15 There arrived in the 10 years: From 1820 to 1830 .................................... 244,490 “ 1830 to 1840 .................................... 552,000 “ 1840 to 1850 .................................... 1,558,300 “ 1850 to 1860 .................................... 2,707,624 Total................................................ 5,062,414 being a yearly average of 126,560 for the forty years, and 270,762 for the last ten years. The disturbances in the United States, caused by the existing insurrection, and commencing in April, 1861, have temporarily and partially checked this current of immigration, but during the present year it is again increasing. The records of the Commissioners of Emigration of New York show that the arrivals at that port alone have been— From Ireland. From Germany. Total including all other countries. 1861 ............... 27,754 27,159 65,529 1862 ............... 32,217 27,740 76,306 1863 ............... 64,465 18,724 about 98,000 (up to August 20th, months.) The proportions of the whole number of 5,062,414 arriving from foreign countries, in the forty years from 1820 to 1860, were as follows: From Ireland.................... 967,366 England.................. 302,665 Scotland.................. 47,800 Wales...................... 7,935 Great-Britain and Ireland 1,425,018 ------------ 2,750,784 From Germany................ 1,546,976 Sweden.................... 36,129 Denmark and Norway ... 5,540 1,588,145
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