The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-16
IN 1872 YEARS
The World Will Be Entirely Peopled-
Startling Calculations.
From the Pail Afdu Gazette.

Startling Calculations.
From the Pail Mau Gazette.
At the meeting yesterday there was a
joint assembly of the geographical and
economic sections, to consider the subject
of the lands of the globe still available for
European settlement. The audience con-
sisted OF a proportion of quite seven-eightbs
of ladies. Sir Lambert Playfair dwelt
upon the Importance of the subject, espe-
clally after the official inquiry recently
held in London upon the question OF coloni-
zation, which showed that many old fields
of emigration were being closed to
European emigrants. E. G. Raven
stein produced an elaborate get of sta
tistics to show that the world will, in the
ordinary course of things, be fully inhabited
in about 1872 years, which estimate consid-
erably extends the period at which some
learned men believe humanity will be
crowded out Having previously swept
away the arctic aud antarctic regions as
not being essential for his argument, ne
parceled the remainder out of the earth
into: Cultivable land, %, 100000 square
miles; steppe, scrub, poor grass, etc,
13,90l, 600 square miles; barren deserts,
4, 10000 square miles-a total of 46, $50, 900
square miles. The population living on this
he reckons at a little over 4, 467 ,000, 900,
divided thus: Europe, 800, 20O, 900; Asia,
S5O,OOO,OOO, Africa, 127,000000 Ia much
lover estimate than most people compute;
Australia, 4,730000 North America
50, PSI, 900; South America, 36, 500, 900.
MIR. Ravenstein showed how, supposing
the standard of life among the various peo-
pies to remain the same, supposing the pop
ulation increases at the rate of s per cent.
In every decade, and supposing there are no
extraordinary improvements in agriculture,
the population Of the world in the year
2072 will be 1904. 100000 In speaking of
the populations that these areas would bear
mentioning 27 individuals to the square
mile as fair average), be suggested that
the productiveness of the earth might be
better utilized when people understood
economy. In expressing general opinion
that tropical countries are not fit for
Europeans, he granted exceptions to
the rule, as, for example, IN
certain now well-known highlands
of Africa. One Of the theories propounded
is that there is a gradual migration of PEG :
pie southwark, so that in time a race of
European origin may arise who will be &C
climated to she tropics. On the whole Mr..
Ravenstein does not despair that the world
will be over populated. bee ause as new de-
velopments occur new adaptations will be
found TO meet them. The Rev. John Mack
enzie expressed the opinion that the Fan
zebesi will all, in course of time, be suited
for European residents j. w. Wells,
! who has travelled 5000 miles in Argentine
and Brazil, thought that there is every
prospect of a speedy construction of vast
| system of rail and fuvial communication
| all over the country. The sum total
| of the discussion 50 far was an as
surance that there are plenty of places In the
world fit for population; that there is de-
maud for population all over the world,
and that we need not particularly worry
ourselves as to whether the globe will be
over-populated in generations to come. John
Coles of the Geological society and travel
editor of the Field, later added that he had
had yellow fever in Brazil. and seen fever
in the high plateaux of British Columbia
that was very like it. He had known
malarial fever produced by irrigation in
new countries. and he warned his hearers
that many of the lands in the far west OF
| North America which were represented as
available for emigrants, were made hope
lessly unavailable by the extortionate de-
| nlands of speculative land sharks