ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION AND CROPS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR 1848. By Mr. BURKE, U. S. Commissioner of Patents. Present esti- | States and Terri-Population in mated popu- Number bush- Bushels Bushels Oats. Barley. 900,000 290,000 2,000,000 New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland 2,428,921 2,880,000 15,500,000 4,300,000 28,000,000 373,306 425,000 1,200,000 1,724,033 2,220,000 15,200,000 78,085 85,000 450,000 753,419 780,000 2,450,000 12,000 5,800,000 155,000 20,000,000 4,500 700,000 3,000 2,200,000' 94,000 11,000,000 4,200 4,000,000. 4,880 1,250,000 Georgia 12,600 1,500,000 Alabama 7,800 2,000,000 Present esti tion. States and Terri-Population in mated popula- Number bush'ls Bushels of Bushels Oats. tories. of wheat. Barley. 420,000 10,000,000| 300,000 6,000,000 54,477 80,000 30,945 250,000 43,112 150,000 150,000 43,712 48,000 1840. Michigan 212,267 Florida Wisconsin Iowa Texas ..... Dist. of Col. Oregon Total 13,000 1,600,000 35,000 2,500,000 1,300,000 40,000 1,500,000 1,300,000 20,000 17,000 ..... 50,000 100,000 |17,063,353 21,686,000|126,364,600|6,220,050|185,500,000, States and Ter- Bushels Rye Bushels Bushels Indian] Bushels Pota- | Number tons 4,000,000 3,860,000 17,500,000 27,000,000 4,200,000 New Jersey 3,300,000 1,000,000 9,000,000 Pennsylva'a 13,500,000 3,800,000 21,000,000 Delaware 2,100,000 470,000 8,200,000 2,000,000 200,000 25,000 Reported by Mr. Cameron, provides for returns to be made under plans and forms prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury. The following are some of the principal items White males under five and every five years over. Females, do. do. Free coloured under ten years, ten and twenty-four, twenty-four and thirty-seven, &c., number taxed and entitled to vote. Free coloured females, same. Slaves under ten, ten and twenty-four, twenty-four and thirty-six, thirty-six and fifty-five, fifty-five and one hundred, over. Female slaves, Number of persons subject to militia duty. To vote for all elective officers. Births do. males and females. Do. other parts of Europe. Deaf and Dumb under twelve, twelve and twenty-five. Total number. do. do. do. whose parents are una ble to support them. Whose parents are able. Blind under eight, eight and twenty-five, poor and not poor as to education. Idiots do. and number supported by charity. Number of persons employed, value produced, and capital invested in mining, agriculture, commerce, manufactures and trades, navigation, ocean, canals, lakes, rivers, fisheries, products, forests, learned professions, engineers, &c. Pensioners, and for what service. Schools and universities of all kinds, and number of students, and cost of buildings and property. Churches, cost, improvements, members, Baptist, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Congregational, Methodist, Roman catholic, Dutch reformed, Universalist, -Unitarians, Jews, Quakers, Lutherans, and all others. Agriculture and Horticulture.-Acres improved, uncultivated, average value. Acres sown and products, barley, peas, beans, buckwheat, turnips, potatoes, flax, wheat, corn, rye, oats, hemp, cotton, rice, silk. Mineral lands, all kinds, value per acre, number of mines worked, capital. do. Number of fleeces, pounds of wool, yards of woollen, cotton, linen goods, and those manufactured by families. Mills, number and cost of construction, value of material raw and manufactured. Returns of grist, yarn, oil, fulling and carding mills. All cotton, woollen, and iron works. Glass, rolling mills, furnaces, forges, distilleries, asheries, pot and pearl, oil cloths, dyed and printed goods, flour mills, paper do., tanneries, breweries, and all their products. Internal improvements.-Railroads completed, and cost, in progress and cost of completion. Canals completed, and cost of same, in progress and cost. Turnpikes do., bridges and cost. Assistant Marshals to receive $2 for every one hundred persons, instead of $2,25 as before, and where the people are sparsely settled, $2,25. Also extra compensation when performing the duty of deputies. |