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Secondly, as to the proportion of females. This is known to be 

 much less in the class of emigrants than it is in the whole popula- 

 tion, of which the following table affords illustrations : 



Emigrants from the. United Kingdom to Quebec in 1834 and 1837. 



Children. 

 Years. Males. Females. under 14. Total. 



1834 . . 13.5G5 9,687 7,681 30,933 



1837 . . 11,740 6,079 4,082 21,901 



Total . . 25,305 15,766 11,763 52,834 



Thus showing, that the females over fourteen were about 30 

 per cent of the whole number. But inasmuch as the females 

 between sixteen and forty-five constitute but about 19 per cent of 

 the whole population, and as a very small proportion of the 

 female immigrants are over forty-five, if we make a deduction for 

 the excess, and also for the number between fourteen and sixteen 

 years of age, (which does not exceed 2i per cent of the whole 

 number,) we shall find the proportion of women within the child- 

 bearing ages greater with the emigrant class than with the whole 

 population. Thus : 



The proportion of women over 14, was . 29.8 percent. 



Deduct the proportion over 45, suppose . 2. 



That between 14 and 16 . . . 2.5 4.5 " 



The proportion between 16 and 45 . . 35.3 " 



£• After making some deduction for the decrease of this proportion, 

 the number of females under sixteen not being sufficient to keep up 

 the number of marriageable women, we should be justified in esti- 

 mating the average increase of the emigrants for the ten years at 

 20, instead of 16 per cent. 



Applying these principles, and dividing the supposed number of 

 emigrants in the two first decennial terms (120.000) into 50,000 for 

 the first term, and 70,000 for the second, the number, with their in- 

 crease at each term, would be as follows : 

 From 1790 to 1800 — number of emigrants . 50.000 

 Increase, 20 per cent on 40,000 . 8,000 



From 1800 to 1810— number of emigrants . 70.0U0 

 Increase, 20 per cent on 60,000 . 12,000 



58,000 

 82,000 



