i8o Noliccs refpeSlng New Books. 



ftate of the fcicnce of chemiftry, and beftowed a proper de- 

 gree of attention on the praftical fafts and applications, which 

 ferve to illiiftrate and eftablifli its general principles. 



A Stahjl'ical Account of the Population and Cultivation, Pro- 

 duce and Co7ifumption of England and Wales, compilcdfrom 

 the Accounts laid before the Houfe of Commons and the Re- 

 ports of the Board of' Agriculture ; together luitb Ohferva- 

 tions thereupon, and Hints for the Prevention of a future 

 Scarcity. J5y BENJAMIN PiTTS Capper. 8vo. Kearf- 

 ley. 1801. 



THE title of the prefent work very well defcribes its na- 

 ture, and renders it unneceflary for us to fay anv thing re- 

 fpefting it, further than that it is an interefting httle work. 

 The following fumniary is extratled from it : 

 The total number of population appears to be - 9,500,000 

 Number of inhabitants in the capital - - 715,003 

 Number of pari flies, churches, and chapels 

 in England - 10,500 



in Wales - i,ioo 11,600 



Number employed in agriculture - - 137375675 



Number as tradcfmen \ Wales, - 55,887 7 q < e 



and mechanics - \ England 1,840,598 \ ^^^90>4o5 

 Number of families - _ _ _ 1,917,233 



Number of pcrfons to each family - - 41 



Number of houfes inhabited _ _ _ 1,598,278 

 Number of perfons to each inhabited houfe 5I 



Number of houfes uninhabited - - - 58,962 



So that there appear buildings fufEcient to 



contain perfons - _ . 430,187 



But by making an allowance of 45,000 houfes, 

 that we may fuppoie will be occupied by 

 250,000 perfons, when the army and navy 

 are reduced to a peace eftablifliment, the 

 number of uninhabited houfes will then 

 remain - _ . _ _ - 13,963 



The number of marriages appear to be an- 

 nually - - - - 1 in 134 



We underftand that Dr. Gruber is at prefent engaged in 

 tranflating C. Guylon's traft on the means of dis-infecting 

 the air, pre\'enting contagion, and checking its progrefs; 

 which will appear in a few days. 



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