FOREWORD 



This is the second in a series of bulletins dealing with the 

 effects of changes in the number and location of people in New 

 Hampshire. The first study in the series entitled Trends and Char- 

 acteristics, Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 413, is avail- 

 able on request to Mail Service, University of New Hampshire, 

 Durham, New Hampshire. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



We are particularly obligated to Miss Marian Maloon of the 

 Division of Vital Statistics, State Department of Health, New 

 Hampshire, for providing access to vital statistics of the State and 

 for helpful cooperation. We are also indebted to Mrs. Shirley 

 Purington for her patience and agility in computational exercises. 



This is a contribution to the North East Regional Studies on 

 Population, NE 31, and is financed in part by Research and 

 Marketing funds. 



August 1956 



