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690 autumn of 1834. There was but slight loss in population or in live-stock down to 1834, though crops were very small; but later Indians, animals, and property of all kinds rapidly disappeared. The population was about three hundred in 1834; and in 1840 it had dwindled to about 70, with perhaps as many more scattered in the district. The debt was large, Soledad statistics 1831-4. Decrease in pop., 342 to about 300. Baptisms, 140, rather strangely including more than half adults; 54 in 1833, 26 in 1831. Deaths, 150; 50 in 1834, 26 in 1832. Increase in large stock, 5,000 to 6,200; horses and mules decrease 1,000 to 200; sheep, 5,257 to 5,000. Largest crop, 1,890 bush. in 1832; smallest, 784 (?) in 1834; average 1,200, of which 777 wheat, yield 10 fold; 253 barley, 7 fold; 84 maize, 25 fold; 21 beans, 8 fold; 58 miscell. grain, 6 fold.

Statistics of 1835-40. June 30, 1835, delivered to govt for national rancho in the past year, $1,513, and for the colony, $222. Dept. St. Pap., B. M., MS., lxxx. 11. Inventory of Aug. 12, 1835; credits, $412; buildings, $1,764; implements, furniture, effects, etc., $3,234; church property (church, $85, ornaments, etc., $3,347, library of 51 vol., $186) $3,618; ranchos, with live-stock and produce, $31,366; total, $47,297 (should be $40,394). St. Pap., Miss., MS., v. 57. Dec. 31, 1836, inventory without valuation, including a vineyard with 5,000 vines; ranchos of S. Lorenzo, S. Vicente, and S. Fernando; 3,246 cattle, 32 horses, 2,400 sheep; credits, $556, debts $677. Id., viii. 39-41. 1837. Salary list $1,240. Id., 43. Administrator's account for the year, dr $2,792, cr $2,750, balance on hand $42. Id., 46. 1838. Admin. acct, dr $1,065, cr $929, on hand $136; also 1,306 animals, great and small. Id., 47. Pop. Dec. 31st, 168 souls. Id., 48. 1839. Jan.-Aug., equal receipts and expend., no balance. Id., 44-5. Feb., credits $556, debts $88. Id., 46. March, due to employés, $1,587. Id., 77. May, June, excess of receipts over expend., $54. Id., ix. 73-4. May. 544 cattle, 32 horses, 900 sheep. Id., 74. Aug. 8th, Hartnell's census and inventory; pop., 78; 45 cattle, 25 horses, 865 sheep, 1 mule, 1 ass, 156 fan. barley. Diario, MS., 28. Nov., debts $1,297. ''Pico, Pap. Mis.,'' MS., 47-51.

Statistics of 1791-1834. Total of baptisms, 2,222, of which 1,235 Ind. adults, 924 Ind. children, 63 children de razon; annual average 50. Total of marriages 682, of which 11 de razon. Total of deaths 1,803, of which 1,207 Ind. adults, 574 Ind. children, 9 and 13 gente de razon; annual average 40; average death rate 9 per cent. of pop. Largest pop., 725 in 1805; males always in excess of females, sometimes greatly so; children from ⅓ to ⅒. Largest no. of cattle, 6,599 in 1831; horses, 1,257 in 1821; mules, 80 in 1807; sheep, 9,500 in 1808; swine, 90 in 1814; all kinds, 16,551 animals in 1821. Total product of wheat 64,254 bush., yield 12 fold; barley 13,956 bush., 16 fold; maize 18,240 bush., 90 fold; beans, 2,260 bush., 11 fold; miscell. grains, 13,012 bush., 27 fold.

Record of events, etc. 1831. Status under Echeandía's decree, not carried out; Tiburcio Castro comisionado. This vol., p. 306-7. 1833. Election of an Ind. ayuntamiento. ''Arch. Arzob.,'' MS., v. pt 1, p. 375. 1834. The padre reported destitute of means, and leading a hermit's life. Soledad was to be a parish of 21 class. This vol., p. 348. 1835. Secularization by Nicolás Alviso, who was majordomo and perhaps comisionado; also alcalde auxiliar. 1836. José M. Aguila succeeded Alviso at a date not given, and on Dec. 31st was succeeded by Salvador Espinosa, salary $500; José Ant.