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1
Carroll
2231
918
111
1
3
Mason ..
1566
1939
86
3
Cass
1209
1618
74
7
Massac
1231
793
20
Champaign
4530
3103
604
1
McDonough
2952
2811
347
...
Christian Clark
2501
3287
207
1
6
McHenry
3465
1874
34
McLean
6363
4410
518
8
Clay.
1416
1541
112
Menard.
1115
1657
10
Clinton.
1329
1989
132
Mercer.
2209
1428
90
3
Coles.
2957
2822
102
Monroe
845
1651
Cook
36548
39240
277
Montgomery
2486
3013
Crawford
1355
1643
38
Morgan .
3069
3174
109
3
De Kalb.
3679
1413
65
3
Ogle
3833
1921
104
8
De Witt. Douglas
1928
1174
746
10
3
Peorla
4665
5443
95
Pope
1319
800
5
Edgar.
2715
2883
161
Platt.
1807
1316
117
Edwards
970
466
61
Pike
3055
4040
35
4
Pulaskl
1043
Fayette
1881
2421
57
Foru
1601
742
204
2357
2589
Frankiin
966
1302
Richland.
1410
1552
55
2838
27
Gallatin
703
1140
Saline .
980
1081
641
Greene.
1695
3160
1
Sangamon
4851
5847
29
Grundy
1996
1142
108
Schuyler.
1804
115
..
Hancock
3496
4207
Shelby
2069
3553
341
..
HardIn
330
611
134
Stark.
1140
786
96
...
Henderson
1315
1015
1
St. Clair
4708
5891
99
1
Henry.
4177
1928
340
4
6
Stephenson
3198
2758
26
3
Iroquols.
3768
2578
249
14
1
Jackson.
2040
2071
106
Unlon
4372
3031
288
9
Jefferson
1346
1667
647
. .
..
Jersey.
1345
2166
...
2
3
Johnson
1367
893
61
Wayne
1570
1751
482
Kane
5398
2850
172
5
Kankakee
2627
1363
26
2
Whiteside.
3851
2131
133
8
1
Kendall
1869
5:24.
309
Knox.
5235
2632
141
1
Willlamson.
1672
1644
41
.
Lake
2619
1647
55
1
Winnebago
4505
1568
70
13
2
La Salle
6277
6001
514
15
Woodford
1733
2105
237
1
4
Lawrence.
1198
1329
27
....
...
Total
275958 257099 16951 130 157
...
Bond .
1520
1142
17
....
Macoupin.
3567
4076
114
Logan.
2788
2595
3~
7
201
Cumberland
1145
1407
129
Moultrie
1245
1672
28
DuPage
2129
1276
25
8
Perry.
1541
1383
48
Effingham
1145
2265
43
Putnam
646
772 459
14
Fulton. .
4187
4669
1
Hamilton
627
1433
770
Scott ..
910
1269 182
..
Tazewell.
2850 978
2155
..
Jasper
Vermillion
650
936
207
1
Jo Daviess
2907
2276
140
Washington
1911
1671
39
White.
1297
2066
469
4
4770
3999
677
Lee
3087
20801
100
2
6
. .
12
Warren
2795
1984
138
Q
3171
44 3
...
1631
1357
94
Randolph
2
391 89 282
2
.
9
1522
4
Rock Island.
3912
1814
2197
236
.
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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 X 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
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
by 42 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 42 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 }{ pitch is meant that the apex or comb of the roof is to be X 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 1.44. 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 giveul.
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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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 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 14 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.
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1875.
A. H. JACKSON.
Dr. Cr.
Jan. 10 To 7 bushels Wheat
at $1.25
$8 75
17 By shoeing span of Horses
$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
66 27 To Cow and Calf
48|00 6 25
April
9 To half ton of Hay
.6
9 By Cash
25 00
May 6 |By repairing Corn-Planter
.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
21 To 2 Shoats
at 3.00
$6 00
23 To 18 bushels Gorn
at . .45
8|10
May 1 By 1 month's Labor
25 00
1 To Cash
1000
June
19 By 8 days' Mowing
at $1.50
12 00
July
10 To 27 lbs. Meat.
at $ .10
2 70
29|By 9 days' Harvesting
at 2.00
18 00 9|00
Aug.
12 By 6 days' Labor
at 1.50
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.
Muitipiy 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 equai 48 days. $462.50 muiti- piied by .48 gives $222.0000; 360 divided by 6 (the per cent. of interest) gives 60, and $222.0000 divided by 60 wiii 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.
$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 Barrei of Fiour. | 24 sheets of paper, 1 Quire. 200 pounds, 1 Barrei of Pork. 20 quires paper 1 Ream.
12 dozen, 1 Gross.
-20 things, 1 Score. 56 pounds, 1 Firkin of Butter. | 4 ft. wide, 4 ft. high, and 8 ft. iong, 1 Cord Wood.
1
13 By new Double-Tree.
2 25
4 75
24 To one Sow with Pigs
26 To 50 Ibs. Flour
2 75
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PRESIDENT BANK OF WAVERLY
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
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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.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Total 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
St. Louis, Mo ...
310,864
Illinois.
Chicago, Iil. ..
298.977
Indiana.
Baitimore, Md.
267,354
Iowa ....
Boston, Mass.
250,526
Kansas.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
216,239
Kentucky.
New Orleans, La.
191,418
Louisiana
San Francisco, Cal.
149.473
Malne ..
626,915
Buffaio, N. Y.
117,714
Maryland
780,894
Washington, D. C.
109,199
Massachusetts.
1,457,351
105,059
Michigan.
1,184,059
100,753
Minnesota.
Cleveland, Ohio.
92,829
Mississippi ..
Pittsburg, Pa ...
86,076
Missouri.
1,721,295 122.993
Jersey City, N. J
82,546
Detroit, Mich ...
79,577
42.491
Milwaukee, Wis.
71,440
New Jersey.
906.096
Providence, R. I.
68.904
4,382.759
62,386
North Carolina
1,071,361
53.180
Ohio ...
2,665.260
51.038 50,840
Rhode Island .
217,353
Indianapolis, Ind.
South Carolina.
705,606
Troy, N. Y ... ....
46,465
Tennessee .
1,258,520
43,051
41,105
Loweli. Mass.
40,928 40.226
West Virginia
442,014
Cambridge, Mass
39,634
Wisconsin
1,054,670
Hartford, Conn.
37,180
Scranton, Pa.
35,092
Total States.
38,113,253
Reading, Pa ..
33,930
Paterson. N. J.
Arizona ..
9,658
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
Wyoming ...
9,118
Charlestown, Mass.
28,323
.
Totai Territories.
442,730
Lynn. Mass.
28.233
Total United States
38,555,983
POPULATION OF FIFTY PRINCIPAL CITIES.
CITIES.
Aggregate Population.
Delaware.
125,015
Florida ..
187,748
Georgia.
2,539,891
1,680,637
1,191,792
364,399
1,321,011
726,915
Louisville, Ky.
439,706 827,922
Nebraska.
Nevada
318.300
Albany, N. Y ...
69,422
New York.
Rochester, N. Y. Allegheny, Pa ... Richmond, Va ..
Oregon ..
90,923
New Haven, Coun
Pennsylvania ..
3,521,791
Charleston, S. C.
48,956
48,244
Texas .
818,579
Worcester, Mass.
Vermont ..
330,551
Virginia ...
1,225,163
Memphis, Tenn.
Kansas City, Mo
32,260
Mobile, Ala ...
32,034 31,584
Toledo, Ohlo.
Portland, Me.
31,413
Columbus, Ohio. Wilmington, Del.
30.841 30.473
Lawrence, Mass.
28,921
Utica, N. Y.
28.804
Savannah, Ga.
3.235
Fali River, Mass
26,766
31,274
Dayton, Ohio.
33.579
Syracuse, N. Y.
New Hampshire.
1.184,109
Newark, N. J.
216
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
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POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Miles®
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area in square Mlles.
POPULATION.
Miles R. R. 1872.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area in square Miies.
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 Isiand ....
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 2,120
125,015
227
Texas.
237,504
818,579
865
Fiorida.
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
Iiiinois
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
364,399
Total States.
1,950,171 38,113,253
59,587
37,600 1,321,011
1,123
Louisiana
41,346
726,915
857,039
539
Maine ...
31,776
626,915
871
Arizona ..
113,916
9,658
Maryland
11,184
780,894
820
Colorado ..
104,500
39,864
392
Michigan*
56,451
1,184,059
1,334,031 2,235
Dist. of Columbia.
60
131,700
Minnesota ..
83,531
439,706
598,429
1,612
Idano.
90,932
14,999
Mississippi
47,156
827,922
990
Montana.
143.776
20,595
Missouri.
65,350 1,721,295
2,580
New Mexico
121,201
91,874
75,985
123,993
246,280
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
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.
* Inciuded in the Railroad Miieage of Maryiand.
PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD;
. POPULATION AND AREA.
COUNTRIES.
Population.
Date of Census.
Area in Square Miies.
Inhabitants to Square Miie.
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 Ireiand
31,817,100
1871
121,315
262.3
London
3,251,800
German Empire
29,906,092
1871
160,207
187.
Beriin
825,400
Itaiy
27,439,921
1871
118,847
230.9
Rome.
244,484
Spain
16,642,000
1867
195,775
85.
Madrid
332,000
Turkey
16,463,000
672,621
24.4
Constantinopie
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
Brussels.
314,100
Bavaria ..
4,861,400
1871
29,292
165.9
Munich
169,500
Portugai.
3,995,200
1868
34,494
115.8
Lisbon.
224,063
Hoiland
3,688,300
1870
12,680
290.9
Hague ..
90,100
New Grenada.
3,000,000
357,157
8.4
Bogota.
45,000
Chili
2,000,000
1869
132,616
15.1
Santiago.
115,400
Switzerland.
2,669,100
1870
15,992
Berne.
36,000
Peru .
2,500,000
1871
5.3
Lima.
160,100
Bolivia ..
2,000,000
497,321
4.
Chuquisaca.
25,000
Argentinc Republic.
1,812,000
1869
871,848
Buenos Ayres.
177,800
Wurtemburg
1,818,500
7,533
Stuttgart
91,600
Denmark.
1,784,700
1870
14,753
120.9
Copenhagen.
162,042
Venezuela.
1,500,000
368,238
Caraccas
47,000
Baden ..
1,461,400
1871
5,912
247.
Carisruhe.
36,600
Guatemala
1,180,000
1871
40,879
28.9
Guatemala
40,000
Paraguay
1,000,000
1871
63,787
15.6
48,000
Hesse .
Darmstadt
30.000
Liberia
Monrovia
3,000
San Salvador
600,000
1871
7.335
81.8
Sai 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
44,500
Honduras
350,000
1871
17,092
7.4
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.
62.950
..
7,633
80.
Honoiuiu
7,633
Greece.
1,457,900
1870
19,353
75.3
Athens.
43,400
Ecuador ..
1,300,000
218,928
5.9
Quito
70,000
823,138
2,969
277.
718,000
1871
9,576
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