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them more satisfied with their lot in the home country. 

 Notwithstanding that fewer posts of employment were 

 vacated by death and by emigration, the multitude of 

 posts created by the vast development that took place 

 in the industries and trade of Prussia demanded a 

 continually greater number of men to supply them, 

 and thus an increase of population proportionally 

 greater than had been made in any past decade was in 

 this decade called into being. 



THE NETHERLANDS 



There are one or two points in these tables which 

 may be adverted to. 



The second table tells us of a prosperous country 

 with a labour market constantly expanding. Though 



