The Evening Herald

IMMIGRATION FACTS.

The Treasury Department has issued
a report on immigration into the
United States which contains some
very interesting statistics. No ac-
count of immigrants was kept prior to
1820, but it is estimated that between
the close of the Revolutionary war
and that year they numbered about
250,000. Since 1820 the number has
amounted to 16,500,000. In round
numbers the various foreign countries
contributed the following to this enor-
mous total: Germany, 4,750,000; Ire-
land, 3,600,000; England, 2,535,000:
Norway
and Sweden,
1,082,000;
Austria-Hungary, 585,000; Italy, 57,
000: Russia and Poland, 517,000; France,
380,000: Scotland, 348,000; China 296,
000; Switzerland, 185,000; Denmark,
164,000; all other countries, 2,700,000.
Most of the immigrants enumerated in
this last item came from British North
America.
During the 40 years from 1820 to
1860 over one-half of the entire im-
migration was from England and Ire-
land and the greater portion from
Ireland. Since 1860 much the larger
portion of the immigration from the
United Kingdom has been from Eng-
land, and the flow of population from
Germany, Norway and Sweden.
Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia and
Poland has greatly increased. Since
1820, with the exception of China and
France, there has been almost a con-
stant increase from all countries.
Since 1881 there has been a decrease
of the immigration from Germany and
Switzerland.
The largest number of immigrants
from all countries in any one year was
788,992 in 1882. For the year ending
June 30, 1892, the number was 623,084,
an increase of 167,782, over 1890 and
62,765 over 1891. During the decade
1880-1890 there were 5,246,613 immi-
grants, as against 2,812,191 for the pre-
ceding 10 years 1870-80. Since the act
of August 6, 1882, excluding Chinese
laborers the total Chinese immigration
has only amounted to 7,775, a fact
which clearly shows that the Geary
act was entirely unnecessary.