Analysis of Population. 27 
97- According to the Census of 5th October 1841 the whole popula- 
tion of British Guiana consists of 
Creoles, born in British Guiana 05,252 
Creoles, immigrant from West Indies 9,899 
Africans 15,790 
Portuguese from Madeira 2,219 
English, Irish and Scotch 2,102 
French, Dutch and German 44-» 
Coolies (Asiatic) 343 
North Americans 159 
Native Country not mentioned 1,32(1 
Total 97,595 
Up to 15th October 1841, the following immigrants were yet 
landed : — 
From the West India Islands 2,285 
From Madeira 3,000 
From Africa 713 
Total 0,004 
From January 1842 up to January 1843 : — 
From Madeira 1,003 
From the West India Islands 900 
From Africa 2,218 
Total, 4,847 
Including the total number of immigrants from the years 1835 to 
1843, it will be seen that in this interval there landed in Guiana: — 
Portuguese from Madeira 10,458 
Inhabitants of the West Indian Islands 6,560 
Freed Slaves and Emigrants frum Africa 4,010 
Coolies from Asia 560 
Germans and Maltese 400 
Native country not mentioned, who came 
partly from over the West Indies Islands, 
and from captured slave ships, and took 
work 8,397 
Total 30,981 
Consequently on the 1st January 1843 the total population of Brit- 
ish Guiana, exclusive of aboriginal Indians, amounted to 120,000 souls, 
of which 23,000 alone fall to the share of Georgetown, the capital. 
98. After these short prefatory remarks on the general history and 
statistics, I turn to the capital itself. Georgetown, or Stabroek during the 
Dutch supremacy, is situate in 0°49'20" lat. N. and 58 c 11 '30" long. W. on 
the eastern or right bank of ,tlie Demerara River — not on the western 
