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Rh In joint charge of the German Society and of the Irish Society. , January 23, 1884.

The following is a summary of the business of the Labor Bureau in Castle Garden, during the year 1883.

I. Employment was procured by the Bureau, from January 1st to December 31st, 1883, for 27,758 emigrants, viz.: 19,519 men and 8384 women; including 395 families, comprising 1180 persons.

II. The work given may be classified as follows: Of the men, 4314 were mechanics by trade, and 15,205 agricultural or other laborers. The women with few exceptions were hired out as cooks and servants.

III. The skilled labor found the following employment:

Apothecaries. . . . . . . . . 3 Apprentices. . . . . . . . .80 Architects. . . . . . . . . . 1 Bakers. . . . . . . . . . . 267 Barbers. . . . . . . . . . . 19 Blacksmiths. . . . . . . . . 64 Boilermakers. . . . . . . . . 8 Bookbinders. . . . . . . . . 22 Brassfounders. . . . . . . . .3 Brassturners. . . . . . . . .14 Brewers. . . . . . . . . . . 26 Brushmakers. . . . . . . . . .3 Butchers. . . . . . . . . . 147 Cabinetmakers. . . . . . . .240 Carpenters. . . . . . . . . 162 Carvers in wood. . . . . . . .4 Cigarmakers. . . . . . . . . 47 Cloth weavers. . . . . . . . .3 Compositors. . . . . . . . . .3 Confectioners. . . . . . . . 46 Cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Coopers. . . . . . . . . . . 32 Coppersmiths. . . . . . . . . 3 Cutlers. . . . . . . . . . . .1 Dyers. . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Engravers. . . . . . . . . . .9 File-cutters. . . . . . . . . 2 Florists. . . . . . . . . . .82 Fresco-painters. . . . . . . 23 Furriers. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Gardeners. . . . . . . . . .277 Gilders. . . . . . . . . . . .6 Glaziers. . . . . . . . . . . 2

Goldsmiths. . . . . . . . . . 4 Harnessmakers. . . . . . . . 31 Hatters. . . . . . . . . . . 47 Instrument-makers. . . . . . .3 Ironfounders. . . . . . . . .84 Lithographers. . . . . . . . .4 Locksmiths. . . . . . . . . 171 Machinists. . . . . . . . . 170 Masons. . . . . . . . . . . 140 Millers. . . . . . . . . . . 24 Miners. . . . . . . . . . . 104 Musicians. . . . . . . . . . 10 Painters. . . . . . . . . . 104 Piano-makers. . . . . . . . . 6 Photographers. . . . . . . . .2 Potters. . . . . . . . . . . 10 Porters and general help. . 281 Saddlers. . . . . . . . . . .70 Shoemakers. . . . . . . . . 221 Shop clerks. . . . . . . . . 90 Spinners. . . . . . . . . . .18 Stonecutters. . . . . . . . .25 Tailors. . . . . . . . . . .180 Tanners. . . . . . . . . . . 25 Tawers. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Tinsmiths. . . . . . . . . . 80 Turners. . . . . . . . . . . 26 Upholsterers. . . . . . . . . 2 Wagonsmiths. . . . . . . . .132 Waiters. . . . . . . . . . .384 Weavers. . . . . . . . . . . 80 Wheelwrights. . . . . . . . .84 Whitewashes. . . . . . . . . 41 Total. . . . . 4,341