646 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814:. 



C Males.... 300,278? !„ i802_Total 591,060 

 Grodno . . . < Females . . 290,782 ^ ' 



( Same number repeated in the table for 1804 



^ Males .... 438,455 ) j^ 1803— Total 868,393 

 ^. , } Females ..429,938^ 



minsK < j^^^^g 431,586 ? In 1804— Total 858,526 



I Females . . 426,940 \ Difference 9,867 



{ J?^^^*, • • • • i^l'l^ I In 1803— Total 1, 083,536 

 V lU • J Females . . 519,836 ^ 

 voinynia . . < ^^j^^ 564,586 > In 1804— Total 1,086,768 



(Females ..522,182^ Difference 3,232 



r Males .... 555,499 ? j^ is03-Total 1.092,025 

 m 1 ,• jremales .. 536,526^ 



rocioiia . . . < ^j^jg^ 579,215 ) In 1804— Total 1,135,585 



t Females . . 556,370 \ Difference 44,060 



Total for 1803— Males 3,034,501 



Females 2,926,875 



Inhabitants 5,961,376 



Total forl804-Males 3,088,219 



Females 2,984,825 



Inhabitants 6,073,044 



According to these data the way. In the ministerial state- 

 population would have gained ments of 1803 and 1804 it is ob- 

 111,668; but it is more probable served, "The real number of in- 

 tliat this apparent augmentation is habitants is greater than is marked 

 the effect of repeated mistakes in in these statements ; for it has 

 the enumerations. The difference been found that the numbers given 

 between the statement of General by the governors do not much 

 Opperman in 1796, and the popu- exceed those which give only the 

 lation of 1804, is considerable, persons comprehended in the re- 

 amounting to 305,987. In ge- visions. We may safely add 20,000 

 neral the first enumerations give inhabitants to every government." 

 the smallest sums ; but in this If we add, then, for the seven 

 case we see the contrary. It is governments, 140,000, the total 

 propable that during the first years number in 1804 will be 6,213,044 '^ 

 there took place a silent emigra- which differs by 164,987 from 

 tion, similar to what happened in the number of inhabitants assigned 

 the Tauride, an event pretty com- in 1796. 



mon in countries newly occupied. From these data Austria appears 

 But the difference appears too to have in her Polish provinces, 

 great to be accounted for in this 



5,091,170 inhabitants 



Prussia 2,372'689 



Russia 6,213,044 



13,676,903 



