The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-04-26
TIE CUBAN CENSUS.
SANGER MAKES PUBLIC
HIS FIGURES.
A Yery Instructive and Interesting
Sfatement-NaffvcC ubans COnsti.
tute o Very Large Proportion Of
the PoDulation-No Danger OF the
Islands Being Turned Over to the
Control OF Spain.

Washington, April 19-General San
ger to-day made public the compendi-
Gus results Of the Cuban census taken
under his direction. The figures are
very instructive, and, in the opinion of
the War Department officials, fully JUS
tify the decision of the administration
to allow municipal suffrage in Cuba at
this early stage. The officials are
gratified to find that the native Cubans
constitute SO large a proportion Of the
population: that the whites SO greatly
outnumber the blacks and that so large
a proportion Of the native population
can read and write. In their opinion
there seems to be no room for the OBJ
lection that the proposed basis of suf-
frage would result in turning the island
over to the control Of Spain.
The total population of Cuba is
1,572797 including S15, 205 males and
757, 592 females. There are 4t7,372 white
males and 462 .926 white females of ma
tive birth. The foreign whites number
lis, 760 males and 26,458 females There
are Ill, 1898 male negroes and 122, 40 fe
male negroes. The mixed races num-
Der 125,500 males and 145 ,3O5 females
There are 1864 male and 1913 female
Chinese. The population of Havana
city Is 235,911, and Of the province of
Havana 424S04. The population of the
province of Matanzas is 202, IA; of Pr
mar del Rio, 173,06i: Of Puerto Principe,
1924; Of Santa Clara, ESQ, $50, and of
Santiago. 327, 715.
OF the total population of the island
,10S. 109 persons are set down as single;
GAG. 351 as married; while 131.7S7 live to-
gether by mutual consent There are
lip widowed persons.
OF the total population, according to
citizenship. 2047S are Spanish: 1896, 1867
are Cuban: 1851 are in suspense;
1886 are of other citizenship, and GIG
are unknown. The Spanish by birth
number 129,2 40. OF the children ten
years old and over. 49.414 have attended
school. OF the total population 443, 426
can read and write, and 1853 have a
superior education.
The table on citizenship, literacy and
education is specially important as
forming the basis OF suffrage about to
be conferred. Because so many citi-
Zenships are still in suspense and for
other reasons, the returns are not quite
complete, but the conclusion is drawn
that there will be at least 1905 quail
fed native Cuban voters under the pro-
this there will be So, 767 Spaniards
whose citizenship was in suspense when
the census was taken, less the number
who have since declared to preserve
their Spanish citizenship and plus illit-
crate Spaniards, not declared, who are
the owners Of property. 1t is not be-
Heved that there will be any great
number of the latter class, as the total
number of illiterate Spanish males over
Il years is only 11,426. The comparison
| shows much greater preponderance Of
| Cuban voters than was expected. There
are 1S1,826 white adult males who were
| born in Cuba, as against 96,083 born in
| Spain, 6194 born in other countries and
| 127 800 colored.
| Males are in excess in the total popu-
| lation, except in Santiago, though the
| female whites outnumber the male
| whites, except in Pinar del Rio. Among
| the negroes and mixed races the fe .
| males are in excess; while among the
foreign whites the males are largely in
| excess.
The negroes are in the minority in
Cuba. constituting only 80 per cent. Of
| the population, being most numerous
| in Santiago. where they constitute 43
| per cent. The native whites constitute
| more than one-half the population, or
| % per cent. The proportion of chill
| dren under five years is unusually
| small, but the proportion under q Is
normal, about one-half the population.
| Only 15.a Ter cent Of the adults were
married Nearly nine-tenths of the
| Inhabitants were born in Cuba. Nine
tenths OF the children less than ten
| years of age do not attend school; 43
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