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Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time. — John Shaqi

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Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

Name: Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.
Author: Mayer, Brantz

Mayer, Brantz

Mexico -- Description and travel; Mexico -- History; Mexico -- Statistics

{_Canton_ of Vera Cruz             29,851    31,695             1,844
        {    "    of Misantla               2,451     2,658               207
 1831   {    "    of Papantla               4,279     4,225      54
        {    "    of Tampico               11,112    12,265             1,153
        {    "    of Jalacingo              7,816     8,046               230
        {    "    of Jalapa                19,837    22,867             3,030
 1826    Guanajuato                       165,896   179,288            13,392
 1834    Chihuahua                         75,303    69,879   5,424
 1838    Tamaulipas                        49,235    45,460   3,775
 1838    Aguas calientes                   33,661    36,032             2,371
 1831    Jalisco.--See following table.
 1838    Zacatecas. "     "        "
 1821    Tamaulipas                        34,356    33,428     928
 1833    New Mexico                        31,012    26,164   4,848

                                     Births.          Deaths.           Excess.
                                Males.  Females. Males.  Females.   Males.  Females.
 1829  San Luis Potosi--first
         six months               4,882     5,159  2,029     1,885            421
 1830  Jalisco--whole year       14,307    13,905 13,194    11,972            820
 1837  Zacatecas--18 mo's.       10,935    11,006  6,376     6,495     48
 1834[8] State of Mexico, except
        2 prefectures            18,410    18,804 cholera this year.
 1830  Guanajuato----whole
         year                    14,699    14,252  7,235     7,511    276

It may, generally, be said that the excess of one sex over the other is
in inverse proportion to the latitude; or, in other words, that, as we
advance from the equator, the excess of females over males decreases,
until the reverse occurs as the degrees of latitude augment. We must,
however, except from this rule the department or state of Tamaulipas, in
which the constancy with which nature sustains the excess of males, is
somewhat extraordinary. The most ancient document possessed upon the
subject, relative to this State, is of the year 1793, and from this we
discover that, from that year until 1807, 124 more males than females
were born therein, and that 30 more females than men died during the
period--

     More _females_ than males are born in the following States, in the
     order in which they are placed:

  1. Vera Cruz--greatest number.
  2. Oajaca.
  3. Puebla.
  4. Michoacan.
  5. Guanajuato.
  6. Jalisco.

     More _males_ than females are born in the following States,
     according to the order in which they are placed:

  1. Alta California--greatest No.
  2. New Mexico.
  3. Sonora.
  4. Chihuahua.
  5. Coahuila.
  6. New Leon.[9]

[Illustration: INDIANS OF THE TIERRA CALIENTE.]




CHAPTER IV.

AGRICULTURE--AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

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