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Daniel S. Laniont. of New York: Secretary of t la- 

 Navy, Hilary A. Herbert, of Alabama: Secretary of 

 the 'interior. Hoke Smith, of Georgia: 1'ostn. 



-al. William L. \Vilson. of West Virginia : At- 

 torney General. Judson Harmon, of Ohio : Secretary 

 of Agriculture. Julius S. Morton, of Nebraska. 



Area and Population. The total area of the 

 Unit* - including three Territories repre- 



?ress, the Indian Territory, and the 

 District of Columbia, but excluding Alaska, is 

 3.025.600 square miles, of which 55,800 square miles 

 vered with water. The population in 1890 

 was 02.022.250. of which number 45,862,023 were 

 native born whites, 9.290.187 foreign born, and 

 7,4?0.040 colored. The colored consist of Afro- 

 Americans only. The total population belonging to 

 colored races "was 7.038.360. comprising 6.937.980 

 negroes. 1.132.060 mulattoes. 107.475 Chinese. 2.03!) 

 Japanese, and 58.800 civilized Indians. The Indian 

 Territory contained 188,490 inhabitants, and there 

 were 141,709 Indians on other reservations and 31.- 

 795 in Alaska, making the total population of the 

 United States and Territories 62,982.244. The total 

 Indian population on reservations was 248,354 in 

 1896, against 243.524 in 1890. 



The "estimated population of the United States 

 on June 30, 1896. was 71.263.000. There were 18.- 

 >2o.950 males and 3.014.711 females engaged in 

 productive occupations in 1890, a total of 22.735.- 

 661. In agriculture, fisheries, and mining, 9.013,201 

 persons were employed. 8.333.692 males and 679,509 

 females; in professional services. 944,323 persons, 

 632,641 males and 311.682 females: in domestic and 

 :ial service. 4.360.506 persons. 2.692.820 males 

 and 1.667.686 females: in trade and transportation, 

 3.325.9G2 persons, 3.097.653 males and 228,309 fe- 

 males : in manufacturing and mechanical indus- 

 tries. 5.091.669 persons. 4.064.144 males and 1,027,- 

 525 females. 



The number of immigrants arriving in the United 

 States during the year ending June 30. 1896. was 

 343.267. of whom 68.060 came from Italy, 65.103 

 from Austria-Hungary. 64.827 from the United 

 Kingdom, 45,137 from Russia. 31.885 from Ger- 

 many. 21.177 from Sweden, 8.885 from Norway, 

 - from the West Indies, 6.764 from Asia. 6,308 

 from Finland. 3.167 from Denmark. 2.706 from 

 Portugal. 2.463 from France, 2.304 -from Switzer- 

 land. 2.175 from Greece, 1,583 from the Netherlands, 

 1.261 from Belgium. 785 from Roumania. 691 from 

 Poland, 351 from Spain. 273 from British America, 

 169 from Turkey in Europe. 150 from Mexico, and 

 185 from other countries. Of the immigrants from 

 Austria-Hungary. 31.496 were Austrians, other than 

 Poles and Bohemians, 30,898 came from Hungary, 

 ami 2.709 from Bohemia. Of the immigrants from 

 the United Kingdom. 40,262 were from Ireland. 19.- 

 492 from England, 3.483 from Scotland, and 1.590 

 from Wales. The number of Chinese immigrants 

 was 1,441. Immigration from British North Amer- 

 ica and from Mexico is imperfectly reported. 



The Executive. On Jan. 1 President Cleveland 

 announced the appointment of members of the 

 Venezuelan Boundary Commission : David J. Brewer, 

 of Kansas, chairman : Richard H. Alvey, of Mary- 

 land: Andrew D. White, of New York: Frederic 

 R. Coudert. of New York, and Daniel C. Gilinan, 

 of Maryland. On Jan. 6 Secretary Carlisle an- 

 nounced a call for bids for $100.000.000 of bonds. 



The President on July 30 issued a proclamation 

 of warning to Cuban filibusters. 



In consequence of differences with his colleagues 

 and the President on the money question and party 

 policy. Hoke Smith, who supported the Democratic- 

 platform and candidates, resigned on Aug. 22. and 

 David R. Francis was appointed to succeed him as 

 Secretary of the Interior. (See sketch on page 774.) 



The Army. The >tn-ngth of the regular army is 

 fixed by law'al 25,000 m-n. The foi 

 made Up as follows: (irinTal stall'. signal 

 hospital and ambulance corps. . .jj!i 



rs and 2,688 men : cavalry. 43* (.ITn-.-r- and 

 5.*i',s men; artillery. 284 officer- and 3.*7-l men: 

 infantry, 883 officers ami :, ; total. 2.154 



officers and 25.018 men. 



The aggregate strength of the State militia or- 

 ganizations was in Is95 as follows: StalT and aux- 

 iliary services. 1.225 officers and 1.200 men : ca\ 

 461 officers and 4.507 men ; artillery. 399 officers and 

 4.572 men; infantry, 7.142 officers and 92.373 men; 

 total. 9.227 officers and 103.652 men. 



Alaska Seal-Fisheries. By the international 

 arrangement arrived at as a result of the decision 

 of the tribunal of arbitration under the convention 

 of Feb. 29, 1892, the killing of seals is prohibited at 

 all times within a radius of 60 miles around the 

 Pribilof Islands and during the months of May. 

 June, and July of each year in that part of the Pa- 

 cific Ocean, inclusive of Bering Sea that lies north 

 of 55 of north latitude and east of 180" of east lon- 

 gitude. On April 14. 1896. President Cleveland 

 issued a proclamation declaring operative the act 

 of Congress containing such prohibition, and de- 

 claring that the section of the revised statutes for- 

 bidding the killing of fur-bearing animals in Alaska 

 and the waters of Bering Sea in the dominion of 

 the United States applies to this area. A treaty be- 

 tween the United States and Great Britain, provid- 

 ing for the settlement of claims presented by the 

 British Government for damages arising out of the 

 illegal seizure of Canadian sealing vessels by United 

 States Government vessels, was promulgated on June 

 11, 1896. This treaty prescribes that all such claims 

 shall be referred to two commissioners learned in 

 the law, appointed by the British and American 

 Governments respectively, who should sit at Victo- 

 ria. British Columbia, and at San Francisco. Cal., 

 also, should either commissioner so request, and ex- 

 amine each claim and determine the liability of the 

 United States, if any. Their decision shall be bind- 

 ing on both governments in each case so fa*- as they 

 agree. If in any case they fail to agree, they shall 

 transmit to each Government a joint report stating 

 the points on which they differ and the grounds of 

 their several opinions, and such differences shall be 

 submitted for final arbitration to an umpire to be 

 appointed by the two governments jointly, or. in 

 the event of their failing to agree on a selection, by 

 the President of the Swiss Confederation. 



Pensions. The number of invalid ex-soldiers 

 drawing pensions for wounds or disability incurred 

 in the service under the general pension law was 

 344.803 on June 30, 1896; the number of nurses on 

 the pension roll was 540; the number of widows, 

 etc.. 97.131 ; the number of invalid pensioners of 

 the navy was 4.821. and of widows, 2.389. The 

 number of invalid pensioners under the act of June 

 27. 1890, was 370.487 ex-soldiers and 101.639 wid- 

 ows and dependent children, and in the navy 13.331 

 invalids and 5.464 widows, etc.. making the total 

 number of invalids on the roll 750.951. and of wid- 

 :</.. 219.567: in all. 970.678 pensioners, com- 

 pared with 970.524 on June 30, 1895. There was 

 an increase during the year of 5.369 invalid soldiers. 

 5.943 soldiers' widows. 334 invalids of the navy, and 

 360 widows drawing naval pensions under the act 

 of 1890; and under the general law the army inva- 

 lids decreased 7.650, the army widows decreased 

 3.101, the nurses increased 41. the navy invalids in- 

 creased 51, and the navy widows decreased 42. The 

 widows of Revolutionary soldiers still on the rolls 

 at the end of 1896 numbered 7. There were 14 sur- 

 vivors and 3.827 widows drawing pensions for serv- 

 ices in the War of 1812. 11.800 survivors and 8.017 



