2XH 



LANDS AND POPULATION IN' THE UNITED STATES AX!) UPPER CANADA. 



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1,000,000 square miles. Tlus computation, though probably 

 too largo, will bo followed. 



Jt gives in acres, 640,000,000; from wliieli deduct for water, 

 ,51,000,000, and there remains of land, 5*9,000,000. Of this 

 .quantity it is known that about 220,P,QO,000 are contained in 

 .the territory north-west of tbe river Ohio, and is nearly all of it 

 Uninhabited. Of the 869,000,000 which remain, it is difficult 

 to form any just estimate as to the proportion of the inhabited 

 and appropriated parts to those which are not so. II is, how- 

 ever, thought reasonable to suppose that, in America, whenever 

 any part of tbe country lias acquired a population of ahout 'Jo 

 persons to the square mile, or 150 to 200 acres to a family, that 

 then the land must there have acquired nearly the average price 

 of cultivated land, and tho surplus population will incline to 

 emigrate. Assuming this as a rule, the lands in the United 

 States so occupied would, in 1790, be 157,337,604 — remains, 

 211,662,336 a groat part of which is inhabited in some degree. 

 The remainder is owned by States and individuals, and much 

 ,of it not for sale. Add for the North-west territory, 220,000,000 

 Land of all kinds yet to be settled, 431,062,336. 



The increase of the population of the United States, calculated 

 upon tho principles established in Section I., will, if applied to 

 jthe settlement of new lands, at the rate of 20 persons to each 

 square mile, or 32 acres each person, occupy the lands of the 

 United States in the proportion, and at the periods following, 

 vJ£.:— 



YEAR. 



1796 



One year's increase 



1797 

 Ten ditto 



1807 

 Ten ditto 



1817 

 Ten ditto 



1827 



Seven ditto 



About 1834 



Number of 

 inhabitants. 



4,916,802 



5,088,S90 



7,178,381 



10,125,814 



14,223,461 



18,406,150 



Acres of land 



occupied by the 



increase. 



Acres of land 

 remaining 



unoccupied. 



5,503,816 



66,S63J12 



94,317,856 



133,044,704 



131.929"248 



431,662,336 

 426,'i.55',520 

 359£9T,S03 

 264y973>952 



131,929',248 



ooojobojooo 



year 1 796, the number of inhabitants in tho United States- 

 is aboul 4,916,802. 



3rd. li appears from the statements in Section IT., that tho 

 quantity of vacant lands in the United States is about 

 431,662,336 acres. 



4th. Of consequence there are in the United States 1,139 per- 

 sons to each 100,000 acres of new lands. 



5th. It is supposed that new lands on an average are worth one 

 dollar per acre; and that lands inhabited at the rate of 

 twenty persons to the square mile, are worth thirteen dollars 

 or three guineas per acre. 



The following statement, therefore, shows the increasing value 

 of any 100,000 acres (taken equal to the average) upon the 

 principle that the increase of 1,139 persons may be applied to 

 tin- settlement of it; and that as much land as they settle at the 

 rate of twenty persons to the square mile is worth thirteen 

 dollars or three guineas per acre: — 



SECTION III. 



OF THE VALUE OF LANDS. 



It has usually been supposed that the great rise which has 

 taken place in the value of American lands, has been produced 

 by caprice or accident, and not derived from ; ny fixed and certain 

 sources of profit; but it is allowed that this rise in their value 

 has been constant, and very great ever since tbe first settlement 

 of the colonies, and dming periods -which were far from beino- 

 those of public prosperity. Without taking advantage, however, 

 of the present favorable state of public affairs, it will be attempted 

 to show, from facts and calculations drawn from tho former and 

 least prosperous state of the country, that the great increase in 

 the value of lands is derived from fixed and necessary causes 

 existing in the country, and is, in a great measure, subject to 

 strict calculation. The following calculation, is founded upon 

 these principles : — 



Jst. It is supposed to be proved in Section I., that the inhabitants 

 of the United States increase in the compound ratio of 3+ 

 per cent. 



2nd. It appears from the same Section that, at the end of the 



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,1790 



1,139 



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Acres. 



1,280 

 1,312 



Dollars. 



L00.I 



16,640 



nils. Cto 

 1.00 



1.16 



1.33 

 1.51 



1.69 



1.88 



2.02 



2.28 



2.49 



2.71 



2.93 



3.17 

 3.41 

 3.66 

 3.92 

 5.35 

 7.06 

 9.08 

 11.52 

 13.00 



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1797 





End of 



1,179 

 41 



116.r,4n 

 L7.056 



5 2} 





, ,1798 



1,344 





End of 



1,220 

 42 



133,696 



17,472 



5 113 





1799 



1,408 

 1,472 





End of 



1.262 

 44 



151.168 

 18,304 



6 9J 





1800 





End of 



1,306 

 40 



169,472 

 19,136 



7 4i 





,.1801 



1,504 





End of 



1,352 

 47 



188,608 

 19,552 



8 5J 





...1802 



1,568 

 1,631 





End of 



1.399 

 49 



208,160 

 20,384 



9 41 





1803 







1,448 

 51 



228,544 

 21,216 



10 3 





1804 



1,664 





End of 



1,499 

 52 



249,760 

 21,632 



11 21 





1805 



1,728 





End of 



1,551 



54 



271.392 

 22,464 



12 21 





1806 



1.792 



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End of 



1,605 

 56 



293,856 

 23,296 



13 2 t 





1807 

 1808 

 1809 

 1810 

 1815 



1825 



,,1830 



...1834 









1,661 

 1.719 

 1.779 

 1,841 

 2,186 

 2.596 

 3,083 

 3,661 

 4.255 



317,152 

 341.280 

 366,240 

 392,030 

 535.550 

 706,110 

 908,702 

 1,152,894 



1.400.OIV 



14 3 



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1,856 

 1.920 

 1,984 

 11,040 

 13,120 

 15,584 

 18,784 

 19.008 



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11 9 

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