CALIFOKNIA. 



that liave issued from the modern press," 

 while the London Quarterly Review warmly 

 commended its courteous tone and the excel- 

 lent judgment evinced in arranging the mate- 

 rials connected with the veteran philanthro- 



had published a small volume-entitled " Ideas of 

 the Day on Policy." In the House of Commons 

 he took a leading part in promoting liberal 

 measures, especially such as were connected 

 with popular education. He was a firm sup- 



pist's career. The fame thus early acquired porter of Mr. Gladstone, and a frequent attend- 

 by Charles Buxton was subsequently increased ant at public meetings, in London, for philan- 

 by his contributions to " The Cambridge Es- thropic purposes. He inherited much of the 

 says," and to several reviews. More recently he popularity of his father. 



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CALIFORNIA. The State, of California, area of 151,028 square miles. Its population, 

 according to the latest surveys, contains an in 1870, was divided as follows : 



According to the census of 1870, 91,176 

 children attended school during the year, of 

 whom 87,598 were native, 8,578 foreign, 46,742 

 male, and 44,261 female ; 24,877 persons, ten 

 years old and over, cannot read ; 31,716, in- 

 cluding 2,853 Chinese and 1,789 Indians, can- 

 not write, of whom 9,520 are native and 22,- 

 196 foreign. Of those who cannot write, 12,362 

 are males and 9,837 females, twenty-one years 



old and over. There were 9,025 deaths during 

 the year, of which 3,539 were from general 

 diseases, 1,104 from affections of the nervous^ 

 436 of the circulatory, 854 of the respiratory, 

 1,093 of the digestive, 816 of the integumentary 

 system. The assessed value of real estate is 

 $176,527,160 ; of personal estate, $93,116,908 ; 

 true valuation of real and personal estate, 

 $638,767,017 ; total taxation, not national, 



