New-York tribune., 1867-05-28
Eeceipb from 1880 10 1880. inclusive.


From another table learn that during this Pc
nod l22oc5 Ivbes were Icccycd forice mostly eeat TO
coal Itiu. itLCt improbable that these items are IN
cudcd "a tAe Is: OF "Teccp5' under the tenn other
Ia Russia tho churches belong 10 Tie Government, and
this rcc prevails in these districts where there four
Protestant church at SBa en- glad to odd that at the
latter place there public library, which some years
aIases. ana mathematical Instruments. In Atoha, Ouia-
laoAa, Kodiak and sha, schools are said to have been
maintained at the expense Of tie Company, though not
on q very comprclclaye scale; for Admiral Nrauecl
mentions only 90 boys as enjoying these ad7anag,7 IN
a6e a6G os1'h I Epf ic % r, G KHAN at aiy WSlc TS nj ~ ~
Besides these. which confined 10 particular localities,
there Is said 70 be hospital near every factory al all the
2 PoDalqGop-I come now TO Population, which may
be considered M H5 numbers ard I'm its character In
neither respect perhaps can IL add much to the value of
the country except fr as native hunters and trappoi5
are nccfeG fr fbe uplv Of furs Prof Agassz t0Hrhcs
this pOint u lctierWhch have just received from him,
where ho SAYS: "O the fact tat there Is yet hardly
any population would have great weight as this secures
solehne at least Of the people about TO become the sub
ocs of our Jurisdiction II not our fcllOw-cifzcns.
First. tn trying arrive at idea Of Numbers begin
with IippencOtts Gazetteer, IL Is the most accessible
nal Rssa and creole WAS q 90 TRe same me- esfime
appears also in the London Imperial Gazetteer and IN The
calls TIE opulabog in Is52 cCcoo McCulloch IN e last
t2'j On thc Othcr hanl the At3ciGc dc GOM0 Tor Tie
present ye ~ received only few weeks ago, calls II In
round numbers OO0O THIS estimate seems To nave Dccn
adopted substantially from the great work entitled Les
Pe9tpcS de Ia RuSsie which, from It's character dis
disposed to consider as the best authority.
OF course is easy know the number Of those within
the immediate Jurisdiction OF the Company This is de-
teImned ly census from time TO time Even here the
aborgnes are tho most numerous Then come the Gre
Oes aud last the Russians. But here you mnst bear in
mind distinction with regard to the former persons In
Spanish America all born there OF European parentage
are Creolcs - Russian America this term is applicable
only TO those whose parents European and native in
other words "Lafbreeds." According to WTange in
If3g the Of dependents OF the Company in all its
and KOdiaks being in all 0,Sl2 OF these 1913 Esen,
ana 1904 women. Here the number OF Russians Is
small There is another report little later preserved by
Wappdus which is not materially different In 1851
cordng to the report OF the Company there was an In
crease OF Russians and Creoes, with corresponding
dminutOn OF ab0rgnes being sos Russians 7o3 CrcOes.
and 1856 aborignes, In all 92S3 In 1857 there 6i
Russians CreOlcs and 7245 aborgnes In all 9792 Of
from 1851 TO 1857 only 6OO about per
cent. annually. In 1850 there were some hundred"
Russans 2C00 Crcocs and 5000 abOrigines, amounting
In all TO 1880 OF whom 6Ss2 were men, and 6l5s were
women am thus particular with these details that you
may how stationary population has been within
the sphere Of the Company.
The number OF Russians and Crcoles In tho whole
colony the present time cannot be more than $500 The
company may be 5000 There remain also the mass Of
aborgnes outside the jurisdiction OF the company, and
having only temporary casual contact with 1t for
purposes OF trade In tins respect they not unlike
condition, described often "Indians not taxed"
For tho number OF these outside aborgnes prefer TO
follow the authority OF the recent work already quoted
Peics de Ia RSSie according to which they est
Secondly: In speaking Of character turn TO different
class Of materials The early Russians here not
Pilgrims. They were mostly rupaways, fleeing from
Justice. Lauslo says that the greater part OF the In