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ber was equal to 146 per 1,000 births, it was a 

 lower rate than in any year since 1862. There 

 were 124,059 deaths of persons above 60 years 

 old, or 68.3 per 1,000 persons of such age esti- 

 mated to be living; in 1874 and 1875, the ratios 

 were 72 and 77.5 respectively. The deaths in 

 England and Wales in 1876 from the 7 prin- 

 cipal zymotic diseases were 73,217, or 6,042 

 fewer than in the preceding year ; the rate of 

 this mortality in 1876 was equal to 3 per 1,000, 

 and had been 3.8, 2.9, 3.6, and 3.3 in the four 

 preceding years. There were 21,527 deaths 

 from diarrhoea, 16,643 from "scarlet fever," 

 10,372 from "fever," 9,884 from whooping- 

 cough, 9,551 from measles, 2,822 from diph- 

 theria, and 2,418 from smallpox. The fatal 

 cases of smallpox and measles were more nu- 

 merous in 1876 than in 1875, but those from 



each of the 5 other diseases declined. The 

 Eegistrar-General considered that the steady 

 decline in the prevalence of fever (including 

 typhus, enteric, and simple) afforded most satis- 

 factory evidence of sanitary progress. The 

 annual death-rate from fever, which in the 6 

 years 1870-'75 had steadily declined from 79 to 

 52 per 100,000 persons living, further declined 

 to 43 in 1876. The rate of mortality in 1876 

 was 22.3 per 1,000 in London, 23.1 in the "West 

 Eiding of Yorkshire, but 26 per 1,000 in Lan- 

 cashire. In the whole of England and Wales, 

 excluding Lancashire, the death-rate was but 

 20.3 per 1,000. In equal numbers living 128 

 persons died in Lancashire in 1876, to 100 in 

 the rest of England and Wales. 



The number of emigrants from the United 

 Kingdom during the years 1853-'76 was : 



The number of emigrants from the United The revenue and expenditure for the year 

 Kingdom in 1876 was as follows: ending March 31, 1877, were as follows: 



The following table gives the population of 

 the principal cities in July, 1876, according to 

 the estimates of the Eegistrar-General : 



1. London. 



(1877) 8,583,481 



2. Glasgow 545,144 



3. Liverpool 521,544 



*877) 527,083 



. ( Manchester. . . 857,917 



*"iSalford 13&425 



(1877; 500,397 



5 Birmingham.... 871,839 



(1877) 877,436 



6. Dublin 814,666 



7. Leeds 291,580 



8. Sheffield 274,914 



9. Edinburgh 



10. Bristol 



11. Bradford 



215,146 

 199,539 



12. Newcastle - on - 



Tyne 189,929 



18. Dundee 139125 



14. Hull 136,988 



15. Portsmouth 124. 867 



16. Leicester 113.581 



17. Sunderland 108,843 



18. Brighton 100.682 



19. Aberdeen 96,499 



20. Nottingham 93,627 



21. Oldham 88,609 



22. Norwich 88,480 



28. Wolverhampton.. 72,549 



24. Plymouth 72,230 



25. Greenock 70.192 



173,723 26. Leith 52,919 



27. Paisley 48,679 



The receipts and expenditures from 1871- 

 1877 were as follows: 



The principal items under the head of mis- 

 cellaneous were : Profits of issue from the Bank 

 of England, 138,578 ; from the Egyptian Gov- 

 ernment, 139,110; fees, etc., of public offices, 

 762,918; receipts by naval and military de- 

 partments, 902.536; contributions from In- 

 dian revenue, 898,357; receipts by civil de- 

 partments, 481.534; receipts by revenue de- 

 partments, 356,097; interest on public loans, 

 654,572. 



EXPENDITURES. Amount. 



1 . Public debt 27.992.884 



2. Consolidated fund 2,495.088 



8. Civil service 18.333.S51 



4. ArmyandNavy 27.2SP.117 



5. Charges on the" revenue 7,917.857 



Total ordinary expenditures 



Hospital and School in Greenwich. 

 Exchequer bonds, principal 



W.025.227 

 143.049 

 700.000 



Total 79,868,27 



The principal items under the head of civil 

 service were : Justice, 4,900,246, and public 

 instruction, arts, and sciences, 3,182,920. 



The public debt of Great Britain was as fol- 

 lows at each of the periods mentioned : 



