THE CUBAN CENSUS 



White : native born. . . I 1 



White : foreign born,£E3 



Negroes t 

 Chinese. 



DIAGRAM SHOWING ruPULATKlX liY 



Cari fcan but can 

 I I Attended school 



iiiagi;a:m shuwing i.itf.racv ( 

 tiiusk i kn vkaks and (iver 



The results of the Cuban Census, in niiui}' res])ects unexpecte<l, show on the 

 whole a gratifying condition of affairs in the island. The accon)panying dia- 

 grams emphasize the more impor- 

 tant facts. From the relatively 

 large proportion of native-born 

 whites, 58 per cent of the total 

 population, it is evident that the 

 administrative control will remain 

 in the hands of the native white 

 Cuban when the United States with- 

 draws from the island. Thus Cuba will not become a second Haiti. 



The right to vote at the municipal election June 

 10 — a right gained by the ability to read and write 

 or by the ownership of property — is possessed by 

 about 140,000 native Cubans. As so many citizen- 

 ships were in suspense at the time the census was 

 taken, it is impossible to state exactly how many 

 Spaniards w'ill also have 

 the right to vote, but they 

 will not exceed 30,000, if 

 they reach that numbei'. 



Of the total population 

 of 1,572,797, 1,108,709 are 

 single, 246,350 are married, 

 and 131,788 live together 

 as husband and wife by mutual consent. In justice to the Cuban, however, 

 it should be stated that unions formed by mutual 

 consent are consideretl no less binding and are no 

 less permanent than tliose sanctioned by the mar- 

 riage ceremony. 

 The excessive 

 fees charged for 

 weddings, per- 

 haps, explain the 

 frequency of the omission of the ceremony. 



The census returns show the need of a thorough 

 system of education. Of persons over ten years of age, 

 43 per cent cannot read or write, while only 11.4 per 

 cent iif the children under ten years are attending 

 sciiool. 



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Married . . . 

 Uving to^eUer 

 Widowed 



i husband and mfcdl 



DIAGRAM SHOWING rONJlGAL 

 CONDITION 



In suspense 

 Foreign 

 Spanish 



Not attending school 



DIAGRAM SIIOWINii l>RC)l>OU- 

 TION OK TlltJSK l/'NDKR TKS 

 YKAKK UK A(;K ATTKNDING 

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