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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1862. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... BRITISH. Square miles. Popul'n in 1840. Jamaica 5,520 375,000 Barbadoes 164 102,000 Trinidad 1,970 45,000 Antigua 108 36,000 Grenada and the Granadines 120 29,000 St. Vincent 121 36,000 St. Kitts 68 24,000 Dominica 275 20,000 St. Lucia 275 18,000 Tobago '120 14,000, Nevis 20 12,000 Monserrat -. 47 8,000 Tortola 20 7,000 Barbuda 72 Anguilla 90 3,000 Bahamas 4,440 18,000 Bermudas 20 10,000 HAYTIEN NATION. Hayti .. 800,000 In addition to these there are a number of smaller islands belonging to the Little Antilles, the area and population of which are not known, many of them being unpopulated. These islands, in the aggregate, form an area--allowing 40,000 square miles to Hayti and her adjunct islands, and something for those the statistics of which are unknown--of about 103,000, or equal in extent to Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and little less than the United Kingdoms of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the principality of Wales. The population being on the above date, 1840, 3,115,000, (three millions one hundred and fifteen thousand, ) and allowing an increase of ten per cent, in ten years on the entire population, there are now 3,250,000 (three millions two hundred and fifty thousand) inhabitants, who comprise the people of these islands. Central America consists of: Population in 1840. Guatemala 800,000 San Salvador 350,000 Honduras 250,000 Costa Rica 150,000 Nicaragua 250,000 These consist of five states, as shown in the above statistics, the united population of which in 1840 amounted to 1,800,000 (one million eight hundred thousand) inhabitants. The number at present being estimated at 2,500,000, (two and a half millions, ) shows, in thirteen years, 700,000, (seven hundred thousand, ) being one-third and one-eighteenth of an increase in ...
