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- 15th February, 1867.
emigrated during the years 1865 and 1866, as far as can be ascertained from the Passenger Lists furnished by the Custom House authorities.
Year. | Port of Departure. | United States. |
British North America |
Australasia. | All other places. |
Total. |
1865 | Liverpool | 1,674 | 176 | 93 | 4 | 1,947 |
London . | 7 | . . | 106 | . . | 113 | |
Plymouth | . . | . . | 17 | . . | 17 | |
Glasgow . | 211 | 32 | . . | . . | 243 | |
Cork | 14 | . . | . . | . . | 14 | |
Londonderry . | 169 | 142 | . . | . . | 311 | |
All other Ports | . . | 38 | . . | 1 | 39 | |
Total | 2,075 | 388 | 216 | 5 | 2,684 | |
1866 | Liverpool | 1,847 | 122 | 55 | 37 | 2,061 |
London . | . . | . . | 48 | 20 | 68 | |
Plymouth | . . | . . | 23 | . . | 23 | |
Glasgow . | 111 | 2 | . . | . . | 113 | |
Cork | 4 | . . | . . | . . | 4 | |
Londonderry . | 157 | 85 | . . | . . | 242 | |
All other Ports | . . | . . | 3 | . . | 3 | |
Total | 2,119 | 209 | 129 | 57 | 2,514 |
Government Emigration Board,
101,497 | |||||
Ratio of Irish occupiers to Irish Emigrants in | 1865 | = | = | 2.6 p.c | |
2684 | |||||
100,602 | |||||
" | 1866 | = | = | 2.5 p.c | |
2514 |
The number of emigrants in 1866 is deduced from the average of the last five years.