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female Portuguese ; 38,198 male and 24,436 female East 
Indians ; 1,726 male, 766 female Chinese; 944 male and 
542 female Africans; 33^203 male and 36,214 female 
Blacks; 1,281 male, 1,072 female Aborigines; 9,223 
male, 1 1,825 female of mixed races, with 1 10 male and 115 
female of races not stated. 
The County of Berbice including New Amsterdam, 
contained 51,176 persons or 2,000 less than Georgetown 
alone and 2,078 less than the County of Essequebo. 
These as to sexes are divided into 27,658 males and 
23,518 females ; while as to race there were of Europeans 
other than Portuguese, 266 males and 150 females; of 
Portuguese there were 376 males and 329 females ; of 
East Indians, there were 12,464 males and 7,863 females ; 
of Chinese there were 511 males and 233 females; of 
Africans there were 543 males and 463 females; of 
Blacks there were 11,015 males and it, 808 females; of 
Aborigines there were 502 males and 469 females ; of 
mixed races 1,946 males, 2,153 females, and of races not 
distinguished 35 males and 50 females. 
The third County of the Colony, Essequebo, including 
the North West Province and the Pomeroon, has a popu- 
lation of 53,254, which is 78 more than the population of 
Georgetown and 2,078 more than the County of Berbice 
including New Amsterdam. Divided as to sex there are 
32,1 26 males and 21,128 females. With regard to race the 
divisions are as various as in other parts of the coIony j 
and can be given shortly as follows. Europeans other 
than Portuguese, 284 males, 104 females; Portuguese 
543 males, 418 females; East Indians, 14,041 males, 
8,461 females; Chinese, 346 males, 132 females ; Afri- 
cans, 625 males, 316 females; Blacks 12,079 males, 
