The following statement shows the number of alien immigrants arriving at the port of Boston from transatlantic ports in each official year from May 10, 1848, when State supervision began, to the close of the last official year, September 30, 1900: Statement furnished by the United States Treasury Department, showing Collections and Disbursements at the Ports of Massachusetts, on Account of Expenses of Regulating Immigration during Each Fiscal Year, from August 3, 1883, to June 30, 1900, and to October 1, 1900. Statement furnished by the United States Treasury Department, showing Collections and Disbursements, etc. — Concluded. NAMES OF PAUPERS SENT OUT OF THE STATE, ETC. The following statement is made in compliance with the provisions of Public Statutes, chapter 79, section 14, viz. :— If a state pauper who has received a permit from the overseers of the poor of a city or town to become an inmate of the state hospital expresses a preference to be sent to any state or place where he has a legal settlement, or friends willing to support him, the board may remove said pauper, instead of committing him, if in its judgment the interest of the commonwealth and of the pauper will be promoted thereby; but no person shall be so removed, unless, in the judgment of said overseers and of the board, he will become a charge to the state for at least one year; and the board shall return, in its annual report, the names of all persons so removed, the places whence removed, and the cost of each removal. Paupers Sent out of the State, etc. |