature yesterday;
The rear 1855 being the ninth OF the opers,aonx
this Commission, l. remarkable m ifs h-eory forts
sudden and very great falling on o. IAS r. ss1Inoaa
siep erniorsut. at the port e Newf0rk. IL hss ss
been remarkable during tie latter part o. Toe yer
for a nearly rrsspOp ling dimnuton Of iae nnmes
of tie diseased and destitute claiming and Teceiyif
relief frou the Commission.
during the Winter and carry Spring The hosPIta am
Refuge at Wards Island were crowded % tne sever
it of the season and the ceath Of employment, 70
their full extent Of accommodation, and The imposs
bi.itv Of procuring immediate employment; for u
ruuber Of recently arrived persons IN this ehy con
ueped resort 70 the beetowsng temporary or outdo0
Ieefto an eItet very far 1ey0 the ordinary orna
nrscice OF the Commissioners, aways subject to mxe
az lss misuse and imposition and 10 De Jusied oay
IN tie view Of the Commissioners, by Tie extreme
urgency Of the case.
Tie cost Of ne citing these unusual demands, bod
for out-of-door relief and hospital support, was u
r.ssed by the ne 10 price OF the neces~ares OF life
witch were all much dearer than in the preceding yex
srd averaged from third 10 kali more than m tie
carrier wears Of the Commission.
in IRIS rot during 1855, and for whom oommutsto.
money was paid special BONDS oeinandea, wn
i9s "a being less than half the average Of the Eve
pr.cedirc years and little more than Two aims OF n
Lumber in 1854, which were 3ls, sl3.
n oscrsese Of emigration from Europe WIS gea
ersl l.oucLout other parts OF the United s'stes an
: extended 10 tose Of british America. As to the cause
for tbs charge the Commissioners offer no oplnloa
.lcv would merely mention one cause iauhg iname-
dsiely under eir obsery alton, which though II nay
not be- the principal yet operative 10 c0n,derabe
extent end viii 20 far be durable N It's eHects-
tie Cec Of the recently enacted laws, on ootn nies
Of lie Atlantic regulating the transportation OF pas
sepeers securing them against many abuses, oul
din nhirg tie number Of persons who can De earned
in aIy one vessel and adding 10 The cot OF transport.
stion IRE influence OF this cause, anu ptoosoy
IL arTl Mill .spu
chiefly in iesseung the number Of the mos mdgenl
ard Helpless class OF enigrants.
1Lose WHO arrived DUNG the last Summer and Az
tunn appear generally TO be OF the class and charaew
mot Aile 10 take care Of themselves, and TO add 70
the Productive means and industry o the country.
Tie number taken care Of under the imrnedia,s
charge Of tie Commission Is low little more thaa hai
tie usual average, aud the current hsre oeea
about net by tie current receipts but the aars u
the Comm i-sion are severely embarrassed ny the re.
main Of former debt patty contracted Tor lands aud
buit iugs aud Other causes set form IN iOflef ne
Io,ts aud still ty tie late necessary heavy ex-
fer5tur during the last Winter, which were not re
INFUSED as has been the oE tie last six years,
by TIE surplus income OF the Summer.
Tie number Of patterns received at the Name
Uoer ital at Quarantine, either directly from ship
hosid 81 sent fOm the city DUNG 1853, was less than
la tie number received either for 1888 or 1884 thus
ccrresponding with the reduced number OF Foreigners
arriving az tbs port duing the year.
lie Statistics of emigration 10 this port, AMI the re-
lief afforded to aliens under tie operation OF this con-
mission present the following results:
Number VI esses employed ia conveying citizens and s
Nuuler conve yiug citizens ony 81
Total passenger ass
o. Iee - ;e6 were eit!zsns and ss SS Aliens viz; Ma
y, 49, ~ I,sis,d ....,.'..,....., SOC
Natives Of Germany ot1x
Ne Is Ct other countries. 4oS
Total -
The Statistics OF relief afforded 10 destitute and dis
al emOraufs by the Commissioners, exhipB
tie following results:
Number in Marine Hospital let Jan, ls5a...". e93
Total number estei.................,:.-- 40.
NuuLe- IN e.ligrant refuge and hospital Wari's
Ntnber tern IT, re during the year............ 81
fos nuH5cr cared fi ami treated m
Member Of SICK from Office to New. York Hos
NlHber q sex sezt 1T from cicc to St vncsnt'
iosi case: from
Number Of Lgnsiie EHierAn'in City Asylum on -.
Ms ISL jan IG 1,c 1,;5c tb ss
Total number Of Lusstic Emisrants. ......- ~
OF which there left the Asylum, viz:
Numter DISCHARGED. .....,...''....'''''''.'''' =,
number whose of Eve years has eIPiFsd.. o. "
iss January, Is56 eharsesLle to this cOnmis- -.
Number Il persons sent back to EurOPea at their
Eobtf cIssded to t.icu. place. inland By the
Number temporarily relieved in this city with
Na% o supplied temporarily with board and
Nanser' Il outdoor poor in The city buried at the
exrense o the Commission. ...............,.. ~
Number Of females provided with situations at
the intelligence Office and labor exchange....... 6,oH
Intelligence Office aud labor exchange ........ 9lo4
Total number provided with employment
Whole nu%Se relieved. forwarded and provided
with employment from City institutions. psf6i
Number relieved and forwarded Ia and from the
several Counties Of the State, ehsrgeable 10 the -
Commission. n,D
-
Grand total reliey ed forwarded and provided with
employment by the Commission, in the City
end State Of New ork h2lB
Number Of days spent III Marine Hospital...... ssp
Number Of days spent in the Emiuant Hospital
and Refuge Wards Island. eN 30
Total in two Institutions. ................. san4
Number Of lett written from the Labor Elk
change to friends Of recently arrived emgrsn,s 1e
thereto s5n6 d
Irish EmisIsnt Society from friends OF recently
arrived emigrants and applied TO the forwarding
Of emigraifs chorgeabe TO the Commission. S5sn ~
During the whole year the number receiving cid
from the Commission, and the amount of the relief
extended was above the average of former years, al
the same time from obvious causes the cost Of fur
nishing such aid was much higher while the income
relied upon to meet these charges fell off more than
halt.
MARINE HOSPITAL AND QUARANTINE, STATEN IsLAgD.
Tie Commissioners Justly compliment DIR. Thomp.
son, the Health Officer, DIR. Alexander Vach6 who
served Physcian-in-Chief Of this institution until
July and DR.. Elisha Hanis, who succeeded him. for
the very able manner in which they have discharged
the arduous and responsible duties of their several
staons the former securing this city from the intro
ducon Of contagious diseases, ard the two latter fo
their Kill ard care in the Hospital They 20 on say
The whole number of cases treated durnO the wear