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EIGHTH REPORT — 1838. 



race. This paper also related the laws of New Zealand relating to land, 

 and very minutely detailed the moral, social, and political condition of 

 the white settlers, the progress of commerce, and more especially, the 

 exports and imports of the Bay of Islands. 



Statistical Report of the Parish of Bellingham in Northumberland. 

 By W. H. Charlton. 



This report comprised a detailed reply to the statistical queries put 

 forth by the Society in London. 



(See Statistical Journal for November 1838.) 

 The following are extracts : — 



The Population in 1811 was 1232 Increase per cent. 



1821 .. 1396 13A 



1831 .. 1460 41 



State of Education — Parish of Bellingham. 



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On the Statistics of Ramsbottom. By P. M'Dowall. 



The following are extracts : — Hotises : No. of cottages, 309 ; with 

 good furniture, 294 ; with bad, 15 ; with one bedroom, 137 ; with two, 

 172. Several of these families numbered from 2 to 13 persons. Fa- 

 milies: males, Q68; females, 1032;— total 20C0 : married, 28.5; and 

 having no children, 5. No. of widows, 24. Lodgers : males, 50; fe- 

 males, 33;— total 83. Ages: above 50, 81; 60, 28; 70, 11; 80, 3. 

 Total number who receive wages, 1134. Total number who could 

 read, 1319. Total number who could write, 531. 



