XV. STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER AND DESIGNATION OF PASSENGERS ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1847.

[From a Letter of the Secretary of State to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, dated March 3, 1848.1'

1. States in which the Passengers arrived.

2.

The Countries registered as the Birthplaces of the Passengers.

Great Britain and Ireland, | 123,838 ||France,

20,055

United States,

4,514 Prussia,

837

British America,

Germany,

73,444 Switzerland,

192

West Indies,

1,215 Other countries, or unkn'n,

5,030

Sweden and Norway,

These tables include only those who were entered at the custom-house. If those who came to the United States by way of the British Provinces, and those not regularly entered at any custom-house, were reckoned, the number would be greatly increased.

Some discrepancies will be perceived in the above table; but these exist in the original document, the balances of which are sometimes forced.

Total,

169,776,030 35,932,008 205,708,038 8,521,671 Total, near Jan.1, 1847, 165,129,900 51,781,654 216,911,554 9,072,939 Total," " 1846, 179,635,022 | 44,388,805 224,023,827 | 9,930,052

These tables are believed to be very accurate, being compiled almost exclusively from official reports made by the Treasurers and Auditors to the Legislatures of the several States, near the 1st of January, 1848. The account of the State debts, in particular, is full, and may be depended upon; that of the several kinds of property owned by the States of course is more defective, for the State archives seldom afford complete materials for accurate accounts of this sort, and the property is sometimes estimated at a nominal valuation, which is much above its market value. The editor of the American Almanac respectfully invites his correspondents in the

Total,

5,062,310

20,338,246 111,638,746 31,498,469 Total, near Jan.1, 1847, 17,631,553 108,643,384 30,660,945 5,435,285 Total, " 1846, 16,608,719 110,396,552 | 23,232,715 | 5,455,186

several States to communicate such errors as they may detect in these tables, and they will be republished in the volume for 1850 in a revised and perfect condition. The object here is to give only a summary of the facts, so as to afford the means of comparing the States with each other. Their financial condition is shown at much greater length under the head of "Individual States." Official returns published in this work for 1843 (page 135) showed that the total of the debts of the States in 1842 was $198,818,736. It is apparent, then, that there has been no great reduction of these debts.

* $ 45,000 should be deducted on alternate years when the Legislature is not in session.