The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-31
BRAZIL.
Immigration from Europe and the United :

Immigration from Europe and the United Stnies
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
writing from Rio Janeiro, June %, says:--
From tabular statements of the immigration
movement in Brazil for the year 1868, furnished
to the Rio Janeiro press by the Official Agency
of Colonization, we gather some very Interesting
statistics. The number of immigrants landed at
kio Janeiro during the year was $3.50, to which
must be added about $500 landed in the southern
provinces, making the total immigration for the
year throughout the empire not more than II, 900
at the outside More than half Ofth immigrants
were Portuguese; the Germans rank second in
point of numbers; and the English with whom
are included the Scotch and the Irish come next
Spaniards are few, but there is a respectable
number of French and Italians.
OF the French, there were several families
from Algiers hardy, robust farmers who left
their homes on account of terrible drouth which
reigned in that country. They settled in the
province of Parana, where they have since been
Joined by nearly hundred of their countrymen,
who sailed directly from Marseilles for Brazil.
The number of North Americans is put down at
405. About $50 OF these were from the South
ern States, of whom more than half went to
Brazil at their own expense and nearly all had
friends or relatives already settled in the empire
Including the Tartar expedition with 7per-
sons from New Orleans, 1872 North Americans
received assisted passages" from the Brazilian
Government The German immigration has
augmented rapidly in the last few years, owing
to the good management of the Brazilian Immi-
grafton Agent in Germany.
A table is given showing the emigration from
the port of Rio Janeiro, from which il appears
that the immigration exceeded the outgoings by
4l96. Notewer than 33S North Americans left
the country during the year-convincng proof
OF the failure of the scheme for establishing an
American colony in Brazil. With 405 arrivals
and 53S departures, the residuum is seen to he
very small. OF the 33S who left, about 100 were
Immigrants from the Southern States.
The Brazilian Government, in its anxiety to
promote immigration to its shores has made
sages of immigrants to Brazil. During the year
1868 the aggregate number Of those who received
assisted passages was 1886. More than half
this number were British subjects; 1856 were Ger
mans; 1872 North Americans; and only two Por-
tuguese. This is remarkable considering that
more than one-half of the total of immigrants of
the year were Portuguese. During the year So
vessels, of various natiOnalites, arrived at Rio
Janeiro with immigrants.
Brazil has a Passengers act intended to pro-
| tect immigrants on board the ships which take
| them to its shores. This law applies to all ships
carrying four passengers in the steerage TO every
| hundred tons of burden Its execution is con-
| hded to the Official Agent of Colonization, who
| visits the ship Immediately on its arrival into
port makes minute inquiries with regard to the
| treatment which the immigrants received on
| their voyage, proceeds at once to an investiga-
tion, if the complaints sufficient to warrant
| it, and imposes such fine the vessel as he
may deem Just If those complaints prove 10 be
well founded. 1t is claimed that owing to these
| excellent regulations, which are rigidly carried
| out, emigrants to Rio Janero are better pro-
| tected than even those to New York. The great
| majority of the emigrants going to Brazil are
| laborers and agriculturists.