From
Annual report and membership list of the German Society of New York City for 1868
[translated from the original German]

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D. Table of passengers arriving here in the year 1868 from Europe with steam- or sailing ships, as well as the number of deaths and births among them.

 Month Steamships Sailing ships Total
Steamers Passengers born died Sailing ships Passengers born died Ships Passengers born died
Cabins Steerage Cabins Steerage Cabins Steerage
 January 35 929 4279 5 6 11 20 766 7 109 46 949 5045 12 115
 February 27 831 3925 1 11 7 656 2 8 38 838 4581 3  
 March 39 1379 13883 8 9 15 12 149 1 54 1391 14032 8 10
 April 34 1492 16969 7 13 9 6 491 1 2 43 1498 17460 8 15
 May 45 2521 29317 10 45 22 17 4569 15 44 67 2538 33886 25 89
 June 46 3270 27154 11 31 26 9 6246 35 93 72 3279 33402 46 124
 July 38 2323 18151 16 16 29 45 7436 19 46 67 2368 25587 35 62
 August 39 3318 15097 2 15 21 53 3709 8 45 60 3371 18806 10 60
 September 41 4443 16371 7 13 12 14 2358 2 8 53 4457 18729 9 21
 October 36 3437 15303 12 19 27 32 2177 2 7 60 3469 17480 14 26
 November 39 2651 13553 11 23 14 23 1939 6 14 53 2674 15492 17 37
 December 32 1343 6445 6 10 6 3 1457 5 16 38 1346 7902 11 26
 Sum 451 27937 180,449 96 200 200 241 31,953 102 393 651 28178 212402 198 593
 In 1867 464 29187 193444 99 255 282 543 48495 127 494 746 29730 241940 226 749
 Difference to 1868 13 1250 12996 3 55 82 302 16542 25 101 95 1552 29538 28 156