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present Congress can readily furnish the figures precisely 

 showing the comparative rate. 

 The population of France was, in 



1801 27,349,003 



1821 30,461,875 



1831 32,569,223 



1841 34,230,178 



1851 35,283,170 



1861 37,472,132 



&quot;Being about 37 per cent, in the 60 years. It does not 

 include Algeria, which has a European population of 

 192,746. 



&quot;The population of Prussia has increased since 1816, as 

 follows : 



1816 10,319,993 



1822 11,664,133 



1834 13,038,970 



1849 16,296,483 



1858 17,672,609 



1861.- 18,491,220 



1840 14,928,503 



&quot;Being at the rate of 79 per cent, in 45 years. 

 &quot; The population of England and Wales was, in 



1801 9,156,171 



1811 10,454,529 



1821 12,172,664 



1831 14,051,986 



1841 16,035,198 



1851 18,054,170 



1861 20,227,746 



&quot;Showing an increase of 121 per cent, in 60 years, 

 against an increase in the United States in 60 years, of 

 593 per cent. 



&quot;The natural and inevitable result of this great increase 

 of population, enjoying an ample supply of fertile land, is 

 seen in a corresponding advance in the material wealth of 

 the people of the United States. For the purpose of State 

 taxation, the values of their real and personal property are 

 yearly assessed by officers appointed by the States. The 

 assessment does not include large amounts of property held 

 by religious, educational, charitable, and other associations, 

 exempted by law from taxation, nor any public property of 



