The bureau of imn Wnaitntn migration has. during the past year. received many thousands of letters of inand Washington:quiry from States eastward. mainly fromthe Mississippi Valley States.desiring inforia0ion of New Mexico as to business chances. agricultural conditions. eliiuate. opportunities for profitable investment. etc.. which would indicate a growTerritories. Native. Foreign. ing interest in the Territory on the part of homeseekers. and the probability of a very considerable immigration in the near future. I deem it a safe estimate that the population of New Mexico is now about 175 000. exceeding by several Dakota ............................................................................. 83.382 51.795 thousand the number of people entitling it to admission to statehood. ontana ............................................. ....... 27.638 11.521 The apportionment bill of February 2. 1872 (volume 17. Statutes wMexico .................................................................... 111.514 8.01 at Large. page 28). provides that no State shall hereafter be admitted to the Union without the necessary population to entitle l 1it to at least one Representative.
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