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3171
1885
1353
94
4321
2382
Decatur
1269
961
310
19
1647
1282
Potta wattamie ...
2223
2059
218
121
2565
2414
Delaware
1226
1143
32
525
2233
1466
Pow eshiek
1496
882
420
346
2509
1083
Des Moines
2315
1384
767
6
3325
2917
Ringgold.
964
71
671
47
1246
422
Dubuque
1587
3415
406
53
2798
4977
Scott
3031
1963
309
37
3819
2853
Fayette
1933
1067
889
27
3029
1709
Sioux
436
132
49
439
220
Floyd ..
1233
208
162
30
2032
751
Story
1260
344
644
187
1843
579
Franklin
1311
336
16
10
1178
379
Tama
1426
833
196
133
2337
1317
Fremont
1250
1331
334
1658
1682
Taylor
1325
293
868
1727
676
Greene
1031
215
551
27
1310
510 Union
899
516
830
63
1238
795
Grundy
909
504
8
1099
417
Van Buren
1490
1305
301
130
2113
1661
Guthrie
1160
496
364
21
1434
629
Wapello
1710
1029
1265
296
2582
2412
Hamilton
842
265
422
57
1187
425
Warren
1726
944
742
101
2439
1315
Hancock
340
95
29
2
281
99
Washington
1687
1221
303
112
2467
1508
Hardin.
1492
661
238
154
2152
980
Wayne
· 850
127
1421
47
1299
987
Henry
1770
424
1041
140
2809
1485
Winnebago ..
544
40
498
39
Howard
551
647
201
519
1194
600 Winneshiek
2074
1009
279
238
2759
1617
Ida
321
54
104
212
57
Worth
628
132
8
14
703
149
Iowa
1132 -
1120
642
228
1870
1348
Wright
391
166
117
98
574
184
Jasper.
1977
1154
1018
268
3375
1804
Totals
121546
79353
34228
10639 171332 112121
Jefferson
1396
753
576
109
2166
1449
Majorities.
42193
....
Total fote, 1877, 245,766; 1876 (including[949 Greenback), 292,943.
VOTE FOR CONGRESSMEN, 1876.
District.
Rep.
Dem.
R. Maj.
Total.
Maj. "74.
District.
Rep.
Dem.
R. Maj.
Total.
Maj. '74.
I
17188
14814
2374
32002
D. 1863
VII
19496
11688
7808
31184
R. 2300
II ..
16439
14683
1756
31122
R. 657
VIII
19358
15236
4122
34594|
R. 2127
III
17423
16100
1323|
33523
D. 63|
IX
19563
10583
8980
30146
R. 5849
IV
20770
9379
11391
30149
R. 3824
V
19274 11154
8120
30428
R. 5243
168289 118356
49933
*292111
VI
18778| 14719
40591
33497 R. 2724
1316
832
404
3
1692
1341
Harrison
1348
86 %
523
19
1557
1386 Webster
Humboldt.
382
149
115
64
523
183 Woodbury
1109
867
226
9
1034
997
Jackson
1619
1966
224
15
2126
2485
656
128
177
13
661
166
Emmett
213
28
246
36
Shelby
888
639
3
16
897
631
Crawford
898
651
19
111
1043
638
Plymouth
779
Dickinson
197
8
12
259
48
Sac.
....
3
343
333
592111.
..
Total vote, 1874, 184,640 ; aggregate Republican majority, 24,524. * Including 5,466 Greenback votes.
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
PRACTICAL RULES FOR EVERY DAY USE.
How to find the gain or loss per cent. when the cost and selling price are given.
RULE .- Find the difference between the cost and selling price, which will be the gain or loss.
Annex two ciphers to the gain or loss, and divide it by the cost price ; the result will be the gain or loss per cent.
How to change gold into currency.
RULE .- Multiply the given sum of gold by the price of gold.
How to change currency into gold.
Divide the amount in currency by the price of gold.
How to find each partner's share of the gain or loss in a copartnership business.
RULE .- Divide the whole gain or loss by the entire stock, the quo- tient will be the gain or loss per cent.
Multiply each partner's stock by this per cent., the result will be each one's share of the gain or loss.
How to find gross and net weight and price of hogs.
A short and simple method for finding the net weight, or price of hogs, when the gross weight or price is given, and vice versa.
NOTE .- It is generally assumed that the gross weight of Hogs diminished by 1-5 or 20 per cent. of itself gives the net weight, and the net weight increased by 14 or 25 per cent. of itself equals the gross weight.
To find the net weight or gross price.
Multiply the given number by .8 (tenths.)
To find the gross weight or net price.
Divide the given number by .8 (tenths.)
How to find the capacity of a granary, bin, or wagon-bed.
RULE .- Multiply (by short method) the number of cubic feet by 6308, and point off ONE decimal place-the result will be the correct nswer in bushels and tenths of a bushel.
For only an approximate answer, multiply the cubic feet by 8, and point off one decimal place.
How to find the contents of a corn-crib.
RULE .- Multiply the number of cubic feet by 54, short method, or
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
by 4} ordinary method, and point off ONE decimal place-the result will be the answer in bushels.
NOTE .- In estimating corn in the ear, the quality and the time it has been cribbed must be taken into consideration, since corn will shrink considerably during the Winter and Spring. This rule generally holds good for corn measured at the time it is cribbed, provided it is sound and clean.
How to find the contents of a cistern or tank.
RULE .- Multiply the square of the mean diameter by the depth (all in feet) and this product by 5681 (short method), and point off ONE decimal place-the result will be the contents in barrels of 31} gallons.
How to find the contents of a barrel or cask.
RULE .- Under the square of the mean diameter, write the length (all in inches) in REVERSED order, so that its UNITS will fall under the TENS ; multiply by short method, and this product again by 430 ; point off one decimal place, and the result will be the answer in wine gallons.
How to measure boards.
RULE .- Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12-the result will be the contents in square feet.
How to measure scantlings, joists, planks, sills, etc.
RULE .- Multiply the width, the thickness, and the length together (the width and thickness in inches, and the length in feet), and divide the product by 12-the result will be square feet.
' How to find the number of acres in a body of land.
RULE .- Multiply the length by the width (in rods), and divide the product by 160 (carrying the division to 2 decimal places if there is a remainder) ; the result will be the answer in acres and hundredths.
When the opposite sides of a piece of land are of unequal length, add them together and take one-half for the mean length or width.
How to find the number of square yards in a floor or wall.
RULE .- Multiply the length by the width or height (in feet), and divide the product by 9, the result will be square yards.
How to find the number of bricks required in a building.
RULE .- Multiply the number of cubic feet by 22}.
The number of cubic feet is found by multiplying the length, height nd thickness (in feet) together.
Bricks are usually made 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and two inches thick ; hence, it requires 27 bricks to make a cubic foot without mortar, but it is generally assumed that the mortar fills 1-6 of the space.
How to find the number of shingles required in a roof.
RULE .- Multiply the number of square feet in the roof by 8, if the shingles are exposed 43 inches, or by 7 1-5 if exposed 5 inches.
To find the number of square feet, multiply the length of the roof by twice the length of the rafters.
286
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
To find the length of the rafters, at ONE-FOURTH pitch, multiply the width of the building by .56 (hundredths) ; at ONE-THIRD pitch, by .6 (tenths) ; at TWO-FIFTHS pitch, by .64 (hundredths); at ONE-HALF pitch, by .71 (hundredths). This gives the length of the rafters from the apex to the end of the wall, and whatever they are to project must be taken into consideration.
NOTE .- By X or X pitch is meant that the apex or comb of the roof is to be X or Xg the width of the building higher than the walls or base of the rafters.
How to reckon the cost of hay.
RULE .- Multiply the number of pounds by half the price per ton, and remove the decimal point three places to the left.
How to measure grain.
RULE .- Level the grain ; ascertain the space it occupies in cubic feet ; multiply the number of cubic feet by 8, and point off one place to the left.
NOTE .- Exactness requires the addition to every three hundred bushels of one extra bushel.
The foregoing rule may be used for finding the number of gallons, by multiplying the number of bushels by 8.
If the corn in the box is in the ear, divide the answer by 2, to find the number of bushels of shelled corn, because it requires 2 bushels of ear corn to make 1 of shelled corn.
Rapid rules for measuring land without instruments.
In measuring land, the first thing to ascertain is the contents of any given plot in square yards ; then, given the number of yards, find out the number of rods and acres.
The most ancient and simplest measure of distance is a step. Now, an ordinary-sized man can train himself to cover one yard at a stride, on the average, with sufficient accuracy for ordinary purposes.
To make use of this means of measuring distances, it is essential to walk in a straight line ; to do this, fix the eye on two objects in a line straight ahead, one comparatively near, the other remote ; and, in walk- ing, keep these objects constantly in line.
Farmers and others by adopting the following simple and ingenious con- trivance, may always carry with them the scale to construct a correct yard measure.
Take a foot rule, and commencing at the base of the little finger of the left hand, mark the quarters of the foot on the outer borders of the left arm, pricking in the marks with indelible ink.
To find how many rods in length will make an acre, the width being given. RULE .- Divide 160 by the width, and the quotient will be the answer.
287
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
How to find the number of acres in any plot of land, the number of rods being given.
RULE .- Divide the number of rods by 8, multiply the quotient by 5, and remove the decimal point two places to the left.
The diameter being given, to find the circumference.
RULE .- Multiply the diameter by 3 1-7.
How to find the diameter, when the circumference is given.
RULE .- Divide the circumference by 3 1-7.
To find how many solid feet a round stick of timber of the same thick- ness throughout will contain when squared.
RULE .- Square half the diameter in inches, multiply by 2, multiply by the length in feet, and divide the product by 144.
General rule for measuring timber, to find the solid contents in feet.
RULE .- Multiply the depth in inches by the breadth in inches, and then multiply by the length in feet, and divide by 144.
To find the number of feet of timber in trees with the bark on.
RULE .- Multiply the square of one-fifth of the circumference in inches, by twice the length, in feet, and divide by 144. Deduct 1-10 to 1-15 according to the thickness of the bark.
Howard's new rule for computing interest. .
RULE .- The reciprocal of the rate is the time for which the interest on any sum of money will be shown by simply removing the decimal point two places to the left; for ten times that time, remove the point · one place to the left; for 1-10 of the same time, remove the point three places to the left.
Increase or diminish the results to suit the time given.
NOTE .- The reciprocal of the rate is found by inverting the rate ; thus 3 per cent. per month, in- verted, becomes X of a month, or 10 days.
When the rate is expressed by one figure, always write it thus : 3-1, three ones.
Rule for converting English into American currency.
Multiply the pounds, with the shillings and pence stated in decimals, by 400 plus the premium in fourths, and divide the product by 90.
U. S. GOVERNMENT LAND MEASURE.
A township-36 sections each a mile square.
A section-640 acres.
A quarter section, half a mile square-160 acres.
An eighth section, half a mile long, north and south, and a quarter of a mile wide-80 acres.
A sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square-40 acres.
.
288
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
The sections are all numbered 1 to 36, commencing at the north-east corner.
The sections are divided into quarters, which are named by the cardinal points. The quarters are divided in the same way. The de- scription of a forty acre lot would read: The south half of the west half of the south-west quarter of section 1 in township 24, north of range 7 west, or as the case might be; and sometimes will fall short and sometimes overrun the number of acres it is supposed to contain.
The nautical mile is 795 4-5 feet longer than the common mile.
SURVEYORS' MEASURE.
7 92-100 inches .make 1 link. 25 links 66
1 rod.
4 rods. 66 1 chain.
80 chains. 66 1 mile.
NOTE .- A chain is 100 links, equal to 4 rods or 66 feet.
Shoemakers formerly used a subdivision of the inch called a barley- corn ; three of which made an inch.
Horses are measured directly over the fore feet, and the standard of measure is four inches-called a hand.
In Biblical and other old measurements, the term span is sometimes used, which is a length of nine inches.
The sacred cubit of the Jews was 24.024 inches in length.
The common cubit of the Jews was 21.704 inches in length.
A pace is equal to a yard or 36 inches.
A fathom is equal to 6 feet.
A league is three miles, but its length is variable, for it is strictly speaking a nautical term, and should be three geographical miles, equal to 3.45 statute miles, but when used on land, three statute miles are said to be a league.
In cloth measure an aune is equal to 1} yards, or 45 inches.
An Amsterdam ell is equal to 26.796 inches.
A Trieste ell is equal to 25.284 inches.
A Brabant ell is equal to 27.116 inches.
HOW TO KEEP ACCOUNTS.
Every farmer and mechanic, whether he does much or little business, should keep a record of his transactions in a clear and systematic man- ner. For the benefit of those who have not had the opportunity of ac- quiring a primary knowledge of the principles of book-keeping, we here present a simple form of keeping accounts which is easily comprehended, and well adapted to record the business transactions of farmers, mechanics and laborers.
289
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
1875.
A. H. JACKSON.
Dr.
Cr.
Jan.
10|To 7 bushels Wheat
at $1.25
$8 75
$2 50
Feb. 4 To 14 bushels Oats
at
$ .45
6|30
4 To 5 lbs. Butter
at .25
· 1|25
March 8 By new Harrow
18 00
66 8 By sharpening 2 Plows
40
13|By new Double-Tree
2 25
27 To Cow and Calf
48|00
April
9|To half ton of Hay
6|25
May
6|By repairing Corn-Planter
4 75
July
4 By Cash, to balance account
35
15
$88 05
$88 05
1875.
CASSA MASON.
Dr. Cr.
March 21 By 3 days' labor
at $1.25
$3 75
21 To 2 Shoats
at 3.00
$6 00
23 To 18 bushels Corn
at .45
8|10
May,, 1 By 1 month's Labor
25 00
1 To Cash
10 00
June
19 By 8 days' Mowing
at $1.50
12|00
66
26 To 50 Ibs. Flour
2 75
July
29 By 9 days' Harvesting
at 2.00
18 00
Aug.
12 By 6 days' Labor
at 1.50
9.00
Sept.
1 To Cash to balance account
18|20
$67 75
$67 75
INTEREST TABLE.
A SIMPLE RULE FOR ACCURATELY COMPUTING INTEREST AT ANY GIVEN PER CENT. FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
Multiply the principal (amount of money at interest) by the time reduced to days; then divide this product by the quotient obtained by dividing 360 (the number of days in the interest year) by the per cent. of interest, and the quotient thus obtained will be the required interest.
ILLUSTRATION.
Solution.
Require the interest of $462.50 for one month and eighteen days at 6 per cent. An $462.50 interest month is 30 days; one month and eighteen days equal 48 days. $462.50 multi- .48 plied by .48 gives $222.0000; 360 divided by 6 (the per cent. of interest) gives 60, and $222.0000 divided by 60 will give you the exact interest, which is $3.70. If the rate of 370000 interest in the above example were 12 per cent., we would divide the $222.0000 by 30 6)360 185000 (because 360 divided by 12 gives 30); if 4 per cent., we would divide by 90; if 8 per cent., by 45: and in like manner for any other per cent. 60/$222.0000($3.70
180
420
420
00
MISCELLANEOUS TABLE.
12 units, or things, 1 Dozen. 12 dozen, 1 Gross.
200 pounds, 1 Barrel of Pork. 20 things, 1 Score. - 196 pounds, 1 Barrel of Flour. 24 sheets of paper, 1 Quire.
-
20 quires paper 1 Ream.
56 pounds, 1 Firkin of Butter. | 4 ft. wide, 4 ft. high, and 8 ft. long, 1 Cord Wood.
1
9|By Cash
25 00
24 To one Sow with Pigs
17 50
10 To 27 lbs. Meat
at $ .10
2 70
12 To Cash
20 00
66
17 By shoeing span of Horses
290
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
NAMES OF THE STATES OF THE UNION, AND THEIR SIGNIFICATIONS.
Virginia .- The oldest of the States, was so called in honor of Queen Elizabeth, the " Virgin 'Queen," in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh made his first attempt to colonize that region.
Florida .- Ponce de Leon landed on the coast of Florida on Easter Sunday, and called the country in commemoration of the day, which was the Pasqua Florida of the Spaniards, or " Feast of Flowers."
Louisiana was called after Louis the Fourteenth, who at one time owned that section of the country.
Alabama was so named by the Indians, and signifies " Here we Rest." Mississippi is likewise an Indian name, meaning " Long River."
Arkansas, from Kansas, the Indian word for "smoky water." Its prefix was really arc, the French word for " bow."
The Carolinas were originally one tract, and were called "Carolana," after Charles the Ninth of France.
Georgia owes its name to George the Second of England, who first established a colony there in 1732.
Tennessee is the Indian name for the " River of the Bend," i. e., the Mississippi which forms its western boundary.
Kentucky is the Indian name for " at the head of the river."
Ohio means " beautiful ; " Iowa, " drowsy ones ; " Minnesota, " cloudy water," and Wisconsin, " wild-rushing channel."
Illinois is derived from the Indian word illini, men, and the French suffix ois, together signifying " tribe of men."
Michigan was called by the name given the lake, fish-weir, which was so styled from its fancied resemblance to a fish trap.
Missouri is from the Indian word "muddy," which more properly applies to the river that flows through it.
Oregon owes its Indian name also to its principal river.
Cortes named California.
Massachusetts is the Indian for " The country around the great hills."
Connecticut, from the Indian Quon-ch-ta-Cut, signifying "Long River."
Maryland, after Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles the First, of England.
New York was named by the Duke of York.
Pennsylvania means " Penn's woods," and was so called after William Penn, its orignal owner.
291
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
Delaware after Lord De La Ware.
New Jersey, so called in honor of Sir George Carteret, who was Governor of the Island of Jersey, in the British Channel.
Maine was called after the province of Maine in France, in compli- ment of Queen Henrietta of England, who owned that province.
Vermont, from the French word Vert Mont, signifying Green Mountain.
New Hampshire, from Hampshire county in England. It was formerly called Laconia.
The little State of Rhode Island owes its name to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean, which domain it is said to greatly resemble.
Texas is the American word for the Mexican name by which all that section of the country was called before it was ceded to the United States.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Total Population.
Alabama ...
996.992
Arkansas.
484,471
California .
560,247
Connecticut
537,454
Delaware.
125,015
Philadelphia, Pa.
674,022
Brooklyn, N. Y.
396,099
Georgia ..
1.184,109
Illinois.
2,539,891
Chicago, Ill .. ..
298,977
Indiana.
1,680,637
lowa ...
1,191,792
Kansas ..
364,399
Kentucky.
726,915
San Francisco, Cal.
Maine.
626,915
Maryland.
780,894
Washington, D. C.
109,199
Massachusetts.
1,457,351
Newark, N. J.
105,059
Michigan ..
1,184,059 439,706
Louisville, Ky.
100,753
Mississippi.
827,922
Pittsburg, Pa ...
86,076
Missouri.
1,721,295
Jersey City, N. J
82,546
Nebraska.
122,993
Detroit, Mich ...
79,577
Nevada
42.491
Milwaukee, Wis.
71,440
New Hampshire.
318,300
Albany, N. Y ...
69,422
New Jersey.
906,096
Providence, R. I.
New York
4,382.759
Rochester, N. Y.
North Carolina
1,071,361
Allegheny, Pa ...
Ohio.
2,665.260
Richmond, Va ..
Oregon.
90,923
New Haven, Conn.
217,353
Indianapolis, Ind.
48,244
Tennessee
1,258,520
Syracuse, N. Y.
46,465 43,051 41,105
Virginia.
1,225,163
West Virginia.
442,014
Wisconsin.
1,054,670
Total States.
38,113,253
Arizona ..
9,658
Colorada ..
39,864
Dakota
14,181
District of Columbia.
131.700
Idaho
14,999
Montana.
20,595
Wilmington, Del.
30,841
New Mexico.
91,874
Utah ....
86,786
Washington.
23,955
Wyoming ..
9,118
Charlestown, Mass
28,323,
Savannah, Ga ..
28,235
Total Territories ..
442,730
Lynn. Mass ..
28,233
Fall River, Mass
26,766
Total United States
38,555,983
POPULATION OF FIFTY PRINCIPAL CITIES.
CITIES.
Aggregate Population.
New York, N. Y.
942,292
Florida ..
187,748
St. Louis, Mo.
310,864
Baltimore, Md.
267,354 250,526 216,239
Cincinnati, Ohio.
1,321,011
New Orleans, La.
191,418. 149.473. 117,714
Minnesota.
Cleveland, Ohio
92,829
Pennsylvania.
3,521,791
Charleston, S. C.
South Carolina.
705,606
Troy, N. Y.
Texas
818,579
Vermont.
330,551
Lowell, Mass.
Memphis, Tenn.
Cambridge, Mass
Hartford, Conn.
Scranton, Pa.
Reading, Pa ..
33,930
Paterson, N. J.
33,579
Kansas City, Mo.
Toledo, Ohio.
Portland, Me
Columbus, Ohio.
31,274
Dayton, Ohio ..
30,473 28,921 28,804
Lawrence, Mass.
Utica, N. Y ..
32,260 32,034 31,584 31,413
Mobile, Ala ..
40,928 40,226 39,634 37,180 35,092
Worcester, Mass.
68,904 62,386 53.180 51.038 50,840 48,956
Rhode Island
....
..
Boston, Mass ..
Louisiana
Buffalo, N. Y ..
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area in square Miles.
1870.
1875.
Miles R. R. 1872.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area in square Miles.
1870.
1875.
Miles® R. R. 1872.
States.
States.
Alabama ..
50,722
996,992
1,671
Pennsylvania.
46,000
3,521,791
5,113
Arkansas.
52,198
484.471
25
Rhode Island ..
1,306
217,353
258,239
'136
California.
188,981
560,247
1,013
South Carolina.
29,385
705,606
925,145
1,201
Connecticut.
4.674
537,454
820
Tennessee.
45,600
1,258,520
1,520
Delaware
2,120
125,015
227
Texas.
237,504
818,579
865
Florida.
59,268
187,748
466
Vermont
10,212
330,551
675
Georgia.
58,000 1,184,109
2,108
Virginia.
40,904
1,225,163
1,490
Illinois
55,410 2,539,891
5,904
West Virginia
23,000
442,014
485
Indiana.
33,809 1,680,637
3.529
Wisconsin
53,924
1,054,670
1,236,729
1,725
Iowa.
55,045
1,191.792
3.160
Kansas
81,318
364,399
Total States.
1,950,171 38,113,253
59,587
Kentucky
37,600
1,321,011
1,123
Louisiana
41,346
726,915
539
Maine ...
31,776
626,915
871
Arizona
113,916
9,658
Maryland
11,184
780,894
820
Colorado.
104,500
39,864
392
Massachusetts.
7,800 1,457,351 1,651,912 1,606
Dakota
147,490
14,181
Dist. of Columbia.
60
131,700
Idaho.
90,932
14,999
Montana.
143.776
20,595
2,580
Nebraska.
75,995
123,993
246,280
828
Utah
80,056
86,786
375
New Hampshire.
9,280
318.300
790
Wyoming
93,107
9,118
498
New Jersey
8.320
906,096 1,026,502
1,265
New York.
47,000 4,382,759 4,705,208 4,470
Total Territories.
965,032
442,730
1,265
Ohio
39,964 2,665,260
3,740
Oregon
95,244
90,923
159
* Last Census of Michigan taken in 1874.
* Included in the Railroad Milleage of Maryland. a
PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD; POPULATION AND AREA.
COUNTRIES.
Population.
Date of Census.
Area in Square Miles.
Inhabitants to Square Mile.
CAPITALS.
Population.
China ..
446,500,000
1871
3,741,846
119.3
Pekin ..
1,648,800
British Empire.
226,817,108
1871
4,677,432
48.6
London.
3,251,800
Russia ...
81,925,400
1871
8,003,778
10.2
St. Petersburg
667,000
United States with Alaska ..
38,925,600
1870
2,603,884
7.78
Washington
109,199
France .
36,469,800
1866
204,091
178.7
Paris.
1,825,300
Austria and Hungary
35,904,400
1869
240.348
149.4
Vienna
833,900
Japan.
34,785,300
1871
149,399
232.8
Yeddo ..
1,554,900
Great Britain and Ireland.
31,817,100
1871
121,315
262.3
London
3,251,800
German Empire
29,906,092
1871
160,207
187.
Berlin
825,400
Italy
27,439,921
1871
118,847
230.9
Rome ..
244,484
Spain
16,642,000
1867
195,775
85.
Madrid
332,000
Brazil.
10,000,000
..
3,253,029
3.07
Rio Janeiro.
420,000
Turkey
16,463,000
672,621
24.4
Constantinople
1,075,000
Mexico.
9,173.000
1869
761,526
..
Stockholm.
136,900
Persia.
5,000,000
1870
635,964
7.8
Teherall.
120,000
Belgium.
5,021,300
1869
11,373
441.5
Brussels
314,100
Bavaria.
4,861,400
1871
29,292
Munich.
169,500
Portugal
3,995,200
1868
34,494
115.8
Lisbon
224,063
Holland
3,688,300
1870
12,680
Hague.
90,100
3,000,000
1870
357,157
Bogota.
45,000
Chili
2,000,000
1869
132,616
15.1
Santiago.
115,400
Switzerland.
2,669,100
1870
15,992
166.9
Peru .
2,500,000
1871
471,838
5.3
Bolivia.
2,000,000
497,321
4.
Chuquisaca.
25,000
1,812,000
871,848
Buenos Ayres.
177.800
Wurtemburg
1,818,500
1871
7,533
Stuttgart
91,600
Denmark.
1,784,700
1870
14,753
120.9
Copenhagen
Venezuela.
1,500,000
368,238
Caraccas
47,000
Baden.
1,461,400
1871
5,912
247.
Carlsruhe
Greece.
1,457.900
1870
19,353
75.3
Guatemala
1,180,000
1871
40,879
28.9
Guatemala
1,300,000
218,928
5.9
70,000
1,000,000
1871
63,787
15.6
Asuncion.
48,000
Liberia
718,000
1871
9,576
74.9
Monrovia
3,000
San Salvador.
600,000
1871
7,335
81.8
Sal Salvador
15,000
Hayti ...
572,000
10,205
56.
Port au Prince
20,000
Nicaragua.
350,000
1871
58,171
6.
Managua.
10,000
Uruguay ..
300,000
1871
66,722
6.5
Monte Video.
44,500
Honduras
350,000
1871
47,092
7.4
Comayagua
12,000
San Domingo
136,000
17.827
7.6
San Domingo.
20,000
Costa Rica.
165.000
1870
21,505
7.7
San Jose ..
2,000
Hawaii ...
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