PREFACE.


Seth French, late Commissioner of the Bureau of Im-
migration; to Captain Samuel Fairbanks, Assistant Com-


missioner;


and to Mr.


William Bloxham,


the present


Governor of the State.


Last, but not least, he would


offer his acknowledgments to Mr. C. H. Jones, of New
York City, who rendered him invaluable aid in the ar-
rangement and revision of his work.


G. M. B.


September, 1881.


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