, 1873-12-02
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.
Report OF tho Chief OF tho Bureuu OF
Statistics,

Statistics.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.--Tho report Of tho
Chief Of the Buroau Of Statistics says:
Tho Importance Of obtaining and publishing
accurate statistics, not only Of the agesa so1es,
and occupations Of tho largo and increasing
number Of Immigrants, has imposed additional
duties OH this diyiaiou. Special efforts have
boon malo to induce greater accuracy on tue
part Of those who originally record tho datn, 30
that tho compilations publiahoa by the Bureau
may le full and trustworthy. Tho Importance
to our country OF this annual influx Of for
eign-born citizens requires moro than ordi-
nary caro- n tho presentation Of the
mental Europe llave boon moro valued or more
warlmy welcomed than thoao who have come
from Scandinavian countries. as tranH}atons
of the report have been published In tic German
and Freucl, languages, il eeeMa not only proper,
but in high degree daslrAbla that tho natives Of
these foreign countries should bo supplied with
information fl thoir own tongue III regard 10 tho
United Statca.
years boon preBEeil with great urgency, r trans
laton Of tue report into the Swedish language
las been made, aud will bo submitted at ali early
day to Congress-, with tho recommendation that
$4,000 copiea be printed for distribution IN Scan,
iniion iIi 4''' Of D'' tho ~ report t. M inlo " tic
slayic tongue. which IL spokon not only IN Rus,
e1a anu lolanur bnt Ill Dohonlat 61oal1 anu
NIoraya, countries from which streams Of omi-
grafton would flow to the United slateH il tho
necessary information we're supplied to those
contemplating removal from thoir native soil.
The English edition Of 10000 copies, printed by
tho United Kingdom Of Great Britain aud Iro-
land, iB nearly exhausted, and further issue OF
| 5,005 copies Of tlis report, with 4 map Of tho
United States, IL urgently roeommondod. AZ
tho report has been sterootyped, the cost Of tho
paper, preHB-worl, and stitching would bo small
| In amount. At no period has tho demand for
| this document boon more urgent than Ut PROF.
| cut, and at no time have the benefits resulting
from its circulation In that country boon SO
markod us in the recent past.
The number Of nlalo immigrants from En-
gland. Scotland, aud Walos during the last fiscal
| year Was almost exactly the sane aH In the pre-
! cetliug ono, being 81, 121 In 1869 and 61,144 In
| tionB Of Tue adults over 1871 waa 2,G81, Tho
greatest increase WAS exhibited in tho following
tradoR:
Dlackamiths, an incroase Of %; boiler-makera,
oo eEekmaasra 5a carpenters 49, ana jon-
40 manufacturers, o3; masopa, 720; mllIers,
60; nincrs, GAO ; noldors, 80; paIntors, Ito
plumbers, 08; printers, 81 saddlora, go shoe
msteIs 1G9 spinn9;rs l2o a0rs IS; "oa'ors
Tho immigrants from England included, also,
many small farmers aud Bomo professional and
buniness mon, bringing With them ready money
to Invest in United States bonds and in farm
stock. Iudoed, tho inquiries OF parties who
desire to purchase lands, either for thomselyos
or for small companies OF intending immigrants,
! havo boon 10 extensive al to considerably in
| oroage tho correspondence OF tho Bureau. The
| total uunber Of poraonH OF foreign birth who, In
tho year entlod Juno 9O 1H73 decided tomake tho
Untoa States their future honsa Is 45D,a03, Of
whom 276. .702 vera malos and l84.0ll females,
tho F Immigration Of The fiscal year oar of 1871.
| Tho largest increase from any country
Was 25,784,, or u 1-5 per cont, from
Germany while from England the e1ceaa over
fro.a Irola1li 8,Gl2, or 13}5 POI cont. Tic ill.,
uroaso from Frallco was noarly 81 per cent, ba-
ing D,9l7 in 1874, and li.i05 III 1871. II the ay-
srago yalue Of I'LL immigrant, az stated by the
ssoo. tia aconon,ical value of thA addition 10 10
our population iu tl,a past year a;tsuunts to