Scientific American Volume 46-47; V. 46-47 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...sexes. nativities, etc. The total population (for 1880) is 1,206,029. The native white population consists of 349,250 males and 359,158 females, making a total of 708,408. The foreign white population numbered 231,458 males and 245,707 females, making a total of 477,165. The colored population consisted of 9,536 males and 10,920 females. The number of children of five years of age and under is asfollows: Native white, males, 80,739, females, 79,875; foreign white, males, 2,318; females, 2,384; colored, males, 1,012; females, 962. Total males, 84,069; females, 83,221, or a grand total of 167,290 children five years and under. Between the ages of 5 years and 20 years the figures were as follows: Native white, males, 138,399; females, 145,103; foreign white, males. 18,729; females, 22,016; colored males, 1,722; females, 2,001; total males, 158,850; females, 169,130, or a grand total of 327,980. Of the persons 90 years old and over the native white numbered 18 males and 48 females; the foreign white were 63 males and 200 females, and the colored were 1 male and 16 females, making a total of 346 persons reported to be 90 years of age and over. The oldest native white man was 98 years, while there were 3 native white females reported at 98, 2 at 99, and 1 at 100 years. Of the foreign white population, 6 males and 13 females were reported at 100 or over. The oldest colored man was reported to be 94, and 9 colored women were re ported to be 100 years or over. A dispatch from H. H. Gilder, correspondent of the Herald in Northern Siberia, describes the finding the bodies of De Long s party by Lieutenant Melville, March 28. The bodies were in two places, 500 and 1,000 yards from the wreck of a scow, at a place passed by Nindermann and Noros, ..