64 StalisticSi 



lection cotisists of medals struck in honour of the czars^ with 

 the legends cither in the Russian or Tartarian tongues. Most 

 of them are in silver, and of an oval form. 



STATISTICS. 



In the course of the year 1S03 the births at Petersburgh 

 vere 363d males and 3289 females, in all 6925 children, of 

 ■whom 339 were born out of wedlock, and 10 wej'c stillborn. 

 The den,ths were 4578 males and 504-1 females, in all 9622. 

 Among this number were 1515 bovs, and 1294 girls, of 

 whom 1809 died before their third year, 204 had attained 

 to the age of eighty, 3G to ninety, and 1 to a hundred. It 

 was obseiTed that the greatest number of deatlis took place 

 in the months of August and December, and that there 

 were very few in April and September. The number of 

 marriaaci was 1360; of these 1042 were between young 

 persons who had never before entered into the state of ma- 

 trinionv; 117 between young men and widows; 116 be- 

 tween widowers and young women ; 77 between widowers 

 and widows, and 8 after divorces. It has been remarked 

 also, that in this city the two first years of life are more 

 dangerous to bovs than to girls, so that in the course of 

 that period the proportion has been five males for one fe- 

 male. The births this vear were 763 fewer than in 1802; 

 those of illegitimate children were greater by 03, and the 

 number of the marriages was IcSs bv 70. 



'Ihe following comparative statement of the present po- 

 pulation of some of the principal cities of Europe, is ex- 

 tracted from a paper lately read before the academy of 

 sciences at Berlin, by JNI. Langhans, director of buildings 

 to his Prussian majesty. 



According to the author's researches, Berlin occupies a 

 surface of 751832 S(]uare perches, and contains 173652 in- 

 habitants, and 6iS4 houses; London 1176S72 square 

 perches, 1035000 inhabitants, 25000 houses*; Paris 

 1601644 square perches, 700000 inhabitants, 24000 houses; 

 Petersburgh 2112668 square perches, 223000 inhabitants, 

 5000 houses; Vienna 894448 t^quare perches, 230000 in- 

 habitants, 5(J<10 houses; Amsterdam 460832 square perches, 

 £50000 inhabitants, 7000 houses ; Stockholm 463880 



* Afcoiding to the po^iulation abstrsct prepared in i?oi by act of pa'- 

 I'nmcr.r, [in: iniiabit-tnu ot London and VVtatminsttr amount to 864^45, 

 t' e iidiLibitid liousts to izi22y, and tbe uninliahilcd bouses to C1S5. 

 Of the houses, i46i;7 inhibiieil, and lo8b uniuhiibittd, are not wiihia 

 tht Uili, of niorulity. Edit. 



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