REFERENCE TABLES. Leading Cities of the United States. CITIES. A 1890. d 1860. New York, N. Y. 1} 1,515,301 1 | 805,658 Chicago, II. 2| 1,099,850 9 | 109,260 Philadelphia, Pa. 3| 1,046,964 || 2) 565,529 Brooklyn, N. Y. . 4} 806,348 3 | 266,661 St. Louis, Mo. 5) 451,770 8} 160,773 Boston, Mass. 6| 448,477 5| 177,840 Baltimore, Md. 7| 434,489 4| 212,418 San Francisco, Cal. . 8| 298,997 |] 15] 56,802 Cincinnati, Ohio . 9} 296,908 7 | 161,044. Cleveland, Ohio . 10| 261,353 || 21] 48,417 Buffalo, N. Y. 11| 255,664} 10) 81,129 New Orleans, La. .{12) 242,039 6 | 168,675 Pittsburg, Pa. . 13) 238,617 || 17] 49,217 Washington, D.C. . .|14/ 230,392] 14] 61,122 Detroit, Mich. .|15} 205,876 | 19] 45,619 Milwaukee, Wis. . {16} 204,468] 20] 45,246 Newark, N. J. 17| 181,830) 11] 71,941 Minneapolis, Minn.. .|18| 164,738 ]/109| 2,564 Jersey City, N. J. .|19]| 163,003 ]} 28] 29,226 Louisville, Ky. .|20} 161,129} 12] 68,033 Omaha, Neb. . ./21) 140,452 |}141/ 1,883 Rochester, N. Y. .|22) 183,896] 18] 48,204 St. Paul, Minn. ./23| 133,156] 73! 10,401 Kansas City, Mo. 24| 132,716] 97] . 4,418 Providence, R. I. © .|25] 182,146 || 16] 50,666 Denver, Colo. . 26; 106,713 || 96} 4,749 Indianapolis, Ind. 27; 105,486 |) 46] 18,611 Allegheny, Pa. 28) 105,287 || 30} 28,702 Leading Foreign Cities. Ciry. London (1891) Paris (1891) Canton (1890) Berlin (1890) Tokyo (1890). Vienna (1891) St. Petersburg (1889) . Peking (1890) Constantinople (1885) . Calcutta (1891) Bombay (1891) Rio Janeiro (1892) . COUNTRY. . England. . France . China . Germany . Japan Austria . Russia China Turkey . . India. . India. . Brazil POPULATION. . 4,211,060 . 2,447,960 . 1,600,000 . 1,578,790 . 1,389,680 . 1,364,540 . 1,003,310 . 1,000,000 873,560 840,130 804,470 800,000 Crry. Moscow (1888) Glasgow (1891) . Hamburg (1890) Buenos Ayres (1890) | Liverpool (1891) Budapest (1891) Manchester (1891) . Melbourne (1891) . Rome (1891)... Amsterdam (1891) . Cairo (1890) Sydney (1891) Mexico (1890). Edinburgh (1891) Dublin (1891) Montreal (1891). Havana (1887) Pernambuco (1892) Yokohama (1890) . Valparaiso (1891) Lima (1891) Cape Town (1891) . Geneva (1893) Parg (1892) . . Vera Cruz (1890) Rivers and River Basins. RIVER. Amazon . Kongo Nile . ; Mississippi — . Missouri . La Plata Yang-tse-Kiang Volga “ Ganges . : St. Lawrence . Danube . Orinoco . Columbia Colorado Average Heights of Plateaus. Tibet . Bolivia Mexico Abyssinia Great Basin . ‘Gobi Brazil . Switzerland . 119 COUNTRY. POPULATION. . Russia 798,740 . Scotland 618,470 . Germany 569,260 . Argentine Rep'lic, 561,160 . England. 517,950 . Hungary 506,380 . England. 505,340 . Victoria . 490,900 . Italy 436,180 . Holland . 426,910 . Egypt . . 390,000 . New South Wales, 388,390 . Mexico . 829,540 . Scotland 264,800 . Iveland . 245,000 . Canada . 216,650 . Cuba . 198,270 . Brazil 190,000 . Japan 127,990 . Chile. 115,000 . Peru. . 104,000 . Cape Colony 84,000 . Switzerland 78,000 . Brazil 65,000 . Mexico . 24,000 AREA OF BASIN, LENGTH SQUARE MILEs, IN MILEs. 2,500,000 4,000 1,500,000 3,000 1,400,000 4,000 1,250,000 4,200 1,250,000 2,300 500,000 3,300 500,000 2,300 450,000 1,800 350,000 2,000 300,000 2,000 800,000 1,500 250,000 1,400 250,000 1,100 FEET. 14,000 12,000 8,000 7,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000