Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-04-08

n retlnome0teIy paper, seosy P'i"
ted and published, giva copies or ex-
tracts of dispatches relative to emigra-
ton to the North American colonies
lin ooatinuaaioa Of Parliamentary pa
per aga, Of session 1867 The num-
Der Of cmigrsnts to Canada in the sea-
son Of 1855 amounted in oil 10 2l,274,
showing the large decrease Of 81 300,
as compared with the cmigrants of
1854. The emigrants from Europe
included 1910 English, 5,6sl Irish,
5,34s Scotch, 3,sl5 Germans, l,2ss
Norwegians, LAB Belgisns, 80 Swiss,
10 Italians, 8 Danes and Frenchmen.
The foreign cmigrauts fel; OF from Is,
obs to 1867. The causes of the grea,
decline Of emigration generally are
traced to the circumstances adverted
to in the last annual report, and ap-
prehensions arc reiterated that the
same cause will operate on those how
ever disposed to emigrate in 1856.
The decline Of the foreign emigration
is partly attributed to the late war.
The number Of vessels engaged in the
passenger trade from Europe was 1873,
measuring lOl,673 tons, and employ
$3.50 seamen.--ll ships took out ex-
clusively cabin passengers, 81 had less
than 100 adults, 30 less than 200, %
under 800. under 400, and 2 under
500; but one ship took out equal to 500
adults. Tho averaged length of the
passage from the United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland was A days,
and from Continental orts ~ days.
an improvement on the averages Of
1854, which we're ~ and So days res
pectively. The deaths during the pas
sage were 81, or 0.45 per cent.-The
adult male emigration included 1900
persons Of whom l465 were artisans,
1905 farmers aud farm servants, SO
clerks, 26 servants, and 3,722 unskill-
rul laborers. Two emigrant ships,
bound for Quebec, were lost-the Johns
and the Loch,naben Castle.
The number Of persons sent by Poor
Law Unions was, from England, lO8;
from Ireland, 26s; and from Scotland,
1895. The number of foreign emigrants
sent out by their own governments was
ios, chiefly from Wurtemberg. 1t is
considered that the population OF Can
ada was thus, in 1855, increased by
25,1.4 souls; for, in addition to the
2l,27i enigrants who landed at Que-
bee. 10000 reached Canada via the
United States, making total OF 81
pa. From these are to be deducted
$500 emigrants who proceeded to the
States. Not more than one tenth OF
the emigiants remained in Eastern
Canada, at least $4,000 have migrated
westward. The amonrt OF emicrant
tax realized in the season was t6,OlO.
On the whole the emigration of the
season of 1855 was very favorable, the
most remarkable feature having been
the large proportion three fourths)
who went out 10 their relatives OF
trlends-s46,i 69 cmiorants arrived at
Quebec between 1929 and 1858. both
inelusive--yiz: 235,525 from Eng
land, 1885 from Ireland. 96.7l4 from
Scotland, 43.496 from the Continent
o., Europe, and l:.234 rom Lower
Ports.
The trade aud ,ai,ngs oi ,.3ao en-
lGran's who arrived At Quebec and
Montreal IN 1855 are thus classified.
": SO bakers, IS butcher. 9 hrazier>
and plumbers, TX printers AID binders.
Is brickiavers AMI masau>, q ;alntiS.
~. %" carpenters am. lo'urrs, 50
wheelwrlghts, , coachmskers, =. coop
ors, curriers', dyers, II engineers,
~ gardeners, halter, IS miIIers and
wrights s. miners, so merchants and
clerks, Ii mouldcrs and foundrymen,
10 painters and GLACIERS, 3 paperma
ker-. 9plasterers, ropemaker. II
saddlers. saimakers, 8 sawve,s, .
ship builders, Is. shoemakers, lo1
smiths, l3 stone cutters, lob tailors,
81 watchmakers and clcckmakers. .
wool and flax dresscrs, "a wea,ers. 26
servants, 1907 farm laborers, and
1922 common laborers; l59 had no
particular vocation.