Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-30

abroad to their friends at home. DR..
Hancock estimated that in the twen-
toy-one years from 1852 to 1872 the
total sum of emigrants' remittances
ireland was G14,830,O00, being
an average of s~7O6,190 per annum.
II DIR. Hancock was nearly right, 1T
will be seen that there has been a
very great increase in the remit
tances. 1t will be recollected that
the emigration from Ireland between
1852 and 1872 was on an enormous
scale, and although it Is still much
too large, it is very small compared
to what it was then. 1t will also be
recollected that in 1852 Ireland was
but just emerging from the terrible
potato famine; that the people, con
s%equently, were then and for many
years afterwards sunk in deep mis-
cry, and that consequently, a large
proportion of the emigrants were
w~retchedly poor. 1t would seem,
therefore, that as the Irish in Amer
lea and the colonies became better
off they send larger remittances to
the friends they have left at home.
There is one other point to which
we would like to refer. In the lat
ter part of January we received from
the secretary of one OF the irish
banks a most courteous and helpful
letter on this subject. The secretary
in question desires that neither his
name nor the name of his bank be
published. Therefore, We are un-
able to give him credit for an esti-
mate, which has much helped us. His
estimate is that the remittances il
small amounts through the Irisl
banks amount annually to 100000
that other remittances for large,
amounts through the anne banks
which probably represent legacie
and distributions of estates, amour
to $500, 900; that amounts remitteI
direct to recipients in dollar note
and cashed in ireland amount t
G100, 900; making the total remit
tances through the banks a1,030,00
1t will be seen that the actual remit
tances through the eight Irish bank
which have supplied us with inform;
ton ON the subject amount to 81
075,375. Even If we include II
National, the total amounts to vel
little more than 1900, 900. Our co
:, respondent, therefore, as far as Il
!, banks are concerned, is wonderful
close to the truth. Indeed, he is OF
at all only because the remittance
paid by one bank are exceptional
- large-are exceedingly large, we m;
= say, compared with the other bank
Whether this was an accident pee
20 liar to last year, or whether Il
bank in question always has Z
~ lions share of the business, we a
unable to say. Where our corr
,a spondent is out is in regard to t
q
is postoffice. He estimates that the tot
nv remittances paid through the POI
e Office amount only to a quarter OF
ny million, whereas, as we have stat
MT above, the higher offiials of the &c
,is eral ~postofice estimate that the
mittances from the United Stat
lst alone through the postofice to i
ed land amount to 100000, and
he remittances from the colonies
is practically 100000. We ought
N add, however, that our correspond
nd distinctly warned us that he was I
ice able to speak with any authority
Sc. speeding the postofice-that his e:
'ty mate, in short, was only a que
Is Where, however. he had long exp
fence to guide him his estimate ]
use proved to be wonderfully close
the mark.-Dublin Freeman.