I860.] 



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the first duties of our government. It should not be left to the 

 peculiar views of the leaders in either Province, but should be 

 ■uniform for the whole Dominion, and enforced by sufficient 

 penalties. 



In the following tables, Vaudreuil and Soulangcs, having been 

 permanently removed to another registration district, are no longer 

 xepi'esented by averages. The population of the six counties was 

 ;81,291 in 1861, to which the average increase, viz., 2,938, is added 

 year by year. This alteration somewhat affects the averages as 

 previously given : — 



4. Montreal City: Returns of Baptisms and Fiineral 

 Services. 



5. Six adjacent Counties: Returns of Baptisms and 

 Funeral Services. 



