Immigratory Movement in the Port of Montevideo from 1867 to 1891.

		Present'd
		themselves	Have lived	Employed
		to the	at the	in the
		Emigrant	Emigrant	Capital or	Placed by
Years.	Entries.	Board.	Board.	Departments.	the Board.

1867	17.356	1.913	187	2.586	1.802
1868	16.892	2.479	261	4.179	2.335
1869	20.435	1.861	87	2.261	1.661
1870	21.148	1.305	110	2.136	1.210
1871	17.912	743	22	2.555	714
1872	11.516	916	41	6.133	877
1873	24.339	1.480	51	6.651	1.444
1874	13.759	2.708	149	4.768	2.649
1875	5.298	1.493	113	5.699	1.401
1876	5.570	1.469	91	4.246	1.432
1877	6.160	1.913	120	2.810	1.884
1878	9.464	1.594	103	2.605	1.518
1879	10.829	1.587	13	2.206	1.515
1880	9.203	1.933	1.255	2.493	1.845
1881	8.336	1.416	1.251	1.700	1.322
1882	10.116	1.124	1.562	2.846	1.493
1883	11.086	1.067	1.274	1.402	1.022
1884	11.954	1.272	1.019	1.531	1.163
1885	15.679	1.857	1.320	1.236	1.266
1886	12.291	1.383	833	1.068	1.072
1887	12.867	1.406	1.144	1.619	1.047
1888	16.581	1.622	1.304	1.650	1.243
1889	27.349	10.446	10.446	10.930	8.867
1890	24.117	8.816	8.816	11.195	8.738
1891	11.916	......	......	......	.....

The different nations to which belonged the immigrants that presented themselves to the General Emigration and Immigration Office in search of work, during the above-mentioned years are as follows:

	Span-	Ital-		Eng-	Ger-		Argen-	Portu-	Other
Years.	ish.	ians.	French.	lish.	man.	Swiss.	tine.	guese.	nations.	Total.

1867	360	743	256	161	104	33	31	54	171	1.913
1868	508	1.093	358	241	100	38	24	49	68	2.479
1869	620	592	244	146	119	30	22	44	44	1.861
1870	514	376	205	61	37	17	15	18	62	1.305
1871	308	214	106	16	32	9	12	13	33	743
1872	423	202	181	44	26	10	1	12	17	916
1873	606	346	359	26	27	35	20	22	39	1.480
1874	1.086	961	437	16	54	74	21	22	37	2.708
1875	609	402	279	8	55	53	51	12	24	1.493
1876	453	500	271	11	37	47	43	4	103	1.469
1877	571	569	358	35	54	121	85	34	86	1.913
1878	529	492	208	10	72	48	46	19	170	1.594
1879	387	721	230	31	43	52	63	14	46	1.587
1880	405	939	258	42	74	74	73	9	59	1.933
1881	435	646	128	12	38	25	62	11	59	1.416
1882	370	518	76	25	41	14	22	14	44	1.124
1883	428	380	....	7	75	18	31	15	113	1.067
1884	428	537	103	12	62	13	41	8	68	1.272
1885	607	916	98	19	41	11	40	14	111	1.857
1886	653	553	61	8	29	7	24	16	32	1.383
1887	618	423	104	26	46	14	18	34	123	1.406
1888	738	513	176	27	45	14	12	43	54	1.622
1889	1.399	6.932	670	78	126	22	14	41	1.164	10.446
1890	1.073	7.341	170	14	16	13	3	19	167	8.816

Immigration has come here of its own accord, during times of prosperity; but the government has also tried to call it here by making easier the coming of immigrants from Europe, and their being led into the interior of the country, and also by giving land to colonists or by exhonerating others from all duties and taxes, either direct or indirect.

During the years hereafter mentioned the government has given the following number of passages to immigrants who required them:

In	the	year 1887	255	passages.
"	"	" 1888	124	"
"	"	" 1889	2727	"
"	"	" 1890	1133	"

The immigrant enjoys here a complete and perfect liberty. Being a foreigner he owes no service whatever to the state. Dedicated to work, he is always respected, and wherever he may go in the Republic, he is always sure to find some of his countrymen who, knowing well the country and talking his own language, will give him all the information and references he may require. Besides this, on landing, he always finds interpreters who give him all the explanations he may need.