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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LABOR
BUREAU IN CASTLE GARDEN,
In joint charge of the German Society and of the Irish Society.
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New York, 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
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Total . . . . . 4,341