New-York tribune., 1867-10-19
COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.
ABUSES OF EmGRANTs-DEFICIENCIE OF oul
OCEAN VESSELS.

ABUSES OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF OUR
OCEAN VESSELS.
The Director of the Bureau of Statistics makes
the following statements regard TO the frequent abuses
OF the emigrant system;
The report from the port OF Boston OF the examination
f vessels bringing emgrants during the month OF Sep
tember 1861 been received by the Director OF the bu
reau OF statistics It appears tnat the numeer o.
passengers; from Havana, with -s statue paseh-
gers aud one, the steamer Propontis from l1yetpoo
with 5e2-534 statute passengers. Ihese Nessels AZ
brought OF passengers and were duly reported
the DisrictAtorney and the penalty I'D one H edse Ps6
schooner Lady Mulgave II days on the way were
up sitting compartment Iney Ieq s anu Ssd
accommodations for any e 9sr ysa Of
There were tnree e soed in he topsalant fofecae
which was but four feet three inches hlgh ana open 70
the weather The food furnished and cooked by tho
The whole report indicates the wisdom OF
the timely precautions instituted by the Department,
under the act Of March 3, 1855.
Director Delmar has also compiled an abstract OF the
reports Of the examination Of vessels having on board
Messengers other than cabin passengers which arrived
at the port OF NewYork during tho month OF september
1861 which appears that the total nmoer OF yes
sells examined &c. OF which 3s were steamships ana IL
sailing vessels Average length OF steamship VOYAGES 10
days and Is hours; sailing vessels ~ days Total num-
Der of passengers brought 22aeS OF which l2s4 were
males and g59 females. over years OF age isVO1 u
der wears OF age 34O Total number OF deaths 2S OF
which l6 males and Is females over years o age,
2<nder years of IT, The following vessels uroushs
more steerage passengers than the law allows: Brsh
steamshp United Kingdom, from Glasgow allowance,
2s6 brought $50; excess, 3. American steamslhp
Guiding Star from Hamburg; allowance, ~, ptougue
1854; excess s0s Reported to the Collector Tor prose
cuion British steamship City OF Baltimore IRON Liver
pool allowance 494; brought 6l3; excess ls Reported
Tor prosecution British steamship City OF Cork, ioin
Antwerp; allowance $50 brought an excecs OF D. bIlt
ish steamship Bellona, from London allowan tv'
brought an excess OF g. Not reported gAmereah sIea
shin Baltic from Bremen; allowance, esI: Drought. sti
excess 254 Reported for prosecution Ihls Nesss ms
been repeatedy reported for fagrat voiauons OF to
law m have also the several vessels OF the me 10 WHICH
sbe heIong o. fthe New-Yor and Bremen Steamship COM
nanyl Her main betweendeck steerage was occupied
Nv families single men, and women, pr0mscuousy.
there hen no partition separating the sexes as
Inv law TIE berths not constructed IN accoruan,o
wifi the provisions OF the passenger act, peng merv
hoxes of rough boards-l06 OF them GA, Tor two
74t we're A10X6 feet 4 were 6x6 ieeI lot arIo
persons without divisions separating them I.o .ho
herths In the deck khOuse were 7S single osI.ns
ters in hight. number OF the passengers coInPisu
nj the bad quality of the food, that IL was
served TO them, and taat the bread was oitsnles IL
cooked being half dough The vessei Is repoEteu as
ing in an uncean condition; nor did tie onccis
10 the comfort of the passengers upon tne VI so
Rremen steamship Deutschland In port three OF her pas
sepgers were killed by the explosion OF the sgna tun
fred on the occasion large number or the passshges
brought I'M the Bremen bark Atlantic make an anaans
a. o the I Ifreament which they received az the has
Of the first also as TO the bad quay OF o
food furnished them They charge that the food was 50
wormv as TO be unfit 10 eat, and that the quantity oI
water furnished them Insufficient they haVihk ~
ceiysd only onchsh bottle per day for s~o Sersens'