════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ _Fahrenheit._ ─────────────┬──────────┬─────────┬───────┬─────┬──────────┬──────── │ TEHUAN- │HONDURAS.│BELIZE.│COSTA│NICARAGUA.│ATRATO. │ TEPEC. │ │ │RICA.│ │ ─────────────┼──────────┼─────────┼───────┼─────┼──────────┼──────── May │ 90° │ 71° │ 71° │ 57° │ 71° │Average June │ 88° │ │ │ │ │during April │ 83° │ to │ to │ to │ to │February May │ 88° │ 89° │ 84° │ 85° │ 90° │ 75.2 June │ 81° │ │ │ │ │ December and │ │ │ │ │ │ January │ 74° │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴──────────┴─────────┴───────┴─────┴──────────┴──────── In Guatemala average maximum 88.7°. Minimum 38.9°. Statistics, governmental and social, of Central America, are very uncertain. The revolutionary condition of a society, in which it is the interest of the chiefs to impose unjust burdens on the people, and of the people to deceive; where, before an enumeration can fairly begin, the government which authorized it may be deposed, and another substituted in its place; the poverty, anarchy, and social demoralization which result, are circumstances very unfavorable to a correct determination of the resources of the country, or the number of its population. The following figures may not be free from this uncertainty, but give the best approximation that could be obtained: _Population of the States of Central America._ ═════════════════════════╤═══════════════╤════════════ │ SQUARE MILES. │ POPULATION. ─────────────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────── Tehuantepec │ ... │ 61,000 Costa Rica │ 23,000 │ 150,000 Nicaragua │ 48,000 │ 290,000 San Salvador │ 9,600 │ 294,000 Guatemala │ 43,380 │ 907,500 Honduras │ 42,000 │ 350,000 Panama, including Darien │ ... │ 168,000 │ ├──────────── │ │ 2,220,500 ─────────────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────── This population is of a mixed character, composed of Europeans, Mestizoes, Indians, Negroes, and Zambos; the European element being largely in the minority. INDIANS.