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papers will not allow me to take up more than three of our largest cities, and I have selected those which have had the largest experience and for which I could most readily study the facts. The population by wards of the cities of New York and Philadelphia for 1870, 1880, and 1890, and for Boston for 1880 and 1890, is shown in the following tables:

New York.

Wards.	1870.	1880.	1890.
First	14,463	17,939	11,123
Second	1,312	1,608	929
Third	3,715	3,582	3,765
Fourth	23,748	20,995	17,809
Fifth	17,150	15,845	12,385
Sixth	21,153	20,196	23,119
Seventh	44,818	50,066	57,366
Eighth	34,913	35,879	31,220
Ninth	47,609	54,596	54,425
Tenth	41,431	47,554	57,596
Eleventh	64,230	68,778	75,426
Twelfth	47,496	81,800	245,046
Thirteenth	33,364	37,797	45,884
Fourteenth	26,436	30,171	28,094
Fifteenth	27,587	31,882	25,339
Sixteenth	48,359	52,188	49,134
Seventeenth	95,365	104,837	103,158
Eighteenth	59,593	66,611	63,270
Nineteenth	86,090	158,191	231,864
Twentieth	75,407	86,015	84,327
Twenty-first	56,703	66,536	63,619
Twenty-second	71,349	111,606	156,859
Twenty-third	. . . . . .	28,338	53,948
Twenty-fourth.	. . . . . .	13,288	20,137
Total	942,292	1,206,299	1,515,301

Philadelphia—Population by Wards.

Wards.	1870.	1880.	1890.
First	25,817	43,082	53,882
Second	30,220	28,498	31,563
Third	19,149	18,274	19,925
Fourth	20,852	18,854	20,384
Fifth	18,736	16,372	16,987
Sixth	12,064	10,004	8,712
Seventh	31,558	31,080	30,179
Eighth	22,286	19,547	16,971
Ninth	16,629	12,481	9,791
Tenth	23,312	23,362	21,514
Eleventh	14,845	12,929	12,953
Twelfth	15,171	14,690	14,170
Thirteenth	19,956	18,646	17,923
Fourteenth	22,643	22,353	20,737
Fifteenth	44,620	47,866	52,705
Sixteenth	19,256	17,802	17,087
Seventeenth	21,347	20,451	19,546
Eighteenth	26,366	29,358	29,164
Nineteenth	45,240	43,887	55,545