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where, in the six partidos of San Juan de los Keme- 

 dios, San Angustin, San Anastasio de Cupey, San 

 Felipe, Santa F6, and Sagua la Chica, there were, in 

 1819, in an area 004,651 caballerias, a total popula- 

 tion of 13,722, of which 9,572 were whites, 2,000 

 free colored, and 2,140 slaves; while, on the con- 

 trary, in the ten partidos of the Filipinas district, in 

 the same year, in a population of 13,026, there were 

 5,871 whites, 3,521 free colored, and 3,634 slaves. 

 The proportion of free colored to white was as 1 to 1.7. 



[Note. — Since the publication of the foregoing 

 admirable analysis by Baron Humboldt, of the pop- 

 ulation of Cuba, censuses have been taken in the 

 years 1827, 1841, and 1846, which are as follows : 



CENSUS OP 182T. 



Whites. Free Colored. Slaves. Total. 



Department. 



Male. 



Female. 



Male. 



Female. 



Male. 



Female. 





Western,. . 



89,526 



75,532 



21,235 



24,829 



125,388 



72,027 



408,537 



Central, . . . 



53,447 



44,776 



13,296 



10,950 



28,398 



13,630 



164,497 



Eastern, .. 



25,680 



22,090 



17,431 



18,753 



29,504 



17,995 



131,453 



Total,... 



168,653 



142,398 



51,962 



54,532 



183,290 



103,652 



704,486 









CENSUS 



OF 1841. 









Western,. . 



135,079 



108,944 



32,726 



33,737 



207,954 



113,320 



631,760 



Central,. . . 



60,035 



53,838 



15,525 



16,054 



34,939 



15,217 



195,608 



Eastern, . . 



32,030 



28,365 



27,452 



27,344 



38,357 



26,708 



180,256 



Total,.. . 



227,144 



191,147 



75,703 



77,135 



281,250 



155,245 



1,007,624 



