137 



At the same period (1822), for two provinces of Colum- 

 bia, the deputies of which were not then arrived at the 

 Congress, were reckoned, 



Fanama 50,000 



Veragua 30,000 



80,000 



The departments of Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Cauca, and 

 Magdalena, form, with Panama and Veragua, the ancient 

 audiencia of Santa-Fe ) that is, New Grenada, without in- 

 cluding the presidencia of Quito. Total population ; 1,327,200. 







230,000 







35,000 



Ancient 





78,000 



Presidencia ; 



Jaen de Bracamoros .. 



. 13,000 



of Quito. 





56 ; 000 (!) 







48,000 







. 90,000 



550,000 



There results from these data of the official Gazette of 

 Columbia, for the three great divisions of the ancient vice- 

 royalty of Santa F6, 



Venezuela 766,000 



New Grenada 1,327,000 



Quito 550,000 



2,643,000 



This total estimate nearly accords with that which 1 had 

 published twelve years before in my Political Essay on New 

 Spain (vol. ii, p. 851). It is not founded on an actual 

 numeration, but " on the reports made by the deputies of 

 each province to the congress of Columbia, to settle the 

 law of elections." (El Argos de Buenos Ay res, N° 9, Novem- 



