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THEIR RELIGION AND NATIONALITY.
| Total Females able to read and write, | - - - - - - - - | 1,990 | ||
| " " not " " " | - - - - - - - - | 6,521 | ||
RELIGION. | ||||
| Catholics, - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 15,777 | |
| Protestants, (all foreigners) | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 71 | |
| Jews, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 1 | |
| Mahomedans, - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 1 | |
| The nationality of the inhabitants is as follows: | ||||
| Mexicans, - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 14,384 | |
| Spaniards, - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 736 | |
| Cubans, (nearly all political exiles,) - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 242 | ||
| French, - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 736 | |
| Citizens of the United States, - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 108 | ||
| Germans, - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 68 | |
| Italians, - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 37 | |
| English, - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 23 | |
| Peruvianos, - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 5 | |
| Africans, - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 5 | |
| Other or uncertain nationalities, - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 24 | ||
The number of persons of all ages who have any lucrative and self-sustaining employment is set down at 7,407, while those who have no such employment is stated at 8,443.
In making up this list, the soldiers of the garrison, the sick in the hospitals, and the civil and military prisoners are not included. If they were, included the disproportion of females to males would be still greater. The number of widows and unmarried women between sixteen and fifty, tells its own eloquent
