...information on the number of vessels that have arrived with aliens on board, where the ships sailed from, the number of passengers they brought, the condition of the passengers, birthplace of arriving aliens, how permitted to land, etc.; also includes financial data; data varies from report to report; this report was discontinued in 1864 and the duties transferred to the Board of Charities; 1850, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1861, and 1863 are bound in one volume on GOVDOC/6458. 51; reports for 1849 (1st) -1863 are also contained in the MA Public Documents on GOVDOC/6417.1 (1849 = (1850) Senate Doc. 14 // 1850 = (1851) Senate Doc.10 // 1851 = (1852) House Doc. 47 // 1852 not found // 1853 = (1854) Senate Doc. 10 // 1854 = (1855 Senate Doc. 29 // 1855 = (1856) House Doc. 17 // 1856 = (1857) = House Doc. 17 // 1857 = (1857) Public Doc. 18 // 1858 = (1858) Public Doc. 15 // 1859 = (1859) Public Doc. 15 // 1860 = (1860) Public Doc. 21 // 1861 = (1861) Public Doc. 16 // 1862 = (1862) Public Doc. 16 // and 1863 = (1863) Public Doc. 15, pt. 2)...