XXXVI. NATURAL INCREASE OF POPULATION-MEAN ANNUAL RATES OF INCREASE BY EXCESS OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS, PER 1,000 LIVING, 1881–1908 [Registrar General's Report, England, 1908] STEAM TONNAGE (100 TONS GROSS AND UPWARDS) AND NUMBER OF VESSELS OF THE PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES The sail tonnage of the world has decreased from 21,190 vessels of 9,166,279 net tons in 1890 to 8,050 vessels of 4,624,070 net tons in 1910. II. NATIONAL STATISTICS I. POPULATION CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY RACE, AND BY NATIVITY, 1900, 1890 II. POPULATION CLASSIFIED BY RACE AND NATIVITY OF PARENTS, 1900, 1890 VI. NUMBER AND ACREAGE OF FARMS. IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED, 1850-1900 NOTE. The agricultural census of 1910, not yet completed, will show that, whereas the present value of all farm property in the United States is approximately $50,000,000,000, compared with a little more than $20,000,000,000 in 1900, the total acreage has declined. The total value of farm land, buildings and implements has increased enormously compared with values disclosed in the census of 1900. The wages paid for farm labor are said to show a general increase of about 50 per cent. |