Show A YEARS immigration tho numerous arrivals Arri vala on our oar shores in twelve montia Month fl all AH the nations of earth contributing to so our oar annual growth tho the cog cobo we arlea furnishing the prin apal increase A sat statement emertt r recently issued from the tren treasury sury bureau of statistics shows the number r of immigrants of different nationalities arrived in the country during the last fiscal year the whole number of arrivals was 5 against during the fiscal year 1890 an increase of tiie the number arrived last year sas as greater thon than in any previous year since ISS 1863 ai when the total was azo and it has been exceeded in only two other years in 1881 when the number of arrivals waa CC and iu in 1883 1882 when it was two things are to be re remarked marked with reference to thebe comparisons first that since 1885 the arrivals from canada and mexico have not been included in the official reports report and second that since the chinese have been e excluded by law and the government officials have been supposed to ickow that there were no arrivals from the flowery kingdom but there has been nothing to prevent immigration from canada and mexico addah and as a matter of fact a good many chinese chincie have found their way into the country now how much the totals of late years would tv be swelled if all the immigrants immig 1 grants from these countries were included it is impossible to say we know that from 1860 1880 to 1884 both years inclusive the arr arrivals i vals from american countries varied from to 7 and that since 1885 they have never much exceeded as officially reported d the arrivals f from rom china fell from an average of perhaps for several years befaro 1883 to almost none since that year it is perhaps safe to way say that should be added to the figu figures figurea ref of recent on these accounts hut that addition would still leave last year far behind abst and 1882 in the number of arrivals the principal iu increase crease last year ns m compared with the year before was from the following conn countries trios from italy from froin austria hungary from germany 1 32 from russia sia including poland 28 1245 the arrivals from italy were which was moro than from any other one country except germany never until 1880 did the arrivals from italy much exceed a year since then they have rapidly indrea increased ed except in the years I 1 1881 SS i ISM 1885 and MO the immigration from russia never readied 15 a year but once before 1882 last year it wan waa and it exceeded in each of the two preceding years because of the persecution of the jews it is ia likely to be greater hereafter |