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Lower California (Ter.) Sonora Sinaloa.

Tepic (Ter.) Jalisco Colima.

Michoacan Guerrero.

Oaxaca Chiapas Total.

Islands Grand Total ....... .. ... ..... 159,160 141,565 51.1 1,595 138,988 138,478 86.8 12,204 784,466 833,125 68.2 316,125 5,439,561

6,094,307 19.2 58,328 30,208 31,167 0.5 76,900 115,424 134,790 1.7 33,671 186,491 223,684 6.6 11,275 31,846 - 131,019 11.6 983,484

1,250,000 30.9 2,272 65,827 72,591 31.9 22,874 661,534 784,108 34.3 24,996 295,590 353,193 14.1 35,382 744,000 768,508 21.7 27,222 205,362 241,404 8.8 324,768 3,287,920

3,990,464 12.3 1,420 - 767,005 9,908,011

11,395,712 14.8

In 1874 the population was returned at 9,343,470; in 1882 there were 5,072,054 males, 5,375,930 females. Of the total population 19 per cent, are of pure, or nearly pure, white race, 43 per cent. native, of mixed race, and 38 per cent. of Indian race. The Indians are stated to be rapidly decreasing; forming, it was stated, in 1874, one-half the population, in 1882 they were returned at 3,765,044. Distinctions of race are abolished by the Constitution of 1824. Of the mixed and Indian race only a very small proportion can be regarded as civilized. The chief cities are the capital, Mexico, with a population in 1890 of 329,535; Guadalajara, 95,000; Puebla, 78,530; San Luis Potosi, 62,573; Guanajuato, 52,112; Leon, 47,739; Monterey, 41,700; Aguascalientes, 32,355; Merida, 32,000; Oaxaca, 28,827; Colima, 25,124; Vera Cruz, 24,00০.

There are many difficulties in the way of successful colonization, and a large proportion of immigrants in recent years have left the country. In 1887 the number of Spaniards resident in Mexico was 9,553.