Total land area of California__--_. Consisting of: LAND.* Acres 99,617,280 National forests (not including private lands within them) 18,418,643 Unappropriated public lands (July 1, 1919) -- Indian reservations State school lands (December 31, 1919)_ Private timber holdings.. Miscellaneous Farm lands 20,239,977 463,041 745,798 4,555,941 27,262,436 27,931,444 99,617,280 *Taken from official reports of U. S. Government, State Surveyor General, Federal Census, and Federal Irrigation Manager. NOTE.-Japanese holdings include lands owned, leased, or under contract of purchase by corporations controlled by Japanese. The following table gives the registered births of all races in California, together with percentage of each for the years 1910 to 1920: REGISTERED BIRTHS IN CALIFORNIA. Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health, 1910 to 1919. The above table shows decrease in births of whites from 96.13 per cent of the total in 1910 to 90.93 per cent of the total in 1920. The figures also show an increase in Japanese births from 2.24 per cent of the total in 1910 to 7.40 per cent of the total in 1920. BIRTH RATE. Concerning the subject of birth rate the Japanese had the following to say in their written memorial to the President of the United States prepared by the Japanese Association of America (in California) during the President's last trip to the Coast in 1919: "Of late, much eloquence has been spent in condemning the Japanese birth rate. It is alleged that the Japanese power of fecundity is notoriously high, furnishing ground for the fear that the Japanese will become the dominating race in California. The white races will be driven from the land. Hence the terrible "yellow peril"! †Includes other races. |