182 TRINIDAD. 



No. 7. TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OP BIRTHS PER MONTH. 



By the above table, the months that exhibit the greatest num- 

 ber of births are the following : April, August, March, January, 

 July, and May ; and those the least, are October, December, and 

 February. In France, the months presenting the greatest number 

 of births, according to Villerme, are January, February, March, 

 and April, consequently those most favourable to conception are 

 June, July, May, and August. In Sweden, September exhibits 

 a greater, and June a less number of births. 



MARRIAGES. 



No. 8. THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF MARRIAGES THROUGH- 

 OUT THE SAME TERM OF SlX YEARS. 



Average for the first six years say, 360. 



Taking, as we have already done, the average number of 

 inhabitants at 70,000, we have one marriage for every 194-44 in- 

 habitants. In England, the ratio is 1 per 134. I have not 

 included, in the above calculation, the year 1854, which exhibits 

 1,625 marriages, or the rate of 1 marriage per 43 inhabitants, a 

 very startling result, if it could not be satisfactorily accounted for ; 



