The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20
THE CENSUS OF CUBA.
The Figures Have Been Given Out by Cen'
eral Sanger.
l,572.7s7 PEOPLE LIVE ON THE ISLAND
-, The.e 1.29e.so7 Are Citizens of
cubn-There VIII BE 100000
qualified voters.
l,572,7s7 PEOPLE LIVE ON The lSLA

Washington, April 1s.-The following
cablegram was received at the war de-
,.r,ment from General Wood at Havana;
Census returns and electoral law VIII
be published late this afternoon Eiec-
tion June 1e."
Washington, April 19.-Generai sanue'
today made public the results oil the eu'
han census taken under his direction. me
figures In the opinion Of the war Depart
rart ofseials. fully justify the determina-
t,or of the administration to alioW mu-
nieipal suffrage In Cuba at TINS cary
stage. ~, A.. ard that
,ba native Cubans constitute SO large
nroportion OF the population, that tue
whites so greatly outnumoer tne piacns
and that so large proportion Oh tne hn
tive population can read ana Write' AZ
their opinions there seems TO De DO Iooin
for the objection that the proposeu pa1's
OF suffrage would result IN turning 'ne
island over to the control OF Spain
Tho total population OF Cuba is 1,oI2,-
7o7 including SIS, 2O5 males and 7o7o92
females. There are 4i7,S72 white males
and 462. 926 white females OF native blrth'
The foreign whites number l15,76O males
and 2645S females There are lll'o3o
male negroes and 122,7i0 female negroes.
The mixed races number 125,50O males ana
145. 305 females. The population OF Ia
yana City is 235,9S1 and of the province
OF Havana 424 ,SOi The population OF tue
province OF Matanzas is 2O2 443i oil FlnaE
del Rio 173 064; of Puerto Principe Se,zSf'
Of Santa Clara 56,536, aud of Santiago
! 327,715
On the total population OF the island,
/. 10S 100 persons are set down as sihsie'
246,351 as married, while lSl,7s7 live TO-
gether by mutual consent There are So,-
112 widowed persons.
! OF the total population, according 10 GU,
izenship, 20,47S are Spanish; 1,2so,S6l are
Cubans; 1881 are. in suspense; i9,53t
are of other citizenship, and 81 900 are
unknown. The Spanish by birth number
1879. $40. OF the children 10 years OF age
1 and over 1894 have attended school. OF
the total population 44S,42e can read and
write and 1853 have a superior educa-
/ tion.
The table on citizenship, literary and
education is regarded as specially impor'
tant as forming the basis of suffrage abou
to be conferred. 1t is thought there vii
De at IedSl lfV,UON ludllutu HuAiNt |uSp'
voters under the proposed basis of suf'
frage and as against this there will b'
55,767 Spaniards whose citizenship was IL
suspense when the census was taken, lest
the number who have since declared II
preserve their Spanish citizenship. ans
plus illiterate Spaniards. not declared VIII
are the owners of property. 1t is not be
lieyed that there will be ann great mum
Der of the latter, as the total number o
illiterate Spanish males over Il years i
only 1926. There are 1926 white adul
males who were born in Cuba as agains
96,0s3 born in SPAIN 6794 born in othe
countries and 127900 colored.
The tables. which are to be publishes
simultaneously in this country and il
Cuba. contain much detailed information
OF interest as to the character OF the pop
ulation.
The negroes are in the minority, con
shutting only 80 per cent Of the popula
ton.