VITAL STATISTICS: — POPULATION; BIETHS; DEATHS; 

 EMIGEATION; METEOROLOGY; IMPORTATIONS OP 

 GRAIN; SALES OF BRITISH WHEAT; PRICES OF 

 CORN, &c.; AND PAUPERISM. 



\The facts are derived cldefly from the Eeports of the Registrar-General ; 

 the Meteorological Heports of Mr. Glaisher; the Beturns of the Board 

 OF Trade, and the Inspector-General of Imports and Exports.] 



Population of tlie United Kingdom, estimated to the middle of the 

 3'ear 18G7 (exclusive of islands in the British seas) : — 



Males 14,548,808 



Females 15,608,431 



Total 30,157,239 



England. Scotland. Ireland. 



Males ., .. 10,365,688 1,496,329 2,686,791 

 Females.. .. 11,063,820 1,674,440 2,870,171 



Total .. 21,429,508 3,170,769 5,556,962 



ENGLAND AND WALES. 



Births and Deaths In the first six months of 1867. 



Births in Winter quarter (January, February, March), 195,455. 

 Annual birth-rate to 100 living — Winter, 3-713 ; average,* 3-663. 



Births in Spring quarter (April, May, June), 199,649. Annual 

 birth-rate to 100 living — Spring, 3-742; average,* 3-619. 



Deaths in Winter quarter (January, February, March), 134,254. 

 Annual death-rate to 100 living — Winter, 2-551 ; average,* 2-551. 



Deaths in Spring quarter (April, May, June), 112,523. Annual 

 death-rate to 100 living — Spring, 2-109 ; average,* 2-218. 



The mortality per cent, in the districts of England that comprise 

 the Chief Towns was 2-732 in the winter quarter; while that of 

 small towns and country parishes was 2-315. In the Spring the 

 rate of mortality declined in the large towns to 2*119, and in the 

 small towns and rural parts to 1-991. 



The returns in the Winter quarter were on the whole satisfactory. 



' * The averages are dra-wn from the cori'esponding -winters or springs in ten 

 years, 1857-66. 



VOL. III. — F. S. ^ A 4 



