TH \D OF TO-DAY. 



betwec ;iges of 20 ai only 44 men 



>i women were married. It is the effi- 



youth of the country 



who ;in < to obtain oppor- 



s for bettering thcniM-lvcs in the greater 



h they find in the United Stat 

 aajority go out as unskilled labour 

 18,343 men, 658 were farmers, and 13,359 

 >urers; of. \vomen, 15, 63 8 are described 



Nor does the composition of the population 



remaining in the old country show any feature 



conomic youth and strength. To every 



100,000 the number of those under 20 years of age 



of those from 20 to 55 years of age, 



44,789, and of those over 55 years of age, 14,259. 



of ages is not unlike that of the 



pulation: it shows a small proportion of 



youthful classes (303 under 15 years pen,ooo 



in Irvluul, j02 in France, but 351 in Germany), 



c proportion of persons over 60 years 



ige (Ireland 105 per 1,000, France 125, but 



lany only 80). 



If we look at the births and deaths we find 



births figure set down at 23*0 per 1,000 of 



population, as against 18-2 for the deaths. 



During the Census year (1901) there occurred 



100,976 births and 79,119 deaths. But this 



not unfavourable circumstn' 



1 Emigration Statistics, 1901. Irish Emigration is dis- 

 cussed in detail by Karl Rathgcn, "Englische Auswanderung 

 and Auswanderungspolitik." 



