Q72 DISTRICTS AND POPULATION. 1829. 
almost entirely cultivated. The other islands are small, and 
very close to each other; but separated by navigable channels, 
which offer many dangers to the frail vessels in which the 
islanders move about. 
The province is divided into ten districts, or Partidos, as 
follows :— 
J. San Carlos, containing the northern coast of the island, 
as far as Chacao. 
. Chacao. The N.E. part of the island. 
. Carelmapu and Maullin. 
. Calbuco. 
Dalcahue, extending from Chacao to 'Tenoun. 
Quenac. 
Quinchao, 
Castro. 
Lemuy. 
_ Chonchi, which extends from Castro to the south ex- 
tremity of the island. 
By the census of 1828, the population of the large island, 
and those in its neighbourhood would appear to be, com- 
paratively, very considerable ; the number of souls being 
43,11 :* particularly as the greater portion of the interior, and 
much of the sea-coast, are quite uninhabited. The population 
of the district of San Carlos is confined principally to the town ; 
for between it and Chacao, there are very few inhabitants. At 
Chacao there are only about two hundred houses, and Dalcahue 
is but thinly occupied: but Castro, Quinchao, and Lemuy, are 
very populous. These three districts are the most fertile and 
productive part of the island, particularly for seven or eight 
miles round Castro. The peninsula opposite to that town, which 
is entirely cleared, would abundantly repay its cultivators, 
were industry more common among them. 
Childe is governed by an ‘ Yntendente,” or civil governor, 
who exacts obedience to the constitutional laws, as well as 
to the orders of the executive powers, and the resolutions of the 
provincial assembly, which is composed of members, elected 
* In the year 1783 there were 23,447 (Agiieros) : and in 1832, 43,830. 
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