The Census of British Guiana. 
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nium or an increase of 13*6 per cent on the Creoles num- 
bered in 1 88 1. The parentage of the Creole population 
can be found from the table on Page 59 of the Report. 
I give it in percentage as Creoles of European parentage 
other than Portuguese V2\ of Portuguese 3*9; of East 
Indians (Madras being only slightly represented) 19*6 ; of 
Chinese "j ; of Blacks 566; of mixed 14*2; and of the 
Aborigines 4. The sexes in the Creole people are 49*1 
males to 50*9 females. 
The following table gives the figures of the various 
races for the five last decennial periods and is worth some 
study : — 
TABLE GIVING DETAILS OF THE RACES AT CENSUS TAKINGS FOR 
1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891. 
1851 
1861 
1871 
1881 
1891 
Natives of British Guiana 
86451 
93861 
113861 
149639 
170106 
West Indian Islanders 
9278 
8309 
13385 
18318 
15973 
Afi : oan Immigrants 
Africans prior to Abolition 
7168) 
7083) 
9299 
5077 
3433 
Portuguese 
7928 
9859 
7925 
6879 
5378 
Whites, (Natives of Europe, &c.) 
2088 
1629 
1822 
2533 
Coolies from Madras 
Coolies from Calcutta 
3665 
4017 
3664) 
18416 ) 
32681 
65161 
2663 
70348 
Aborigines, Seamen, &c 
8229 
7000 
7762 
7463 
Others , 
17 
360 
9635 
897 
337 
Mixed Races 
China 
2629 
6295 
4393 
5082 
Military and Seamen 
881 
2475 
Total 
135924 
155907 
183491 
252186 
278328 
The whites other than Portuguese by the Census 
figures form a very small proportion of our population, 
having only a percentage of i '637, and this is probably too 
high. They number in all 4,558 persons divided into 
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