STATISTICAL INFORMATION.

CHAPTER I.

POPULATION AND SOCIAL

STATISTICS.

POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.

1 Includes 953,243 persons enumerated in Porto Rico in 1899.

According to the census of Porto Rico taken in 1899 under the direction of the War Department.

PROGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN ITS AREA, POPULATION, AND MATERIAL INDUSTRIES.

PROGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN ITS AREA, POPULATION, AND MATERIAL INDUSTRIES.

1911.

Patents issued

Immigrants arrived 35.

number.

number.

237,879,824
3277,780,732

20,806

22,806

37,832.566

137,687,746

27, 34253,915,170

993 369,980

13,333

387.203

26,499
448,572

34.084

Exclusive of Alaska and islands belonging to the United States.
2Census figures, relating to Continental United States; the figures for 1911 represent an estimate. 3Census figures.
$1791 to 1850, outstanding principal of the public debt. January 1.
"True valuation of real and personal property.
91793-1795.
Figures for the years 1791 to 1850 include the total public debt. 81791 (34 months).
10Gold and silver can not be stated separately prior to 1876. From 1862 to 1875, inclusive, gold and silver were not in circulation
except on the Pacific coast, where it is estimated that the average specie circulation was about $25,000,000, and this estimate is con-
tinued for the three following years under the head of gold. After that period gold was available for circulation.

11As the result of special investigation by the Director of the Mint a reduction of $135.000,000 was made in the estimate of gold
coin in circulation on July 1, 1907, as compared with the basis of previous years, and on September 1, 1910, a reduction of $9,700,000
was made in the estimate of silver coin.

12Includes notes of Bank of United States; State-bank notes; demand notes of 1862 and 1863; fractional currency, 1863 to 1878;
Treasury notes of 1890, 1891 to date; and currency certificates, act of June 8, 1872, 1892 to 1900.
13Gold values, being 80 per cent of currency values reported. Figures of products include betterments and additions to live stock.
The Twelfth Census was the first to collect statistics of buildings on farms.
14Includes value of buildings, $3,556,639,496.
15 Figures relate to 1910 and include value of buildings, $6,325,451,528.
16Data of the Department of Agriculture representing wealth production on farms.

Figures relate to the census of 1910, cover the calendar year 1909, and are exclusive of neighborhood industries and hand
18Ordinary receipts" include receipts from customs, internal revenue, direct tax, public lands, and "miscellaneous," but do not
trades, included in previous years.
include receipts from loans, premiums, Treasury notes, or revenues of Post Office Department.
20Includes corporation tax, $33,516,977.

21 Ordinary disbursements" include disbursements for War, Navy, Indians, pensions, payments for interest, and "miscellaneous," but do not include payments for premiums, principal of public debt, or disbursements for postal service paid from revenues thereof. 23Imports for consumption after 1850.

31 Western Union to 1870; includes Postal Telegraph after 1870, except that in 1911 the figures relate to the Western Union only. 32 Not including messages sent by Western Union over leased wires or under railroad contracts.

331850. from census of 1880; 1870 to 1900, from Rowell's Newspaper Directory; after 1900, from Ayer's American Newspaper Annual. Figures for 1911 include outlying possessions.

34Includes salaries of teachers only.

1850, total alien passengers arrived; 1850, 15 months ending December 31; after 1850, fiscal years ending June 30.

1 Includes the drainage basin of the Red River of the North, not a part of any acquisition, but previously considered a part of the Louisiana Purchase.

THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES, WITH THE ACCESSIONS OF TERRITORY GRANTED BY
THE TREATY OF 1783 WITH GREAT BRITAIN

GREATEST EARTHQUAKES OF MODERN TIMES.

The greatest earthquake of modern times was that of Sicily and Calabria, December 28, 1908. The shock lasted but 35 seconds and resulted in the death of 76,483 persons, and injuries to 95,470; it is estimated that 1,100,000 persons were made homeless; no estimate of the property loss was attempted. In Sicily the chief cities and towns destroyed or damaged were Messina, Faro, Santa Teresa and Scalleta. In Calabria: Reggio, Gallico, San Giovanni, San Eufemia, Pellaro, Palmi and Cannitello. The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906 resulted in the death of 452 persons, and injuries to 1,500; an

estimate of the persons made homeless was given as 265,000. 60,000 buildings were destroyed, resulting in a property loss of $350,000,000 (estimated). The earthquake at Valparaiso (Chile), August 16, 1906, resulted in the death of 1,500 persons; property loss amounted to $100,000,000. The Kingston (Jamaica) earthquake of January 14, 1907 resulted in death to 1,100 persons and injuries to 2,000; 6,000 buildings werc destroyed the entire property loss being about $25,000,000. 1,500 lives were lost in the earthquake at Cartago (Costa Rica) on May 5, 1910.