42 
TlMEHRI. 
more than 98,000; of whom 15,000 constituted the town 
population and about 83,000 the rural population. The 
race divisions at this time were simple ; 89*4 per cent, 
were blacks ; 7*5 were coloured and free blacks, and 
3*5 were white. 
The subjoined Table taken from the British Guiana 
Directory for 1891, gives the details, which are interest- 
ing. It may be accepted as fairly accurate and as giving 
us something to start from. 
Whites. 
Free Coloured 
and Black . 
/ — 
Slaves. 
M. 
E, 
"3 
M. 
E. 
1 

M. 
IE. 
I 
Grand 
Total. 
Georgetown 
962 
858 
1620 
1625 
2743 
5988 
3209 
3407 
6616 
12604 
Demerary County 
662 
110 
772 
463 
617 
1852^ 
33883 
28869 
36199 
41051 
Essequebo 
476 
138 
614 
442 
470 
1526J 
28553 
25079 
Total 
2100 
906 
3006 
2530 
3830 
9366 
37092 
32276 
71368 
78734 
New Amsterdam 
130 
48 
179 
324 
530 
1033 
695 
681 
1376 
2409 
Berbice County 
289 
55 
344 
130 
177 
651 
10202 
8540 
18724 
19375 
Total 
419 
104 
523 
454 
707 
1684 
10897 
9221 
20100 
21784 
Total British Guiana... 
2519 
1010 
3529 
2984 
4537 
11050 
47989 
41497 
89468 
100518 
The Census of 1841 gave a total population of 98,154, so 
that in the ten years 31-41, there was a reduction in the 
numbers. During this decennium, I find the recorded 
number of immigrants to be 9,018. Of these 429 were 
Madeirans, or, as they are now called Portuguese, and 406 
were East Indians. The remainder was formed of Black 
West Indian Islanders, with the exception of 91 Blacks 
who had come direct from Africa. So that at the 
Census of 1841, there were already traces of what is now 
called our immigrant population. 
In 1 85 1 the total population was found to be 135,924 
an increase of 37,770 on the figures of 1841, although 
