Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 3, 1889

Mr. Denby to Mr. Bayard.

Legation of the United States,
Peking , October 20, 1888. (Received November 30.)

No. 738.]

Sir: I inclose herewith an estimate of the population of China, prepared by the imperial maritime customs. It is based on the census of 1879 and 1882.

Official censuses in China are not entirely accurate.

I have, etc.,

Charles Denby.

[Inclosure in No. 738.]

Estimate of the population of China.

Districts.	Year.	Population.	Districts.	Year.	Population.
Manchuria	1872	6,000,000	Chekiang	1882	12,000,000
Chihli	1879	18,000,000	Shensi	1882	8,000,000
Shantung	1882	36,000,000	Fuh-kien	1879	52,000,000
Shansi	1882	12,000,000	Kwantung	1882	30,000,000
Honau	1882	22,000,000	Hunan	1882	21,000,000
Sz chuan	1882	68,000,000	Kiangsi	1882	24,000,000
Yunnan	1879	11,000,000	Kwangs	1879	5,000,000
Hupeh	1882	33,000,000	Kansuh	1879	5,000,000
Kiangsu	1882	21,000,000
Kwochow	1879	8,000,000	Total		413,000,000
Anhwei	1879	21,000,000