376 Proportion of the Sexes, 
church of St. Paul, at Rome, without the enclosure, 
height 38 feet 4inches. 7th. The columns near the Baths 
of Dioclesian, and those of Caracalla now placed at Flo- 
rence, near the pont Trinité, of the same height as the 
preceding. Rev. Encyc. 
To these may be added a beautiful columnof white 
marble about 40 feet Jong, taken from a quarry on the 
south side of the Alps, and coe lying by the side of the 
Simplon Road ; it was destined by Napoleon for the or- 
- namental ater terepoa of Milan. 
12. Bibliotheque Royale, de Paris. —This library con- 
tained in 1791, only 150,000 volumes; at present it @ 
includes more than 450,000. In 1783, it numbered ; 
only 2,700 port-folios of engravings, and now there are 
<5,700. So annual increase is 6,000, French works, and 
ich permits us to hope that in fifty years, 
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mag een: ishment. a a have doubled i its cl 
and scientific treasures.— Idem. 
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13. Proportion of the Sexes. —From a careful examina- 
tion of the register of births in the city of Paris, from 1670 
to 1821, it appears that the number of male children is al- 
ways superior to that of females. The exact proportion 
during the last 77 years is 795,350 to 763,936, which is 
about. 26 to 25, or more accurately, 1041 to 1000. This 
includes foundlings, among which there are doubtless few- 
er male children enumerated than are actually born. | ak- 
ing this fact into consideration, the proportion will be as. ote 
1021. Similar observations have been made at London 
and Naples. In the former of these cities, the pro, 
of males to females is as 19 to 18, and in the latte ve t 
21. It appéars that in Paris the number of natura ral ch 
dren has been for some time on the increase. The number 
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7. The medium pec of maintenance e for each indiv! ; 
+ ali is s froes 110 to 123 francs per annum. ‘The number P 
