New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-01
COMMISSIONERS or EMIGRATION.

From the Annual Report of the Commissioners Of
Emigration which has just been prepared and trans
mted to the State Legislature, we make the following
extracts, showing the number Of emgrants who have
arrived at this port during the past year, the dspo-
ston of the same, and other labors performed BY the
Board The Commissioner in commencing their
port stat. that the year 1860 presented the strk
ing contrast in respect to 1853 and So compared witt
all the preceding years since lS47 in the greatly dimin
ished number of emigrants who arrived at this por
las well as elsewhere in the United Staes and in the
improved state beslth means, and general condl
rion There was no severe general epidemic disease
prevailing among emigrant passengers either on shil
board after landing The number Of patients, or o.
entirely destitute and helpless persons in the hospitals or
otherwise obtaining relief from this Commission has sell
dom risen much above the essenednumber of 1852 Will
the improvements introduced by the experience of the
Commissioners and their officers have placed ali the
establishments under their immediate charge in state
of great order and efficiency. Thus the and ID
BON Of the Commissioners have been materially dnin-
isbed ard although the decreased number Of persons
paying commutation continued to keep down tie in
come Of the Commission much below that Of the years
preceding 1853 yet the improved economy of their
establishments, and the lessened demand upon them
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meet the current expenditure of the year, and to extn
gush the debts reported in former years, with the eX-
ceptions of the debt secured By mortgage their real
estate and contracted principally in tie purchase or
improvement of their lands.
Their bors and responsibilities have also been les-
sened by the operation of the last law IN relation to
the removal Of tie Quarantine. The details of the
subject and their We've in relation to IT, Will be found
in subsequent part OF this report.
The whole number of passengers landed OF tins port
Aprtv eIa NgAG
were ozeLs persons not subject TO bonds or COM
mutation; and l05, 10! aliens for whom Commune
tation was paid bonds executed showing al Increase
in alien euigrans of 2j,S40 moro thnn IL lhi9, and
&c 573 more than in 1855 but being 10 Gil le- than
in the year 1857 and 81 o0 less than 1856; while the
proporn to the average of former Year,, SINCE 1870
is much less than half. -ooo
OF III, re emigrants AZ 800 from Ireland ,S99
from Germany II, 3Gl from England, aud 1872 from
ether countries.
The Commissioners have much qualification in stat
ing that while the number of alien emgrants arrived
during the year shows an increase over the years VI
1858 and 1859 Of - yer cent, yet the number OF
destitute ard diseased persons cEargetble to the Com
mission in their institutions on Ward lslind and tenn
porary furnished with board aud lodging In The cry,
and relieved and provide, for In the various counties,
shows no increase the Year 1889 and Is over 4OO0
LEES than in 1855 and lyss than in any previous year
| The report PAYS ligh tribute 10 tie memory Of
Captain Cabtree and hlGdes to be almost Invaluable
service. Upon the demise OF this excellent oihcer the
Board after much consideration, determined On pstor-
ing the Office OF General Agent as il eAsted III the first
years Of this Commission, united with the Office OF Sec
retary The long experience and tried ability Of the
present Secretary Bernard Casserly seemed, in tie
Judgment Of the Commissioners, To qualify him eti-
uently for this position ana he has discharged the du-
| tiee To their entire Subtraction.
The follow ing figures show the operations OF 'he
Commission during the pat year:
Total number of persons cared for and treated IN the
Emigrant Refuge and Hospital Wards Island, 4,IZ9.
Number cent to New-York Hospital and ~. Nincenis
| Il fpnIa n N l.frau
which il remained January l. 1861. Number OF small
pox cases lis. Remaining January J. 1871, ~
Number of persons sent back 10 Europe lOO Number
forwarded TO inland places 3Ol. Number OF persons
temporarily relieved lis Number OF males aud fe-
males provided with situations ut the Intelligence Oi-
fee and Labor Exchange 77l7. Whole number re-
heyed and forwarded n and from the several counties
OF the State chaTgeable TO the COmmissiOn :, lO3
Grand total of destitute alien emlgnnts landed at
the port Of New.York during the pact year who were
relieved forwarded and provided with employs In
the State and City Of New-iOrk, 9,I5
Amount Of received at Office Tor recently hr-
rived emiQrans 81 S6f 60 Amount Of money received
at Office OF Irish Emigant Society from friends oil re-
Gently arrived emgants and applied 10 the forwarding
Of such emigranta chaIgeable to the Conmissioni
2l9 40.
The report alludes to many improvements that have
been made al the Emigraui Refuge and horiilalS Oh
Ward lrland. . ,
The buildings 40 heretofore reported and described
In the several annual reports of tins Board ss they
were sucCestiyoly erected can accommodate more u az
double the number that now occupy them Ou Tue ist
of january 1860 there were in the holdings 'Oi IN
mates; tLe number the lbt January, 1901 was
IOGs Mot Of the buildings erected III the earlier
wears OF he Commission were Of wood, and, from
want OF meaus slight III their cons,iuconi some oi
these being much deoayed, have been removed. lloee
erected since le5O OF brick well aud dnrlly built
and in perfect order. The hospitals are deth'hed
buildings with large ward with its aPpendAges on
each story with indows all sides, aud spacious
open grounds ~
The whole cost Of buildings on Wards Island lie
about $4,000.
The cost of the wharves, grading, supply Of water
filling in and sca-ws have been more than repaid III
the increased value OF the whole property AS well AT
in immediatae use to the estahliphment
The following summary gives the aggregate results
of the whole Of the establishments on Ward lhand
incladug the hospitals proper ~ well as the Refuge
department.
Number Of inmate. In Institution on Jan. J.
NuLnusr Of inm,es admitted durif the year.. Jlol
Number Of birth. during tho yeGs. .....,.,. ~
Total number cared for aud treated. - |'9s
Number ged duTins the year........... S4a9
NulnoeI T o. ~ ,nh. 3oa
.,.,,u,,, On No., ?, Nahum Loo
humber Of days spent ia ospial.............l1AtH
Number ol days spent IN h'uge............ eJ''- - ~,
Total number Of dsys.........''.'..'''' - ~"'''',
The school for children, who under the charge Of
the Commissioners il kept ny W. ward school ol
of the city, the Commissioners providing cominodlous
apartment and paying for certain expenses lie ar
rangement il found beneficial
The Medical department proper IA under The charge
OF saaried physician wholly refident on the Island
with AZ many falaTed assistants aS the hospital service
NAV require from time 10 time.