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Appendix No. 1.
Passages to the United States
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ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, Public and Private, in 1849, on Emigration of
Steerage Passengers.
From Emigration Officers' Stations.
British North American Colonies
£
640,000
100,000
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Australian Colonies, viz.: Paid for by the Emigra- tion Commissioners out of Colonial Fund, &c., (including contributions from Emigrants of, say, 34,000/.)
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251,000
Unassisted Emigranta
157,000
408,000
Passages to the Cape of Good Hope, viz.: Paid, as above, by the Emigration Commissioners (including contributions from Emigrants of, say, 3,5001.)
Unassisted Emigrants
Passages to all other destinations
12,500
11,500
24,000
19,000
From remaining parts of the Kingdom.
Passages to all destinations
Total for Passages
75,000
1,266,000
Extra Provisions for 234,675 souls to North America, say 200,000
Adults, at 1. each Conveyance to Liverpool of nine-tenths of numbers emigrating thence,
say 110,000 Adults, at 73. 6d. Cost of Maintenance in Liverpool, at say 15. per Adult Outfit of 29,607 Australian Emigrants, at 47.
200,000
41,250
+
82,500
118,428
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2,434 Cape Emigrants, at say 31,
Total
7,302
1,715,480
In the Return for 1849 from the Emigration Officer at Liverpool, the amount for which emigrant can victual himself is stated at 27.; but only half that rate has been taken in framing the above estimate.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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Reference :-
C.O.
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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