STATISTICS RELATING TO THE CITY.

Area of Boston, by Wards. – (In acres.)

(From the Engineering Department—Surveying Division.)

WARD. Land. Flats. Water. wo. . 1... . . . . . . . . . . . 1,188 163 159 1,510 38.4% 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 58 . . . . . . . . . . 415 57% 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 | . . . . . . . . . . 56 388 —25f 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 88 78 467 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 | . . . . . . . . . . 11 216 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 | . . . . . . . . . . 18 412 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 | . . . . . . . . . . 66 232 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 22 79 287 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 to 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 . . . . . . . . . . * 184 822 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 74 35 713 —6t 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 449 65 899 —65f 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 107 | . . . . . . . . . . 350 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 109 | . . . . . . . . . . 673 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 37 l. . . . . . . . . . 460 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,716 394 | . . . . . . . . . . 2,110 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 22. . . . . . . . . . . . 760 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,615 | . . . . . . . . . . 45 7,660 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,252 136 92 3,480 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,789 |. . . . . . . . . . 116 2,855 Total . . . . . . . 24,610 1,637 1,004 27,251 345

f Outside of harbor line.

Principal Islands in Boston Harbor.

Name. Area. Ownership. Remarks. Governor's Island. 72.0 acres|United States. . . . . Fort Winthrop. Castle Island . . . . . 21.6 “ { % “ . . . . . F or t Independence. Now under jurisdiction of Park Com’rs. Long Island Head. 43.5 “ § { “ . . . . . Lt.-house & Batteries. Lovell’s Island. . . . 71.1 “ ( (. “. . . . . . Gov't. Buoy Station. George's Island... 39.7 “ ( (. “. . . . . . Fort Warren. Rainsford Island. . . 17.4 “ |City of Boston. . . . House of Reformation. Purchased in 1871 for $40,000. Gallop's Island . . . . 25.1 “ & { % . Quarantine Station. Purchased in 1860 for $6,600. Long Island . . . . . . 172.0 “ “ { % ... Almshouse and IIospital. Purchased in 1885 for $164.600 10.5 acres of which were conveyed to the U. S. Government in 1900. Deer Island. . . . . . . 182.3 ** $ (, $ $ . |House of Correction. Conveyed to the inhabitants of Boston, . March 4, 1634–35. \ Apple Island. . . . . . 8.9 “ $ (, { % . |Purchased in 1867 for $3,750. Spectacle Island . . 61.4 “ N. Ward & Co. Thom p son's Is- o land . . . . . . . . . . . 146.5 “ |Boston Asylum and Farm School. Annexed Farm School for to Boston by Act of Indigent Boys. March 15, 1834. Little Brewster... 3.6 “ United States. . . . . Boston Light-house. Great Brewster . . . . 23.1 “ City of Boston....|Purchased in 1848 for $4,000. Outer Brewster... 17.5 “ |Benjamin Dean.

Name. Area. * Ownership. Remarks. ('alf Island . . . . . . . 17.1 acres J. S. Weeks. Little Calf Island. | 1.1 “ Green Island. . . . . . 18 ‘‘ |James Young. Moon Island. . . . . . 300 “ City of Boston. ... Taken by right of emi

ment domain in 1879. It constitutes the point of discharge of the Main Drainage System.

Population of Boston, 1638-1900.

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1675. l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 4,000 l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * : * * * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * * * I s s s e o e s e to o
1698. I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5vvv I • * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * - I - , , , , s , , , , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o
1704. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 6,750 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * , , , , , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1720. I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 11,000 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...l.......... *-l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1722. Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,567 l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l........ * * * * e o e o is g o o to o
1742. I TOWn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,882 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....l............l........ * * * * * * * * * * * * * e o
1752. Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,731 |... . . . * * * g : s e s a e e o so e o a e s is a e o 'o e = i e o e o e o e o e o a e s is so to e o e o e o a * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * s e e e
1765. Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,520 |... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,487 1,860 |, ... . . . . . . . * | * * * * * * * * * * * > 2,031
1775. Gen. Gage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,578 |... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...l..........l............!............l..........
1776. | Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,719 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,433 1,513 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
1781. | Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 10,000 |..........]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1,650 * 1,840 l. . . . . . . . . . . .l............ 1725
1784. | Province . . . . . * * * e s e s to * 15,870 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o e o e o e to o e 12,150 * 2,060 |......... to e g * * * * * * 1 1,340
1789. Town....... * e i e s s s a e s ∈ a s 1 17,880 to e o e o is e I & o os e e s so to a w s to g o e g o a to e I s e s e e to G & © to e o e o 'o o os e e o a s e o e e s s e a e a s e a e a s = e s a , s a s e e o e * * * * * | * * * * * * * e s m = | n e s is e e s e o e
1790. | United States, 18,320 18,038 282 |.... 282 © o o os e o e o se e o is & e e a e ∈ 2,226 1,722 |... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 1,583
1800. United States, 24,937 24,655 282 | . . . . . . . . . . 1282 | . . . . . e e s e e i e s e o e = e e o so o o 2,765 2,847 l. . . . . . . . . . . .l............ 2,751
1810. United States, 33,787 32,896 891 18 19 854 |... . . . . . . . . . 3,669 2,930 |............ 608 4,959
1820. United States, 43,298 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [..........l... to $ to to so e o 'o e 4,135 ,684 |............ 702 6,591
1825. City ... . . . . . . . 58,277 56,003 2,274 24 264 1,986 I. . . . . . . . . to go so I e g g g g g is to a to * * * * * | * a e e o e s s e e s e ] e o e s e e s e s = c s : * * * * * * * * g e
1830. United States, 61,392 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & e o & to 5,247 4,074 |........ * to 972 8,783
1835. City . . . . . . . . . . 78,603 72,057 6,546 607 44 5,595 |... . . . . * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * | * s s a e s e o e s s | s s e e s e o e s e s = | s = • , s , , s a e
1840. United States, 93,383 85,475 7,908 1,455 77 6,176 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,089 4,875 |............ 1,425 11,484
1845. City . . . . . . . . . . 114,366 99,036 15,330 5,018 292 10,020 |............ [......."...l.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [............l...... ...
1850. United States, 136,881 | 113,721 23,160 9,526 325 13,309 |............ 18,364 7,969 |............ 2,356 17,216
1855 - || State . . . . . . . . . 160,490 126,296 34,194 15,433 1 530 16,912 2 1,319 18,469 8,340 4,812 2,895 21,700
1860. United States, 177,840 | 133,563 44,277 18,356 1 1,000 24,921 |............ 25,137 9,769 6,310 3,375 25,065
1865 - State . . . . . . . . . 192,318 141,083 51,235 20,572 1 1,300 29,363 |............ 28,426 10,717 6,912 3,854 26,399
1870. United States, 250,526 138,781 | 111,745 23,816 1 1,700 89,215 [............ 34,753 2,261 8,686 4,967 28,323
1875. State . . . . . . . . . 341,919 || 140,669 201,250 27,420 1,927 | 1 54,147 |............ 50,429 15,788 11,783 6,200 33,556
1880. United States, 362,839 147,075 215,764 28,381 1,545 56,369 |............ } 57,123 117,890 14,032 6,693 33,731
1885 - | State ......... 390,393 || 147,138 243,225 29,280 2,139 61,534 |............ 5,968 20,717 17,424 8,523 37,673
1890. United States, 448,477 161,330 287,147 || 8 36,930 |.......... 66,791 |............ 78,411 29,638 24,997 12,032 38,348
1895. State . . . . . . . . 496,920 | 160,349 || 336,571 39,889 2,706 67,913 |............ 92,088 45,909 32,761 15,001 40,304
1900. United States, ,892 || 167,257 93,635 43,478 2,278 | f 67,809 |............ f 105,393 | f 77,483 f 37,263 19,279 40,652

1 Estimated. 2 Included in South Boston after 1855. 8 Including Islands.

f These figures are made up to cover the geographical area originally belonging to each subdivision, which had not been done in previous censuses. If the same territory be assigned to each division in 1900 as in 1895, the figures for 1900 would be South Boston, 70,161; Dorchester, 64,648; West Roxbury, 42,407 and Roxbury, 110,732 instead of those given in the table. See Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Public Document

No. 15, page 63.

Population of Boston.

The following table shows the population of Boston in 1885, 1890, 1895, with the legal and registered voters in the new wards of December 10, 1895:

OLD WARDS, NEw WARDS, RegisCENSUS OF CEN SUS OF 1895. Legal | tered WARD. Voters, Voters, WARD. New | New iss. isg0. 1895. |Males.|r. Total. ""W"

1........ 15,659 | 19,633 23,821 || 10,363 | 10,644 21,007 4,785 4,088 |........ 1 2........ 15,760 17,297 | 18,774 || 11,505 || 10,083 21,588 4,357 || 3,703 |........ 2. 3........ 12,328 || 13,094 | 13,943 6,841 7,102 || 13,943 3,538 || 3,047 |........ 3. 4. . . . . . . . 12,518 12,842 13,375 6,654 6,721 | 13,375 3,311 || 2,749 |........ 4 5........ 12,827 | 12,412 | 12,986 6,994 || 5,992 | 12,986 3,266 2,882 |........ 5. 6. . . . . . . . 17,256 | 18,447 | 18,194 || 14,805 || 13,055 27,860 4,190 || 3,527 |........ 6 7. . . . . . . . 12,038 || 13,145 | 12,965 9,049 || 7,924 16,973 4,237 || 3,057 |........ 7 8. . . . . . . . 11,986 13,026 13,990 || 12,143 10,987 23,130 5,173 || 3,587 |........ 8. 9. . . . . . . . 11,239 12,660 | 11,857 || 11,398 || 11,776 23,174 5,504 || 3,888 |........ 9 10. . . . . . . . 9,746 8,205 || 5,883 || 10,070 | 12,484 || 22,554 6,007 || 3,941 |........ 10. ll. . . . . . . . 17,863 21,660 25,729 7,375 12,555 19,930 4,886 3,751 |........ 11 12. . . . . . . . 13,845 | 12,585 | 10,748 9,188 12,403 21,591 5,731 || 3,802 . . . . . . . . . 12 13. . . . . . . . 22,547 22,375 wo 12,695 | 12,205 24,900 4,795 || 3,893 |........ 13 14. . . . . . . . 22,741 26,367 27,906 9,635 | 9,551 | 19,186 4,381 3,716 |........ 14 15. . . . . . . . 16,237 18,049 | 19,501 8,975 9,648 18,623 4,324 || 3,600 |........ 15. 16. . . . . . . 16,459 18,048 16,343 7,664 || 8,656 | 16,320 3,933 3,193 |........ 16 17. . . . . . . . 14,747 15,638 16,715 || 10,128 10,986 21,114 4,801 || 4,003 |.... . . . . 17 18. . . . . . . . 14,140 | 16,035 | 17,725 || 10,641 || 11,038 21,679 4,830 3,640 |........ 18 19. . . . . . . . 20,557 || 23,016 || 22,622 || 10,508 11,864 22,372 4,467 || 4,029 |... . . . . . 19 20........ 20,994 | 24,335 | 30,261 9,893 11,635 | 21,528 5,225 || 4,058 |........ 20 21. . . . . . . . 15,627 22,930 28,364 8,079 || 11,195 | 19,274 4,793 || 4,105 |........ 21 22. . . . . . ..| 15,838 20,011 || 26,012 || 10,445 || 11,844 22,289 4,879 3,999 |........ 22. 23. . . . . . . . 17,425 || 24,997 || 32,761 8,736 || 9,547 18,283 4,032 3,585 |........ 23 24. . . . . . . . 21,500 29,638 | 40,938 8,589 || 9,651 18,240 4,871 || 4,214 |...... ... 24 25........ 8,516 || 12,032 | 15,001 7,293 7,708 15,001 3,577 3,284 |........ 25 Total ...|390,393 |448,477 |496,920 ||239,666 |257,254 |496,920 || 113,393 || 91,341 .... Total

1 Legal voters are citizens with the constitutional qualifications to vote. * Registered voters are citizens registered as voters for the Municipal Election of 1895. These figures are furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners.