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annexed extracts from it:
The number Of persons employed il
mining 10 the several STATES and T,rri
tories, generally, lie small. being only
to ! 1872 persons. Ia the Territory O
Wisconsin it is I TO 80. The next lsrg
eel is Iowa. Il was TO be expected that
there would be adVenlurers Of this de
Scriptlon in those new regions which are
saio to abound in mineral lrea sures -
In Louisiana and the District oCColum'
bia there are none employed in mining,
The proportion is somewhat larger in
z che slave portion Of The country than 10
the free States.
The greatest proportion are employ
ed IN agriculture, the number being
G more than three fourths of the whole
" number in the seven classes Of employ.
ment, and more than a ffA part Of the
whole number OF inhabitants in the
census. With the exception Of the Dis
lrict Of Columbia, where the agricultur.
al supplies are chiefly derived from
%neighboring States, and in which the
number is very small, being only | to
ll2 persons, the proportion employed in
e. agriculture, from which the means Of
2 sustenance are chiefly obtained, is some.
what uniform through the States, being
modified by the greater or less preva-
lence Of manufactures and navigation,
in some Of the States. The larges.
proportion lie in Mississippi, fa8d The
next South Carolina. With the above
exception, the smallest proportion is in
Massachusetts, and the next 10 Pennsyl.
wanna. The average proportion in the
slave States is considered larger than in
the free States.
Il is worthy of remark, that in South
Carolina and Mississippi, there are more
persons employed in agricuIturo-an
employment usually assigned 10 males,
though mol exclusively 40 than there
are males over ten years in the last
State by l0,420.
In respect to those employed in com.
'merce, the average proportion in the
free, is greater than in the slave States;
in the former being | to 1919, and IN the
latter ] TO 1877, while in all the States it
is ] to l46. The proportion is tho Iarg
.est in Louisiana, 10 which State is New
Orleans, which is the depot for the COM
merce Of the Mississippi valley. The
next largest is in Wisconsin Territory,
and the next in Rhode Island. The
small est proportion is in Arkansas; the
next in North Carolina; tho next in
Tennessee; and the next in SaUth Caro-
lima.
The proportion OF those employed in
4. manufactures and trades, is | to II in
the free, and ! TO 30 IN the slave STATES;
while in the whole country it is ! to 22,
The manufacturing interest ia large in
New England and the Middle States 49,
Tho largest proportion is in Rhode Is-
land; mex in Massachusetts; next in
Connecticut; next in New Jersey; and
next in New York. In Rhode Island
the Number is about four ffths of the
whole number Of males over twenty
years Of age, and 54.05 per cent of the
whole number Of males Of len years and
upwards.
Oftboso employed in the navigation
Of Moroccan, We find tho proportion un.
equal IN the several States and Terrific
'rieS; in Massachusetts, ! to 81 of the
population, which is the greatest, aud
the number amounting to nearly one,
hall Ofthoss ln all tho States and Terri
tories. The next greatest is in Maine
the next in Rhode Island; tho next in
Connecticut; and the next in Florida
Territory; while tho smallest proportion
Jsln arkansas next in Koniucky y: nSxt
IN Tennessee; next in Mississippi; next /
in Missouri; next in Michigan; the next
IN Indiana; tho next in Illinois; the next
IN Ohio; States which are removed from {
the ocean and next in Vermont, which I
IS also some distance from tho ocean
The proportion is | to I0I in the free
States, which is much larger than TO /
] ,5s4 in the slave States. The number +
depends very much upon tho situation of
the different named States as they Dor,
dor upon tho ocean. 1t will be percolv !
that more than one ninth part of the
population Of Boston are registered az I
employed in the navigation oftbe ocean.
that they constitute nearly q fnh part n
The whole number Of this class, and /
that one siX'y second part Of tho popu- a
Istion of the sixteen cities, Containing !,
l6l lS9 inhabitants, are composed Of
this class. 7
or hose employed in the navigation
d canOIs, lakes, and rivers, the number I
u New York is The largest, being near
" a third part Of tho whole number; I
but tho proportion is the greatest in
Territory. All the States Z
and Territories furnish some, and the
Tree States o greater proportion than A
slave States. -
10 regard to the learned professions
and engineers, tho proportion is lorger