ECONOMIC DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION. 



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fallen from 80.6 per cent, in 1841 to 60.4 per cent, in 1881, or progressively 

 thus : — 



the percentage of those otherwise engaged having risen in propoition from 

 about 20 per cent, to about 40 per cent. I shall try to show what propor- 

 tion of this increase in non-producers offers any compensation. It is divided 

 thus : — - 



Increase in Transport 

 Dealing 



Industrial Service 



Public and Professional Service 



Domestic Service 



Property Owning 



Decrease in Indefinite 



Per cent. 



17 

 2.2 



5-5 

 34 

 8.6 

 0.6 



22.0 

 1.8 



20.2 



The increase under Transport is connected with improvements in com- 

 mercial system, and is not to be objected to. Of that under Public and Pro- 

 fessional Service, which is very considerable, it is impossible to say much 

 without entering upon ground more political than economical. The items in 

 detail are as follow : — 



The soldiers in Ireland were omitted from the Census, 1847 . 



