In 1817-- Whites, males, 0.55 " females, 0.45 Free colored, males, 0.52 " females, 0.48 Slaves, males, 0.62 " females, 0.38 Total, males, 0.57 " females, 0.43 In 1827-- Whites, males, 0.54 " females, 0.46 Free colored, males, 0.48 " females, 0.52 Slaves, males, 0.64 Slaves, females, 0.36 Total, males, 0.56 " females, 0.44 In Paris, the ratio is 54.5 per cent. males, to 45.5 females; in England, 50.3 per cent. males, and 49.7 per cent. females, and in the United States, 51 per cent. males, and 49 per cent. females. The ratio of legitimate to illegitimate births, deduced from the observations of five years, is as follows: 2.1136 to 1 among the whites; 0.5058 to 1 among the colored; 1.0216 to 1 in the total. That is to say, establishing the comparison per centum, as in the proportion of the sexes, we have: Whites, 67.8 per cent. legitimate, and 32.2 per cent. illegitimate. Colored, 33.7 " " " 66.3 " " Total, 50.5 " " " 49.5 " " No capital or people of Europe, Stockholm alone excepted, offers so startling a result, nearly one half the number of births being illegitimate. Taking the average from the statements of births for five years, we find that in every 100 legitimate whites there are 51.1 males, and 48.9 females; and in an equal number of illegitimate, 49 males, and 51 females. Among people of color, in 100 legitimate births, 50.6 males, and 49.4 females; and in the illegitimate, 47.2 males, and 52.8 females. And finally, that, comparing the totals, we obtain in the legitimate, 51.6 males, and 48.4 females; and in the illegitimate, 47.1 males, and 52.9 females. Consequently these observations show that in Cuba, in the illegitimate births, the number of males is much less than that of females, and the contrary in the legitimate births. _Ratio between the Births and Deaths for five years._ +------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | | 1825 | 1826 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 | | +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Births, | 3,129 | 3,443 | 3,491 | 3,705 | 3,639 | | Deaths, | 2,698 | 2,781 | 3,077 | 3,320 | 3,712 | | Difference,| 431 | 662 | 414 | 385 | 73 | +------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ _Agriculture._--The total number of acres comprising the whole territory is 14,993,024. Of these, in 1830, there were used: