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gal; 11,G91 from central Italy; 1,397 from Sardinia; 337 from Sicily ; 1,7 Gl from Russia, and 2,209 from Poland ; 65,943 from China; 89 from Japan; 3,351 from Mexico, 391 from Central America, 2,061 from various parts of South America, 1,956 from Cuba ; and 4,588 from the Azores. The rest came from various parts of the world, in small numbers from different countries.

In the year 1869 there arrived 352,569 emigrants, from the following countries : —

From

Number

From

Number

From

Number

Germany

132,537

Denmark .

. 3,649

Poland .

. 184

Ireland .

64,938

West Indies

. 2,234

South Amer

ca . 90

Great Britain

60,?86

Belgium .

. 1,922

Portugal

. 87

Sweden .

24,224

Italy .

. 1,488

Africa .

. 72

Canada .

20,918

Netherlands

. 1,134

Japan .

. 63

Norway .

16,068

Spain.

. 1,123

Turkey .

. 18

China

12,874

Azores

. 420

Greece .

. 8

France .

3,879

Russia

. 343

Other countries . 25

Switzerland .

3,650

Mexico

. 320

Not stated .

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Total

352,569

The immigration of 1869 was 55,354 above that of 1868, and 54,211 above that of 1867. — (Communication of the Secretary of State and of Foreign Affairs to the Statesman 's Year-book).

The native countries of all the immigrants who arrived in the United States from 1820 to 1860 are shown in the subjoined statement : —

Native countries

Number

England Ireland . Scotland Wales .

Great Britain and Ireland

France ......

Spain

Portugal ..... Belgium . . . .

Prussia .....

Germany, ex Prussia Netherlands ..... Denmark ..... Norway and Sweden

Poland

Russia ......

Turkey and Greece

Switzerland .....

Central Italy ....

Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and Malta Iceland

302,665

967,366

47,890

7,935

1,326,856

208,063

16,248

2,614

9,862

60,432

1,486,044

21,579

5,540

36,129

1,659

1,374

286

37,733

11,202

2,718

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