The Swiss Republic

Population and Soil, Census, 1888

Order.	Cantons.	Population.	Total area.	Productive.	Unproductive.
			Sq. km.	Sq. km.	Sq. km.
1	Zurich	339,014	1,724.7	1,616	108.7
2	Bern	539,305	6,889	5,385.7	1,503.3
3	Luzern	135,780	1,500.8	1,369	131.8
4	Uri	17,284	1,076	477.7	598.3
5	Schwyz	50,396	908.5	660.2	248.3
6	Unterwalden
	Obwald	15,032	474.8	399.4	75.4
	Nidwald	12,524	290.5	217.9	72.6
7	Glarus	33,800	691.2	448.6	242.6
8	Zug	23,120	239.2	194.3	44.9
9	Freiburg	119,562	1,669	1,469.6	199.4
10	Solothurn	85,720	783.6	717.8	65.8
11	Basel
	Stadt	74,247	35.8	30.4	5.4
	Landschaft	62,133	421.6	405.6	16
12	Schaffhausen	37,876	294.2	281	13.2
13	Appenzell
	Ausser-Rhoden	54,200	260.6	253.6	7
	Inner-Rhoden	12,906	159	144.4	14.6
14	St. Gallen	229,441	2,019	1,713.5	305.5
15	Grisons	96,291	7,184.8	3,851.6	3,333.2
16	Aargau	193,834	1,404	1,341.7	62.3
17	Thurgau	105,091	988	835.6	152.4
18	Ticino	127,148	2,818.4	1,880	938.4
19	Vaud	251,296	3,222.8	2,728.8	494
20	Valais	101,837	5,247.1	2,409.9	2,837.2
21	Neuchâtel	109,037	807.8	572.3	235.5
22	Genève	106,738	279.4	232.9	46.5
	Total	2,933,612	41,389.8	29,637.5	11,752.3

Money, Weights, Measures

Franc	Cents, 19.3.
One hundred centimes	One franc.
Metre, equal to	1.094 yards.
Kilometre, equal to	.621 mile.
Metric quintal, or metre centner, equal to	100 kilogrammes, or 2 cwt. nearly (1 cwt. 3 qrs. 24½ ƚbs.).
Square kilometre, equal to	.386 square mile.
Hectare, equal to	2½ acres nearly (2 acres, 1 rood, 35½ poles).
Centner, equal to about	110¼ ƚbs.
Cubic metre, equal to	1.308 cubic yards.
Litre, equal to	.88 quart.
Hectolitre, equal to	22 gallons.