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CHAPTER XXIII.

LOCAL ANNALS OF SANTA BARBARA DISTRICT.
1831-1840.

GAIN IN POPULATION PRESIDIAL ORGANIZATION MILITARY ITEMS SUMMARY OF EVENTS SANTA BARBARA IN THE POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES CHICO AND DURAN MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS OFFICIAL LlST SlJB-PREFEO TURE GRANTS OF PRIVATE RAXCHOS SANTA BARBARA MISSION STATISTICAL VIEW ANNALS OF SECULARIZATION SAN BUENAVENTURA FATHERS SUNER, URIA, AND FORTUNI POPULATION, AGRICULTURE, AND LIVE-STOCK MAJORDOMOS AND ADMINISTRATORS SANTA INES FATHER ARROYO DE LA CUESTA STATISTICS OF DECADENCE A GAIN IN CATTLE MODERATE PROSPERITY LOCAL HAPPENINGS LA PUPUSIMA CONCEPCION SECULARIZATION INVENTORIES.

THE population of Santa BaYbara district, not including San Fernando, which was legally within its jurisdiction, increased from 630 in 1830 to about 900 in 1840, so far as the meagre and contradictory records afford a basis for estimate.^[1] During the same period the ex-neophyte Indian population decreased from 4,400 to 1,550, the latter number including 750 in town and on the ranches, in addition to 800 still living in the ex-mission communities. Adding the totals of population for the three districts of San Diego, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara, we find that in

↑ July 1834, a pop. of over 1,000 is claimed for Sta Barbara; and the April padron is said to have shown 940, probably including Ind. except neophytes, and perhaps exaggerated to secure an ayuntamiento. Leg. Rec.., MS., ii. 58, 241, -243. The padron referred to is in St. Pap., Mis., MS., v. 45. Dec. 31, 1834, a padron which makes the pop. 792, including 414 adults, 378 children, 52 Ind., and 64 foreigners. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. P. y J., MS., vi. 1. An undated padron, possibly incomplete, shows a pop. of G 14 souls in the port and inmediaciones. Guerra, Doc., MS., i. 135. In June 1841 there were 262 men between the ages of 18 and 60 years. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. P. y J., MS., iv. 13. In July 1834 there were 9 Amer. married to natives, but not naturalized. Id., Ben. Mil., Ixxix. 112-13.

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[1] July 1834, a pop. of over 1,000 is claimed for Sta Barbara; and the April padron is said to have shown 940, probably including Ind. except neophytes, and perhaps exaggerated to secure an ayuntamiento. Leg. Rec.., MS., ii. 58, 241, -243. The padron referred to is in St. Pap., Mis., MS., v. 45. Dec. 31, 1834, a padron which makes the pop. 792, including 414 adults, 378 children, 52 Ind., and 64 foreigners. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. P. y J., MS., vi. 1. An undated padron, possibly incomplete, shows a pop. of G 14 souls in the port and inmediaciones. Guerra, Doc., MS., i. 135. In June 1841 there were 262 men between the ages of 18 and 60 years. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. P. y J., MS., iv. 13. In July 1834 there were 9 Amer. married to natives, but not naturalized. Id., Ben. Mil., Ixxix. 112-13.

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