PORTO RICO
Porto Rico was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1808, and has sineo had a Governor appointed from Washington. The country, however, has its own Senate and Assembly. The island stands to the east of the island of Haiti and Santo Domingo, which, together with Florida, were ravaged hy a hurricane almost exactly a year ago, the fatalities numbering 5000. . • The population of Porto Rico (1930) is 1,500,000, or 450 person per square mile. Roughly 1,000,000 of these are whites. San Juan, the largest town, has a population of 115,000.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 18, 14 September 1931, Page 3
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94PORTO RICO Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 18, 14 September 1931, Page 3
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