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16
Boone.
1965
363
43
2
Macoupin.
3567
4076
114
Brown
944
1495
183
1
Madison.
4554
4730
39
1
Bureau
3719
2218
145
2
11
Marion
2009
2444
209
Calhoun
441
900 918
111
1
3
Mason ...
1566
1939
3
Cass
1209
1618
74
Massac
1231
793
20
Champaign
4530
3103
604
McDonough
2952
2811
347
Christian
2501
3287
207
1
6
McHenry
3465
1874
34
3
Clark
1814
2197
236
9
McLean
6363
4410
8
7
Clay
1416
1541
112
Menard.
1115
1657
10
Clinton.
1329
1989
132
Mercer.
2209
1428
3
Coles
2957
2822
1.02
Monroe
845
1651
7
Cook
36548
39240
277
Montgomery
2486
3013
201
Crawford.
1355
1643
38
Morgan
3069
3174
109
3
Cumberland
1145
1407
129
Moultrie
1245
1672 28
De Kalb
3679
1413
65
Ogle .
3833
1921
8
De Witt.
1928
1174
746
10
3
Peoria ..
4665
Douglas
1631
1357
94
Pope
1319
800
Edgar
2715
2883
161
Piatt.
1807
Edwards.
970
466
61
Pike.
3055
35
1
4
Effingham
1145
2265
43
Pulaski
1043
Fayette
1881
2421
57
Putnam
646
459
14
Ford
1601
742
204
Richland
1410
1552
55
2838
27
Gallatin
703
1140
2
Saline
980
1081
641
Greene
1695
3160
1
Sangamon
4851
5847
29
Grundy
1996
1142
108
Schuyler.
1804
115
Hamilton
627
1433
770
4 Scott.
910
1269 182 ..
Hancock
3496
4207
Shelby
2069
3553
341
Hardin
330
611
134
Stark.
1140
786
96
St. Clair
4708
5891
99
1
Iroquois.
3768
2578
249
14
1
Tazewell.
2850
3171
2
2
Jackson.
2040
2071
106
978 4372
3031
288
Jefferson
1346
1667
647
Wabash.
650
936
Jersey ..
1345
2166
12
Warren
2795
1984
138
1
Jo Daviess
2907
2276
140
2
3
Washington
1911
.1671
39
Johnson
1367
893
61
Wayne
1570
1751
482
Kane.
5398
2850
172
5
White
1297
2066
469
4
Kankakee
2627
1363
26
2
Whiteside
3851
2131 3999
Knox
5235
2632
141
1
Williamson
1672
1644
Lake
2619
1647
55
1
Winnebago
4505
. 1568
13
2
La Salle
6277
6001
514
15
Woodford
1733
2105
237
1
4
Lawrence.
1198
1329
27
Lee .
3087
2080
100
2
6
Total
275958 257099 16951 130 157
133
8
1
Kendall
1869
524
309
Will
4770
2758
26
3
Henry
4177
1928
340
4
6
Stephenson
3198
Union
2155
Jasper
Vermilion
9
207
DuPage
2129
1276
25
Perry
1541
48
117
4040 772
Randolph
2357
2589
2
Franklin
966 4187
1302
391 89
Rock Island.
3912
Fulton.
4669
1
282
9
1522
Henderson.
1315
1015
1
Marshall.
1553
1430
135 86
1
Carroll
2231
1
3
104
5443 95 5
8
1383 1316
44 2
..
677 41 70
.
Wheeler,
Democrat.
Smith,
518
90
268
Wheeler,
Hendricks,
Smith,
1
M ISCELLANEOUS
INFORMATION.
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 answer 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 .
(207)
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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 mnean 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 and 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.
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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 xx or }{ 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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
1875.
A. H. JACKSON.
Dr.
Cr.
Jan. 10 To 7 bushels Wheat
at $1.25
$8/75
66
17 By shoeing span of Horses
$2 50
Feb. 4 To 14 bushels Oats
at $ .45
6 30
66 4 To 5 lbs. Butter
at
.25
1|25
March 8|By new Harrow.
18|00
" 8 By sharpening 2 Plows
40
66
13 By new Double-Tree
2|25
66 27 To Cow and Calf
48|00
April
9|To half ton of Hay
6|25
66
9|By Cash.
25 00
May 6 By repairing Corn-Planter
4 75
24 To one Sow with Pigs
17|50
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
66 21|To 2 Shoats
at 3.00
$6|00
66 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 66
29|By 9 days' Harvesting
at 2.00
18 00
Aug.
12|By 6 days' Labor
at 1.50
100
66
12 To Cash
20|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 interest month is 30 days; one month and eighteen days equal 48 days. $462.50 multi- 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 interest in the above example were 12 per cent., we would divide the $222.0000 by 30 6)360 (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. 1
$462.50
.48
370000
185000
60 / $222.0000($3.70
180
420 420
00
MISCELLANEOUS TABLE.
12 units, or things, 1 Dozen. | 196 pounds, 1 Barrel of Flour. | 24 sheets of paper, 1 Quire. 12 dozen, 1 Gross. 20 quires paper 1 Ream.
20 things, 1 Score. 56 pounds, 1 Firkin of Butter. 4 ft. wide, 4 ft. high, and 8 ft. long, 1 Cord Wood.
286 200 pounds, 1 Barrel of Pork.
I
at $ .10
2 70
10 To 27 lbs. Meat
1
1
MT PULASKI.
213
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.
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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.
POPULATION OF FIFTY PRINCIPAL CITIES.
CITIES.
Aggregate Population.
Alabama.
996.992
Arkansas.
484,471
California
560,247
Connecticut
537,454
New York, N. Y.
942,292
Philadelphia, Pa.
674,022
Brooklyn, N. Y.
396,099
Georgia
1.184,109
St. Louis, Mo ..
310,864
Illinois ..
2,539,891
Chicago, Ill ..
298,977
Indiana
1,680,637
Baltimore, Md.
267,354
Iowa ...
1,191,792
Boston, Mass ..
250,526
Kansas ..
364,399
Cincinnati, Ohio.
216,239
Kentucky.
1,321,011
New Orleans, La.
191,418
Louisiana
726,915
San Francisco, Cal.
149,473
Maine.
626,915
Buffalo, N. Y.
117,714
Maryland
780,894
Washington, D. C.
109,199
Massachusetts.
1,457,351
Newark, N. J ..
105,059
Michigan.
1,184,059
Louisville, Ky.
100,753
Minnesota
439,706
Cleveland, Ohio
92,829
Missouri.
1,721,295
Jersey City, N. J
82,546
Nebraska.
122,993
Nevada
42,491
Milwaukee, Wis.
71,440
New Hampshire
318.300
Albany, N. Y ..
69,422
New York.
4,382.759
Rochester, N. Y.
62,386
North Carolina
1,071,361
Allegheny, Pa ...
Ohio ..
2,665,260
Richmond, Va.
51.038
Pennsylvania.
Charleston, S. C.
48,956
Rhode Island
Indianapolis, Ind
48,244
South Carolina
705,606
Troy, N. Y.
46,465 43,051
Texas .
818,579
Worcester, Mass.
41,105
Vermont.
330,551
Lowell, Mass.
40,928
Virginia ..
1,225,163
40,226
West Virginia
442,014
Wisconsin.
1,054,670
Total States.
38,113,253
Reading, Pa ..
33,930
33,579
32,260
Colorada
39,864
Dakota.
14,181
District of Columbia
131.700
Idaho
14,999
Montana.
20,595
New Mexico
91,874
Utah
86,786
Washington
23,955
Utica, N. Y ..
28,804
Wyoming.
9,118
Charlestown, Mass.
28,323
Total Territories
442,730
Lynn. Mass.
28.233
Total United States
38.555,983
Fall River, Mass,
26,766
32,034 31,584
Portland, Me.
Columbus, Ohio
Wilmington, Del.
Dayton, Ohio ..
30,473
Lawrence, Mass.
28,921
Tennessee
1,258,520
Syracuse, N. Y.
Cambridge, Mass.
39,634 37,180
Hartford, Conn
Scranton, Pa.
35,092
Paterson, N. J.
Arizona ..
9,658
Kansas City, Mo
Mobile, Ala.
86,076
Detroit, Mich ...
79,577
New Jersey.
906.096
Providence, R. I.
68,904
53,180
Oregon.
90,923
3,521,791
New Haven, Conn
50,840
Mississippi.
827,922
Pittsburg, Pa ...
Delaware.
125,015
Florida ..
187,748
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Total Population.
Savannah, Ga ..
28,235
Toledo, Ohio.
31,413 31,274 30,841
217,353
Memphis, Tenn.
215
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area int square Miles.
POPULATION.
Miles R. R. 1872.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area in square Miles.
1870.
1875.
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.
537,454
820
Tennessee.
45,600
1,258,520
1,520
Delaware
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
55,045 1,191.792
3.160
Kansas.
81,318
364,399
Total States.
1,950,171 38,113,253
59,58₸
Kentucky
37,600 1,321,011
1,123
Louisiana
41,346
726,915
539
Territories.
Maine ...
31,776
626,915
Arizona .
113,916
9,658
Maryland
11,184
780,894
Colorado ..
104,500
39,864
392
Massachusetts
7,800 1,457,351 1,651,912 1,606
Dakota
147,490
14,181
Michigan*
56,451|
1,184,059
1,334,031 2,235
Dist. of Columbia.
60
131,700
Minnesota.
83,531
439,706
Idaho ..
90,932
14,999
Missouri ..
65,350
1,721,295
2,580
Nebraska ..
75,995
123,993
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
Aggregate of U. S .. 2,915,203 38,555,983
60,852
* Last Census of Michigan taken in 1874.
* Included in the Railroad Mileage of Maryland.
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
Mexico
210,300
Sweden and Norway.
5,921,500
1870
292,871
20.
Stockholm
136,900
Persia ...
5,000,000
1870
635,964
7.8
Teheran.
120,000
Belgium.
5,021,300
1869
11,373
441.5
Brussels
314,100
Bavaria.
4,861,400
1871
29,292
165.9
Munich
169,500
Portugal.
3,995,200
1868
34,494
115.8
Lisbon
224,063
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
Santiago.
115,400
Switzerland.
2,669,100
1870
15,992
Berne.
36,000
Peru
2,500,000
1871
471,838
Lima ..
160,100
Bolivia.
497,321
4.
Chuquisaca.
25,000
Wurtemburg
1,818,500
1871
7,533
Stuttgart
91,600
Denmark.
1,784,700
1870
14,753
Copenhagen
162,042
Venezuela.
1,500,000
368,238
Caraccas
47,000
Baden ..
1,461,400
5,912
247.
Carlsruhe
36,600
Greece ..
1,457,900
1870
19,353
75.3
Athens.
43,400
Guatemala
1,180,000
1871
40,879
28.9
40,000
Ecuador ..
1,300,000
218,928
5.9
70,000
Paraguay.
1,000,000
1871
63,787
Asuncion.
48,000
Hesse
823,138
2,969
Darmstadt
30,000
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.
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