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APPENDIX. 



Chief Towns of Venezuela, with Estimated Populations — continued. 



Calabozo 

 Merida 

 Coro . 

 Vicloria 

 Guanare 

 La Grita 

 Ortiz . 

 San Cristobal 

 San Carlos 



5,600 

 5,000 

 5,000 

 5,000 

 4,600 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 3,500 

 3,000 



Vaiinas 



Valera 



Quibor 



Guacipati . 



San Fernando de Apure 



Tovar 



Trujillo . 



Capatarida 



San Fernando de Atabapo 



3,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 2,500 

 2,500 

 2,000 

 500 



ESTIMATED POPULATION OF VENEZUELA AT VARIOUS DATES. 



1839, according to A. Codazzi 

 1854, official estimate . 

 1873, „ ,, . . 



1892, „ „ . . 



945,000 

 1,564,000 

 1,784,000 

 2,238,900 



Vital Statistics (1889) : Births, 76,187; deaths, 55,218; increase, 20,969. 



Total increase for the five years from 1883 to 1887, 159,140 ; or a yearly average of nearly 32,000. 



LIVESTOCK OF VENEZUELA IN 1875 AND 1888. 



1875. 1888. 



Horned Cattle • 1,390,000 8,476,000 



Sheep and Goats 1,128,000 5,727,000 



Pigs 362,000 1,940,000 



Horses 93,000 388,000 



Mules 47,C00 300,000 



281,000 859,000 



Total . . . 3,301,000 17,690,000 



PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOMAINS IN SQUARE MILES (1891). 



Public. 

 Agricultural ........ 87,236 



Pastoral 57,900 



Forest 298,273 



Total . . . 443,409 150.756 594,165 



OUTPUT OF THE VENEZUELAN MINES (1886). 

 Gold, £803,000; copper, £165,000; total, £968,000. 



Coasting trade (1888), £3,720,000. 



Railways open (1891), 282 miles ; projected, 1,240,000 miles. 

 Post Office returns (1890) : letters, &c., forwarded, 6,412,000. 

 Telegi-aph lines, 3,528 miles ; despatches, 420, OUO. 

 Telephone instruments, 776 ; subscribers, 1,477. 

 Primary schools, 1,990; attendance, 102,200. 

 Attendance at secondary and higher schools, 4,784. 

 Revenue (1890) : customs, £1,340,000 ; total, £1,800,000. 



