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Show POPULATION Of RUSSIA Great Empire Now Has 160,095,200, an increase in-crease of 33,199,000 St. Petersburg, Thursday, Juno 2 The population of the Russian empire, Including Finland, according to data collected by the government statistical statisti-cal department for 19o9, has reached lC0.0fl5.200, an Increase of Csl 99.000, or 2G.2 per cent slaco the last general gen-eral census In 1897 ; The proportions,' according lo races, is as follows: Russians, G5.3 per cent; Tartars. 10.0 per c-ut; Polish, f2 per cent (71.8 per tent in Folandl; Finnish, 4.5 per cent 86 7 per cent In Fiu-landt; Fiu-landt; Jewish 3.9 per cent; Lithuanian Lithuan-ian and Lettlfh, 2.4 per cent; German, Ger-man, 1.6 per cent; other nationalities, 5.3 per cent And 8C.5 per cent of the entire population Is engaged In agricultural agri-cultural pursuits, the urban population popula-tion numbering only 13.5 per cent. Figures on the proportion of the j sexes show an Increase of females only in European Russia and Finland, males predominating in Poland, the Caucasus and Siberia. |