No. 498.
Mr. Fish
to Mr. Evarts.
Berne, September 30, 1878. (Received October 15.)
Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a table giving a comparison of the number of emigrants from 20 of the Swiss cantons during 1877, and the period from 1868 to 1876.
From 1868 to 1876 the total emigration from Switzerland amounted to 33,467, of whom 31,345 went to America; the annual average of the total emigration was 3,718. In 1877 the number of emigrants was 1,691, of whom 1,027, or about 61 per cent., went to North America.
While the total number of emigrants in 1877 is 50 less than in 1876, a diminution of 2 per cent., it is 54 per cent, below the average of the nine years from 1868 to 1876, a falling off of 2,027 per annum.
The table does not include the cantons of Uri, Fribourg, Soleure, Vaud, and Geneva.
I have, & c.,