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each other expenditure item increases in amount with groups of towns 

 of greater population. Yet the effect of population is not equal on 

 each kind of expenditure to the extent that such items retain their 

 relative proportion of the whole. For towns with a population of 

 less than 400, expenditures for school purposes are 27.7 percent of 

 the total expenditures, whereas for towns with a population of 1,000 

 and over such expenditures comprise 36.0 percent of the total. Like- 

 wise, expenditures for protection are proportionately greater for towns 

 of larger than average population. On the contrary, expenditures for 

 highways and for general administration comprise a smaller percent- 

 age of total expenditures in towns of greater population. "All other" 

 expenditures are affected by variation in population in approximately 

 the same manner. 



Density of Population 



The relation of density of population to the ^'mounts and per- 

 centage distribution of expenditures is similar to the relation of popu- 

 lation per town, except that the changes are somewhat less pro- 

 nounced (Table 8). Net expenditures for education are 26.3 percent 

 of total expenditures in towns with less than 10 persons per square 

 mile, but constitute 37.6 percent of the total expenditures for towns 



Table 8. Relation of Density of Population per Town to the Amount and 

 Distribution of Expenditures 



