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the higher reaches of the rivers and creeks the population 
is very scattered, occurring here and there in small iso- 
lated settlements ; and the plains of the interior may, I am 
informed, be looked upon as quite uninhabited. In the 
capital of the colony there were 53,176 persons, divided 
into 24,821 males and 28,355 females, comprising some 
of all the various races that inhabit the colony. These 
races may be shortly given as : — Europeans other than 
Portuguese, 1,583 males, 1,290 females ; Portuguese, 
2,784 males, 3,182 females; East Indians, 2,618 males, 
1,358 females; Chinese, 443 males, 72 females; Africans, 
167 males, 162 females; Blacks, 10,855 males, 13,412 
females; Aborigines, 63 males, 71 females; Mixed races 
6,235 males, 8,663 females ; and other races to the num- 
ber of 70 males and 81 females. In New Amsterdam, 
the other town of the colony, there were 8,903 persons, 
being an increase of only 779 on the population of 1881. 
The sexes were more nearly equal than in Georgetown, 
being 4,324 males and 4,579 females. As to the races 
there were 141 males and 105 females from Europe, 
other than Portuguese ; 189 males and 197 female Portu- 
guese ; 842 male and 420 female East Indians ; 212 male 
and 102 female Chinese; only 25 male and 19 female 
Africans ; 2,094 male and 2,594 female Blacks ; 2 male 
and 3 female Aborigines; 786 male and 1,096 female 
of mixed races ; with 33 male and 43 female of unstated 
races. 
The County of Demerara including Georgetown con- 
tained no less than 175,868 inhabitants divided as to sex 
into 91,975 males and 81,923 females. As to races there 
were 2,178 males and 1,576 females from Europe, exclud- 
ing the Portuguese. There were 5,113 male and 5,377 
