labor changed from deserts into fruitful fields, and in the protection of which from the Indians of the plains many sacrificed their lives. Very little of importance can be added to the full tables of population inserted in my report for 1890. Census Bulletin No. 129, issued October 27, 1891, contains the figures as finally corrected, and as they vary slightly from those previously reported, they are reproduced here by counties. Counties. Bernalillo Donna Ana.. Grant Lincoln Mora.. Rio Arriba San Juan. 1880. Native.. POPULATION. 17, 225 7,612 4,539 2,513 9,751 11, 023 Cities and towns. The population of the eight cities and towns having 1,000 or more inhabitants, in the order of their rank, is as follows: Counties. Santa Fe.. Grant. Grant. The total of 153,593 is divided as follows as to color: White.... Colored. The following is the division by nationality: 1890. 6,185 3.785 2,385 2,312 2, 102 1,733 1,255 1, 136 142, 719 10,874 142, 334 11, 259 The proportion of foreign population is a little less than 8 to 100 of native birth, being a much smaller percentage than exists in any of the new States, and less than in any of the older sections of the country, except a few localities in the South. The division of the sexes is as follows: Male.. Female..... As previously reported, the real population of the Territory at the time of the census was not far from 185,000, the reason of the failure to return them fully being explained in my report of 1890. There is now a healthy but gradual growth all over the Territory. The most rapid increase is in the Pecos Valley, and principally in Eddy County. This has been caused by the natural advantages of that section, supplemented by an irrigation system of great excellence and active advertising. Similar enterprise in other localities will procure like results. 83, 055 70, 538 LEGISLATION. No legislature has met since the twenty-ninth session, which expired on February 26, 1891. A legislature is to be elected in the coming November and will commence its session late in December. As the late legislature failed to pass an apportionment act, it became the duty of the governor, in accordance with the act of January 26, 1860, to make the apportionment under the census of 1890. The representative population amounted to 143,854, being arrived at by deducting 8,278 Indians and 1,461 soldiers from the total population of 153,593. For practical purposes the representative pepulation was 144,000, and as the council consists of 12 members and the house of 24, it made the basis of the apportionment 12,000 persons to a council district, and 6,000 to a House district. In some instances the population of counties was so irregular as to make it very difficult to apportion them equitably; but the districts as finally established are believed to be as fairly and justly constituted as was possible. They are as follows: COUNCIL DISTRICTS. First district (Colfax and Mora counties), one member. Second district (San Miguel County, including Guadalupe County), two members. Third district (Taos, Rio Arriba and San Juan counties), two members. Fourth district (Santa Fe County), one member. Fifth district (Bernalillo County), two members. Sixth district (Valencia County), one member. Seventh district (Socorro and Sierra counties), one member. Eighth district (Grant and Donna Ana counties), one member. Ninth district (Grant, Donna Ana, Lincoln, Chaves, and Eddy counties), one mem ber. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. First district (Colfax County), one representative. Second district (Mora County), one representative. Fourth district (San Miguel County (if Guadalupe County be not legally constituted), four representatives; or if Guadalupe County be legally constituted, then and in that case, San Miguel County, three representatives; Guadalupe County, one representative. Fifth district (Santa Fe County), two representatives. Sixth district (Taos County), one representative. Seventh district (Rio Arriba County), one representative. Eighth district (Taos, Rio Arriba, and San Juan counties), two representatives. Ninth district (Bernalillo County), three representatives. Tenth district (Valencia County), two representatives. Eleventh district (Socorro and Sierra counties), two representatives. Twelfth district (Donna Ana County), one representative. FINANCES. The total assessed valuation of property in the Territory in 1887 was $45,462,459; in 1888, it was $15,690,723; in 1889, $153,041,010; in 1890, $15,199,847; and in 1891, $15,329,56 3. There has been a large an 1 steady decrease in the assessed value of cattle during the last four or five years, and this would have caused a very considerable re luction in the aggregates but for the increased value of other kinds. The valuation, by counties, in 1891 was as follows: Bernalillo County. Capitol building bonds, 7 per cent, due in 1904 . Total valuation (no deductions).. 45, 329, 563. 61 The Territorial indebtedness at the close of the forty-second fiscal year (March 6, 1892) was as follows: Capitol current expense.. Salary.. Court expenses. Territorial institutions Transportation of convicts. Interest on warrants.... School fund (from licenses to insurance agents). Deficit of 1889-'90... Total.... 864, 806. 12 The total amount at the end of the previous year was $866,433.03. The differences are as follows: A reduction in the penitentiary bonds from $120,000 to $109,000 caused by the purchase of $11,000 of the bonds. A reduction of the outstanding warrants from $140,433.03 to $130,806.12. Thus there has been a reduction of the old indebtedness of $26,627.91. Meanwhile $25,000 of bonds for the erection of the insane asylum had been issued, leaving the net reduction $1,627.91. This certainly is a satisfactory showing, as the Territory has the full value of $25,000 in the asylum building. The expenditures during the forty-second fiscal year were as follows: Penitentiary current expense. $34,749.90 3,722.66 Pay of officers and employés twenty-ninth legislative assembly $6,832, 434. 28 1, 281, 981. 08 4, 228, 400. 00 3,387, 813. 13 4,611, 966. 00 1, 168, 484. 53 1, 814, 372.30 1, 860, 307.78 Court allowances during the forty-first fiscal year 1, 378, 648.00 505, 037.75 6, 470, 912.54 2, 912, 028. 00 2,360, 572. 00 3,908, 957.00 776, 584.23 1,831, 064.99 Deficit salaries forty-first fiscal year. Total. $100,000.00 100,000.00 109, 000. 00 150,000.00 200,000.00 50,000.00 25,000.00 130, 806. 12 Total...... 270, 923. 40 The following are the amounts of warrants issued in payment of claims accrued during the forty-first fiscal year and prior to March 3, 1889: 28, 713.92 57, 119.64 20, 130.49 74, 444. 25 1,044.90 1,936. 39 5,936.92 2, 368.94 36, 392. 27 1, 504. 12 2,859.00 $4,416.08 61.09 710. 19 3, 134.07 387.42 8,708.85 The following table shows the assessed value of lands and houses and of certain kinds of personal property in the different counties according to the returns for 1891: No. 73, 782 115, 279 49, 327 168. 917 127, 992 15, 374 113, 112 85,667 133, 646 57,949 No. 63 378 87 51 64 181 1, 183 881 198 Lands. 425 2, 640 156 $1,694, 827.00 1, 030, 098, 00 Cattle. 314 246 560 186, 681.00 8, 957, 448.90 Burros. Value. Value. Town lots, houses, and improvements. No. $1, 201, 437.00 228, 556.50 961, 625.00 470, 120, 13 234,409,50 429, 505.00 266, 356,00 165,088.00 185,961,00 82, 918. 00 834, 445.00 822, 872.00 235, 230.00 588, 274.00 42, 935.00 101, 622.50 6,851, 354. 63 $6,031.00 607.00 80 487.00 150 514.00 127 762.00 58 166 1, 918. 00 274 74 164 7,407 34, 958.00 2, 196 Value. No. $22, 902. 00 4,500.00 6,930,00 2,827.00 5, 195.00 5,978.00 4, 921.00 3,950.00 2, 138.00 5,085.00 14, 206. 00 8.276 2,718 6,582 3,408 6, 732 7,118 4, 524 3,163 2,748 934 8.717 4, 652 6. 257 1,096 3,210 76, 042 Value. $1,349.00 $290, 247.00 $301, 126.00 98.00 284 33,205.00 425, 809.00 1,041, 237 8, 597, 867. 50 1,378, 1511, 850, 962. 75 90, 337 101, 687. 25 8, 259 No. Horses. Value. $82,769.00 134, 100, 00 186 292 134 612 554 1.052 735 343 250 1,925 467 19,069.00 854 2,692.00 256 6.215.00 709 110,458.00 70, 420.00 121, 703. 00 131, 395.00 56, 892.00 No. Wagons. Goats. Value. Value. $17,843.00 Machinery. Railroads. $41, 760.00 $1,546,039.00 864, 543.00 243, 401.78 441, 355.00 27, 270.00 20, 245.00 25, 249.00 20,999.00 30, 101.00 10, 331. 00 5, 137.00 7,475.00 25, 272.00 540, 848. 00 32, 140. 00 34, 514.00 709, 455.2 16, 501.00 91, 840. 00 393, 093.00 18, 978.00 47,500,00 908, 618.00 5,360.00 3,823.00 204, 680.00 15, 177.00 23 805.00 488, 653. 74 8,719 226, 349. 50 682, 074.50 8, 289, 747. 74 LAND OFFICES. During the year ending June 30, 1892, the entries at the several land offices were as follows, rejecting fractions of an acre: Homestead Coal land Mineral applications. Total Mineral applications. Homestead.. Timber Desert. Coal Mineral Total THE PUBLIC LANDS. Timber Desert.. Coal.. Mineral.. Santa Fe. Las Cruces. No. 263 9 Socorro County Total 25 1 1 348 Total...... Final action was taken in the following cases: No. 97 Acres 139, 273 1,319 Santa Fe. 1 4.847 7,786 9 150, 243 30.3, 467 1 101 No. 130 27 4 Acres. 25 Making an aggregate for the whole Territory as follows, in cases: Acres. 209, 150 Homestead 4,088 520 34, 331 10, 035 Coal D. S.. 565 150, 243 408, 932 40 120 8 156 14, 862 191 No. The aggregate of acres being as follows: Homestead Las Cruces. Acres. 2,388 478 556 6 27 22, 099 114 1 760 Clayton. 375 No. Acres. 12,995 Acres. No. Acres. 27 320 30.840 Clayton. 52 Roswell. 8,897 Total....... 73, 327 The approximate number of acres open for entry in the Santa Fe district is as follows: Acres. 34, 143 5, 119 1,360 37, 041 80 584 Acres. 1, 255, 608.62 859, 826.24 2,454, 076.50 395, 608.72 1,707, 047.76 237, 772.69 301, 063.33 1, 400, 587.87 1, 112, 661.47 1,096, 136. 10 10, 820, 389.30 |
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