AREA OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.

[Based upon careful joint calculations made in the General Land Office, the Geological Survey, and the Bureau of the Census.]

Owing to their location adjoining the Great Lakes, the States enumerated below contain approximately an additional number of square miles as follows: Illinois, 1,674 square miles of Lake Michigan; Indiana, 230 square miles of Lake Michigan: Michigan, 16,653 square miles of Lake Superior, 12,922 square miles of Lake Michigan, 9,925 square miles of Lake Huron, and 460 square miles of lakes St. Clair and Erie; Minnesota. 2,514 square miles of Lake Superior, New York, 3,140 square miles of lakes Ontario and Eric; Ohio, 3,443 square miles of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, 891 square miles of Lake Erie; Wisconsin, 2,378 square miles of Lake Superior and 7,500 square miles of Lake Michigan.

In addition to the water areas noted above, California claims jurisdiction over all Pacific waters lying within 3 English miles of her coast; Oregon claims jurisdiction over a similar strip of the Pacific Ocean 1 marine league in width between latitude 42° north and the mouth of the Columbia River; and Texas claims jurisdiction over a strip of Gulf water 3 leagues in width, adjacent to her coast and between the Rio Grande and the Sabine River.

AREA OF THE UNITED STATES BY SIZE OF STATES.

1 Does not include the water surface of the oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, or the Great Lakes, lying within the jurisdiction of the United States.

A census just completed by the Isthmian Canal Commission shows that in 1911 there were 154,255 persons in the Canal Zone. The City of Panama has a population of

35,368, of which 18,237 are Mestizos, 10,963 negroes, 7,008 white, and 1,180 Amarillos or yellows. Colon has 17,748 inhabit

ants.

Mortality from Consumption by Age and Sex.

Prudential Industrial Experience ~ 1897-19.06.

Note. The proportionate mortality of males and females from consumption is shown to vary according to age, reaching a maximum at 25-29
when out of every 100 deaths from all causes among males 430 we from consumption and among females 426. At ages 15-24
the proportionate mortality from consumption is higher among females and at apes 25 and over it is higher among males

Note The proportionate consumation mortality is determined by calculating the percentage of deaths from consumption in the mortality
from all causes at specified parads of the For lustration at ages 5-24 out of every 100 deaths from all causes, among whate
maiss 217 are from consumption anong negro males 278, among male Indians 500, and mong mate Chinese (in the US)372

INDIANS.

Metallic Dust

Mineral Dust

Mortality from Consumption in Dusty Trades.
Prudential Industrial Experience 1897-1906.

Vegetable Fiber Dust

Animal and Mixed Fiber Dust

General Organic Dust

Municipal

or Street Dust

Note. The degree of consumption frequency is shown to vary widely according to the kind of dust exposure
The proportionate consumption mortality in insurance experience was greatest in trades ex
posing to the continuous inhalation of considerable amounts of metallic and mineral dusts

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