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Population of Buffalo. — Mr. E. W. Palmer has just completed 
a census of this city, which shows a large increase in our popu- 
lation within the last year. The following statement, the result 
of his labors, shows the present extent of our population: 
White adults, 23,830; white children, 15,980; colored adults, 
450; colored children, 261; total population, 40.520. 
This statement, when compared with a corresponding census 
made a year ago by the same gentleman, shows the onward pro- 
gress of Buffalo. Twelve months since, our population numbered 
30,993 — affording, during that period, an increase of nearly 10,- 
000! The greatness of the " Young Queen of the Lakes " is just 
budding, her glcry is just tinging the twilight of the future. A 
few years more will give her a favorable rank among her eldest 
sisters of the Atlantic coast, not only in point of population, but 
as regards her commerce, her site, and her beauty as a city. — Buf- 
falo Express. 
Carnal Tolls. — The receipts for tolls on the canals of this state, 
(New York,) the year past, have amounted to over $'3,500,000. 
Mammoth Pumpkin Vine. — The Lewisburg Chronicle gives 
an account of a pumpkin vine grown in Munroe county, which 
measured 67 feet long, weighed 266 pounds, and bore 15 pump- 
kins, the weight of five of which were 102, 94, 88, 82, and 70 
pounds, and of the other ten, 167 — making in all 690 pounds. 
A French Journal says of the French nation, that out of a 
population of 33,000,000, there are 4,000,000 in rags, 20,000,- 
000 without shoes, 18,000,000 who eat no wheat bread, 27,000,- 
000 too poor to drink wine, and 3 1,000,000 without sugar and meat. 
Live Stock in the United Kingdom. — From that invaluable 
work, " McQueen's Statistics of the British Empire," we learn the 
enormous value of the live stock in the kingdom. It appears that 
there are 2,250,000 horses, of total value of ^£67,000,000, of 
which more than 1,500,000 are used in agriculture, and that their 
value is ,£45,000,000. The number of black cattle in the king- 
dom is about 14,000,000 to 15,000,000, of the value ^62 16,000,- 
000; the number of sheep 50,000,000, whose value is estimated 
at £67,000,000; and the extent of capital invested in swine is 
still more extraordinary, when we reflect how little it is thought 
upon or taken into account. The number of pigs of all ages, 
breeding and rearing, is calculated to be upwards of 18,000,000, 
which, taking one-third at £2, each, and the remainder at 10^. 
each, gives a value of .£11,870,000 as the capital invested in 
pigs alone, making the to*:i! amount of capital invested in the 
above species of agricultural stock je346,270,000. — Mark Lane 
Express. 
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