REPORT.
 

To the Legislature:

The Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York respect¬
fully present their annual report for the year ending December 31st,
1885, the thirty-ninth since the establishment of the Commission. At
the annual meeting of the Board, held on the 17th day of February,
1885, Commissioner Henry A. Hurlbut was elected President, and the
following standing committees were appointed for the ensuing year,
to wit:

Castle Garden Committee—George Starr (Chairman), Edmund Steph¬
enson, Charles F. Ulrich, George J. Forrest, James Lynch and the
President.

Ward's Island Committee—Edmund Stephenson (Chairman), Charles
F. Ulrich, Charles N. Taintor, James Lynch, Charles Hauselt and the
President.

Finance Committee—George J. Forrest (Chairman), George Starr,
Charles N. Taintor, Charles Hauselt, the Mayor and the President.

The work of the Commission is carried on under two general depart¬
ments, known as the Emigrant Landing Department, at Castle Garden,
and the Hospital and Refuge Department at Ward's Island, each of
which is specially supervised by a Committee.

Passengers to the Port of New York.

During the year 1885 the number of passengers from foreign ports
that arrived at the Port of New York was 346,149, of whom 291,066
were aliens, and 55,083 were citizens of the United States or had previ¬
ously visited this country. Of the alien passengers 142,928 were adult
males, 87,961 were adult females, and 60,177 were children under 12
years of age. The number of alien passengers arriving annually at the
Port of New York since the establishment of this Commission in 1847
is as follows :