ALIEN PASSENGERS ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES.

Statement showing the number of Alien Passengers arrived in the United States from 1833 to 1880, the number of Immigrants arrived from 1856 to 1880, and the estimated number of Emigrants departed, and excess of Immigrants over Emigrants from 1867 to 1880. Prepared by the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics.

RATES OF MARINE INSURANCE AT THE PORT OF NEW-YORK.

THE following statement exhibits the rates of marine insurance charged by the underwriters on vessels and their cargoes sailing from the port of New-York to domestic and foreign ports during the year 1880. Prepared under the direction of Mr. JOHN D. JONES, President of the Atlantic Mutual Marine Insurance Company:

THE PORT OF NEW-YORK-ITS BOUNDARIES AND PORT CHARGES.

THE PORT OF NEW-YORK.-The Collection District or Port of New York, as defined by the Acts of Congress of March 2, 1799, and of February 21, 1863, is as follows:

"The District of the City of New-York shall include all such part of the coast, rivers, bays, and harbors of the said State as are not included in other districts of the said State, especially the several towns or landing places of New-Windsor, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Esopus, Kinderhook and Albany, as ports of delivery only; and a Collector, naval officer and surveyor for the district shall be appointed, to reside at New-York, which shall be the sole port of entry for the district, and a surveyor at the City of Albany. And the President of the United States is authorized, if he judges it expedient, to appoint one other surveyor, to reside at such other place in the said district as he shall appoint.

"That all that part of the State of New-Jersey, which lies north and east of Elizabethtown and Staten Island, comprising the Counties of Hudson and Bergen, be and the same is hereby annexed to the Collection District of New-York."

RATES OF WHARFAGE.-The following are the rates of wharfage chargeable within the cities of New-York and Brooklyn, as established by act of the Legisla

ture:

SEC. 1. It shall be lawful to charge and receive within the cities of New-York and Brooklyn wharfage and dockage at the following rates, viz.: From every vessel that uses or makes fast to any pier, wharf or bulkhead within said cities, or makes fast to any vessel lying at such pier, wharf or bulkhead, or to any other vessel lying outside of such vessels, for every day or part of a day, as follows: From every vessel of two hundred tons burden and under, two cents per ton; and from every vessel over two hundred tons burden, two cents per ton for each of the first two hundred tons, and one-half of one cent per ton for every additional ton; except that all canal boats navigating the canals in this State, and vessels known as North River barges, shall pay the same rates as heretofore; and the class of sailing vessels now known as lighters shall be at one-half the first above rates; but every other vessel making fast to a vessel Tying at any pier, wharf or bulkhead within said cities, or to another vessel outside of such vessel, or at anchor within any slip or basin, when not receiving or discharging cargo or ballast, one-half of the first above rates, and no boat or vessel shall pay less than fifty cents for a day or part of a day and from every vessel or floating structure other than those used for transportation of freight or passengers, double the first above rates. And every vessel that shall leave a pier, wharf, bulkhead, slip or basin, without first paying the wharfage or dockage due thereon, after being demanded, by the owner, consignee or person in charge of the vessel, shall be liable to pay double the rates established by this act.

SEC. 2. It shall be lawful for the owner or lessee of any bulkhead, pier or basin in the port of New-York to charge and receive the sum of five cents per ton on all goods, wares or merchandise remaining on the bulkhead or pier owned or leased by him for every day after the expiration of twenty-four hours from the time such goods, wares or merchandise shall have been left or deposited on such pier or bulkhead, and shall be a lien thereon until paid, excepting merchandise and other property delivered on a wharf for transportation by canal boats through the canals owned by this State, and also excepting such merchandise as may be landed on a bulkhead for storage purposes by the owner or occupant of a warehouse immediately in front of and adjoining the bulkhead on which such merchandise shall be landed, which may be permitted to remain therem eight days without being subject to the charge aforesaid. Nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to conflict with the eighth section of the act to establish regulations for the port of New-York, passed April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and amended April 'sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

PORT WARDEN CHARGES.-The following are the rates of charges to be collected by the Port Wardens, as established by act of the Legislature:

"The said Board of Wardens shall be allowed for each and every survey held on board of any vessel, on hatches, stowage of cargo, or damaged goods, or at any warehouse, store or dwelling, or in the public street, or on the wharf, within the limits of the port of New-York, on goods said to be damaged, the sum of two dollars, and for each and every certificate given in conse quence thereof, the sum of one dollar, and for each and every survey on the hull, sails, spars or rigging of any vessel damaged, or arriving at said port in distress, the sum of five dollars, and for each and every certificate given in consequence thereof, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents, and for each valuation or measurement of any vessel, the sum of ten dollars."

OTHER CHARGES.-The following Quarantine and other fees are paid on entering a vessel at the Custom House:

The Port of New-York: Its Boundaries and Port Charges-Continued.

RATES OF PILOTAGE.-The following are the rates of pilotage at the Port of New-York, as established by act of the Legislature:

Transportation North to East River, and vice versa, $5. Pilotage from Quarantine, one-quarter of the Inward Pilotage, exclusive of Off Shore. Hauling to or from wharf, $3. Detention, $3 per day.

PILOTAGE FOR TAKING VESSELS FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW QUARANTINE.

For vessels having had death or sickness on board, double Outward pilotage.

For vessels from sickly ports, but having had no sickness on board, single Outward pilotage.
Pilotage of vessels from new Quarantine to New-York, half Inward pilotage.
Pilotage of vessels from Lower to Upper Quarantine, quarter pilotage.

Extract from the law passed as above in reference to unlicensed pilots:

SEC. 29. Any person not holding a license as pilot under this act, or under the laws of the State of New-Jersey, who shall pilot, or offer to pilot any ship or vessel to or from the port of New-York, by way of Sandy Hook, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days; and all persons employing a person to act as pilot, not holding a license under this act, or under the laws of the State of New-Jersey, shall forfeit and pay to the Board of Commissioners of Pilots the sum of one hundred dollars.

RATES OF COMMISSION AT NEW-YORK.

Recommended by the Chamber of Commerce, January 8th, 1857, to be charged where no express agreement to the contrary exists.

BANKING.

On purchase of Stocks, Bonds, and all kinds of Securities, including the Drawing of Bills for payment of same, one per cent.

On sale of Stocks, Bonds, and all kinds of Securities, including remittances in bills and guarantee, one per cent.

On purchase or sale of Specie and Bullion, half of one per cent.

Remittances in Bills of Exchange, half of one per cent.

Remittances in Bills of Exchange, with guarantee, one per cent.

Drawing or endorsing Bills of Exchange, one per cent.

Collecting Dividends on Stocks, Bonds, or other Securities, half of one per cent. Collecting interest on Bonds and Mortgages, one per cent.

Receiving and paying moneys on which no other Commission is received, half of one per cent.

Procuring acceptance of Bills of Exchange payable in Foreign countries, quarter of one per cent.

On issuing Letters of Credit to Travellers, exclusive of Foreign Bankers' charge, one per cent.

Where Bills of Exchange are remitted for Collection, and returned under protest for non-acceptance or non-payment, the same commissions are to be charged as though they were duly accepted and paid.

GENERAL BUSINESS.

On sales of Sugar, Coffee, Tea, and General Merchandise, usually sold in large quantities, and on credit under six months, or for Cash, five per cent.

On sales of Manufactured Goods, and other articles usually sold on long credits, for Commissions and Guarantee, seven and one-half per cent.

On sales of Manufactured Goods, and other articles usually sold on long credits,

for Commissions and Guarantee, for Cash, five per cent.

On purchase and shipment of Merchandise with funds in hand, on cost and charges, two and one-half per cent.

Collecting delayed and litigated Accounts, five per cent.

Effecting Marine Insurance, on amount insured, half of one per cent.

No charge to be made for effecting Insurance on property consigned.

Landing and re-shipping of Goods from vessels in distress-on value of invoice, two and one-half per cent.

Landing and re-shipping of Goods from vessels in distress-on Specie and Bullion, half of one per cent.