DcducUons from Bills of Mortaliitj. 



135 



mei 



of the inhabitants of Massachusetts, the whole 



limb 



f 



males under sixteen was 954 



87189 



xbove sixteen. Th 



35851 persons under sixteen, 



be added to those in the table under 



the table 



60''^ 



accord 



with the 



enum 



33 inhabitants, produced by 



sixteen, to niake 

 which will give 

 of 4893 annual 



births 

 born. 



This addition will raise the expectation of a child 



28 years and 



^A- to 35 years and 



of 5 years of age, from 40 j^ears ^-^' 

 of a person of 10 years, from 39 ye 



jVVj of a person of 15 years, fi 







48 yea 



d 



3 







of a child 



and i^V; 

 ' 43 years 



and 



36 years and -{^-^. 



The annual excess of 489o 



6 years and jYo ^^ 



births above the deaths 



iod of dupl 



of 



year 



stock of 176033 inhabitants, determines i 



cation to be twenty live years and three 



At this rate, the inhabitants of the five New England states 



are probably increasing at this time by natural population, 



without any 



American accessions. 



consideration beino; 



had citlier to foreis;u or 



Similar bills, kept in the other states with the same accura- 





cy that they have been kept here, would determine their na- 

 tural population, with a degree of accuracy, which would be 

 of utility to the pubHck ; and would afford entertainment to 



persons of a philosophical disposition, both in Europe and 

 America. 



