The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-10-06
TIE .NEXICAN REPCBLIC.
INTERESTING FACTS FROM OUR SEIGHEoE
ACROSS TIE RIO GRASDE.
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Mexiesn Journal contains statistical
article, based on official reports, which
gives an Interesting rssume OF the popula-
uon. pablic Institutions, and progress OF
the Republic. TIE extraordinary increase
N population, considering the repeated
revolutions, will surprise, if rot etartle,
the American reader. We translate the
most interesting portion of the article as
follows The Mexican Republic contains
S00. 600 square miles, ard has 10, 69l
Inhabitants. Comparing this with the
population in 1855, wEicn at that time wse
S,069. 90, the country will double it's pop
ulation II IS years. Lst Us illustrate this
Increase by the State of Oaxsca, which is
fair average representative. The total
population OF this state 10 1898 was u
$50 sca,s, in lS6. the population was
CPS G2G, and in ISIS i. amounted 70 726,
l52, nearly doub bling itself il s5 years.
There has been a steady increase from 1898
TO ISIS, year after year, except II l-33.
when the Asiscic choleIs invaded the
the p!epondeTance of sex we take the rca-
ricipslity of Tlaxcala. TIE total popula-
tioa is : 6.5. OF this numbe the unmsr-
risd mace, :. .131, unmarried females,
,, 63S; males married, i $50; fe-
males, l,492; vidowers, Us; widows,
3il. Total number OF males, 4.l44;
females, 47I. TIE cities seem to be in
country districts. The capital Of the State
Of Oaxacs in 1866 had population of l5,-
-i9. while the population In le7s amounts
to 26, ,a51.
The city Of Mexico cow contains PSI. coo
souls; Leon, las, 600; GnadA!sja ara. 100, 900;
uebis, 73.0s7; Guanej uato, 65 GOO: San
Louis Potcsi, 81 III. Mortality in the
cities situated in the valleys and along the
coast regions is much greater than in those
located IN tie higher ard temperate regions.
Nearly every city throughout the Republic
shows large ratio OF increase in popuia-
,Ioo as compared with the interior, and we
believe this came pecuiiarity of the drift of
u oGern populations is not!ceably apparent
Z the L nited States.
There are throughout the Republic 81
colleges, with an attendance OF 5. .253 pupils:
% colleges Of a secord grade. with 359
pupils p senin sries, with 3 3se pupils
.nd 9.9lG public schools with an attend
snce Of 40s 43o scholaIs. There are 81
public Libraries, containing 35I,S52 VOL
lines. OF the libraries, are located in
he City nf Mexico, containing l75 337
TolUmes. There are insane asyluns, 6
orphan asyiUms, , houees OF maternity, ,
lospitsls Tor infants, , schools for tie
blind, for the deaf ard dumb, Is charity
hospitals, military hospitals, 81 civic
hospitals ard government saving banks
Mos tepios.) There are spoken through
'ut the Republic 49 different languages
md Is indigenous dialects, the latter by
272 ,469 persons. The dialects mos: ex
eusiveIy spoken are tte Maya. by 541 coo |
latives the Otomi. by is2 $40; and the
dixteca, by 277, 900 OF foreign lapgua-
zee, Spanish, of course, leads, followed by |
English, German, French and Italian. TIE |
after ia considered the most polite of |
oreign languagee and tie English the most |
Useful. Tte Republic has $50 leagues Of |
in operation, lG6 3 leagues of |
abroad under construction and construct |
d. From the 3lst of Decem Der, 1885, to
he 3lst of December, ls77, the mints of
be Republic have coined So liz, TIC, ,22l.
Sggregating the value of the precious me-
ala necessary foC trade End business, and |
ne quantity taken out in pasta and
uarts, the va ne between the dstea men
ioued could Tot be less thsn $500 00O 000
which gives the total precinct OF our mines
rom 1885 to 1877 the enormous sum of
4 cG7,1l9. .32l.