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TRINIDAD. 



say 20,445 as an average, we have the above-mentioned ratio of 

 1 birth per 31'64 inhabitants for the towns ; also, taking the col- 

 lective population of the rural districts at 49,555, and the yearly 

 average of births at 1,623, there results the aforesaid ratio of 1 per 

 30-53 for those districts. 



By referring to the above tables, we find that out of a grand 

 total of 13,619 births for the six years, there are 6,898 males and 

 6,721 females ; so that the males are to the females, as 100 is to 

 96, or, again, as 104 is to 100. 



No. 4. TABLE SHOWING THE RATIO or MALES AND FEMALES IN VARIOUS 

 COUNTRIES AND LOCALITIES. 



England I'd to 1 



France 1*04 1 



Paris 1-22 1 



United States ....... 1'04 1 



Hufeland pretends that the ratio of the sexes, for the whole 

 world, is as 21 males to 20 females, or as 1-05 and 1*00. Port 

 of Spain and San Fernando give the following relation : I'll 

 males and 1*00 females ; the rural districts, 1 male and 1-06 

 females, or 1,000 males to 1,006 females. This latter 

 result is somewhat contrary to what has been observed else- 

 where, the number of males being always greater than that of 

 females. 



A fact highly interesting in the history of population is, the 

 proportionate number of legitimate and illegitimate children. 

 To the registrar of Port of Spain I am indebted for the follow- 

 ing returns : 



TABLE No. 6. 



The respective numbers of legitimate and illegitimate children 

 being 615 and 837, the ratio is 1 legitimate child to 1-36 ille- 

 gitimate ; or, again, 100 legitimate to 136 illegitimate children. 



