1870-03-11-New York Herald-The Course of Empire

The Course of Empire

New York Herald, 11 March 1870, p. 6

The Course of Empire

Annual Report of the Commissioners of Emigration—Great Excess of Last Year Over 1868—Interesting Statistics

The annual report of the Commissioners of Emigration is rapidly approaching completion, and has already advanced far enough to enable the HERALD to give an accurate synopsis of its contents. …

THE MEDICAL STATISTICS

indicate a steady improvement in the health and condition of arriving immigrants, …

The principal points of destination taken by the incoming passengers were as follows:—California, 3,806; Illinois, 38,213; Iowa, 8,216; Massachusetts, 8,384; Michigan, 7,218; New Jersey, 8,101; New York, 85,810; Ohio, 12,180; Pennsylvania, 32,135; Wisconsin, 17,003; During the year 2,327 Mormons arrived, 6,744 telegraphic despatches were received, and send by emigrants, 9,999 letters were written for them, and $50,549 were sent to the Commissioners in anticipation of the arrival of emigrants. …