The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-19

arriving IN inc uhiteu ptates IN 1896 was on Tuesday
communicated to both houses of Congress The letter of
the Secretary suboined with that Of the Superintendent
of Statistics:
DEPARTMENT OF stats,
Washington, February II, 1857.
Sir In compliance with the act of Congress of March g.
1859 regulating the carriage of passengers in steamships
and other vessels have the honor communicate here
with statements of the number SEX age and occupation Of
passengers arriving in the United States by from for
egn countries during the year ending December 3D. 1856
together with the country in which they born the
country IN which they mean to reside and the number
that died on the voyage compiled from returns made to
this department by collectors of customs pursuant to the
provisions of said act
The act of March 2 1919, regulating passenger ships
and vessels in accordance with which the annual state
men OF passengers arriving in the United States has hh
erto been prepared by this department. repealed by
that of March 1856 although the 18th and 18th sections
of the latter act which relate to that statement the
the 4h and 9Th sections of the former act the
subject with the exception that "the part Of the
sci occupied by each during the voyage now
required be designated in the vessels manifest which
not the case before.
In the letter accompanying the statement which had
the honor to communicate for the year ending December
81 1861 it stated that owing to the absence of uni
ormy in the returns received at this department from the
collectors of CUSTOMS the report then transmitted like all
those which had preceded 1t for twenty years. could lay
claim to that accuracy and comprehensvenes Of detail
contemplated by the act in accordance with which they
made and that with view to enable the depart
ment to comply more fully with the requirements of the
law circular had been addressed to the collectors
panied by schedule for their general guidance.
The favorable effect of this noticed in my
letter accompanying the statement of 1854 and in that
companying the statement of 1856
Previously to he adoption of this measure two reca
ptulaons only were made up from the returns annually
transmitted namely one embracing arrivals" in each
of the States during the year. the other the number of
passengers belonging to each country The statement
submitted like that by which it Immediately preceded
will be found to embrace ten recapulatons exhibiting
the following facts
/. Arrivals of passengers during the year.
2. Country where born.
3. Country where they TO reside.
4. Age and SEX
5. Occupation.
4 Comparative statement showing the countries in which
born passengers arriving in the United States from
foreign countries during each of the last three years
Comparative statement showing the age of passengers
arriving in the United States from foreign countries during
each of the last three years.
8. Comparative statement showing the occupation of
passengers arriving in the United States from foreign
countries during each of the last three years.
TO- Comparative statement of the number Of psssen-
gers arriving in the United States by from foreign
countries from September 3d. lo43 to December 81 1885,
In addition, therefore, to the facts formerly communi
Gated of the number of passengers arriving by each
collection district Of the United States and the countries
whence they came it will be perceived that the facts
scarcely less important of the country in which each pas
senger intends to reside and the number of passengers %
ing the voyage as well as recapitulaons of their
spective ages and occupations, are now submitted
In my letter accompanying the statement Of 1853 it
mentioned that although the act of 1919 seemed to have
reference only 10 passengers arriving by sea- the attention
of collectors at frontier especially the
northern border should be directed to Immigrants
ing the country by land. In my letter transmitting the
Of 1854 reference TO this subject made,
and amendment 10 the act Of 1879 causing it to en-
brace immigrants arriving by land as well by sea- was
suggested and in letter accompanying that of 1855 the
subject referred to- with auson to the fact
that returns of the arrival of than 5000 immigrants
| from single lake port -Oswego-during only three
ourhs of the year. had resulted from the instructions trans
mtted to frontier collectors that subject BY the
herewith communicated twill be perceived that there
upwards of 5000 arrivals at the same port during the
| year 1885, ......
Much credit is due to the collectors of customs for the
prompude and precision with which they have observed
the directions of this department in its efforts to render the
report immigration serviceabe to the govern
aud the country and the present statement like those
which have preceded it during the last three years. will
be transmitted to them with view to their guidance in
| this regard ...-' a~ .
have the honor to be- sir very respectfully your obe-
dent servant, w. l.. MARCY.
| Hon. N. P. BANKS, Jr,
| Speaker of the House Of Representatives,