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APPENDIX L.

THIS table exhibits the total amount of pensions paid by the government from its foundation, including those to soldiers of the Revolution, war of 1812, Mexican war, war of the Rebellion, and the various Indian wars.

* After 1867 the tonnage engaged in mackerel fisheries is included in this column.

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APPENDIX N.

THE following table exhibits the immigration into the United States by decades from 1821 to 1880.

NOTE. — Grand total, 1789 to 1881 inclusive, 11,436.521. Prior to the year 1930 no oficial records of the arrivals of allen passengers were kept. It is estimated however that the total number arrived in the United States from the foundation of the government to the year 1+2 was 250,000 — about 6,000 per sanam. The large growth of our population for the first thirty years of the Repubuc was almost wholly

from natural increase.

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APPENDIX 0.

COAL AND IRON PRODUCT.

THE following table exhibits the quantity of coal produced in each State and Territory of the United States during the census years ended May 31, 1870, and 1880, and the calendar years 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, and 1881 (weight expressed in tons of 2,240 pounds).