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REPORT—1868. 
which the decrease of manual labour may have had upon the productiveness of the 
soil,—how far increase of skill and mechanical appliances have supplied the P 
of the labourer,—what and how much did England yield when 1,576,000 o 
lace 
her 
adults belonged to the agricultural class;—what and how much, ten years later, 
when the class was reduced by 45,000 persons. 
terest, but which at present cannot be solved statistically. 
The following summary Tables haye been compiled from the Statistical Appendix 
to Mr. Purdy’s paper. 
These are questions of great in- 
A.—Table of the number of Adults engaged in Agriculture in England and Wales 
in 1851 and 1861, and the proportion to the Adult Population. 
| 
Divisions. | 
| 
. The Metropolis......... | 
. South-Eastern 
. South-Midland .........| 
. Eastern 
York 
PSP SNS ew 
POeee ee EC Serer) 
— 
England and Wales.. | 
Number of persons, 
_ aged 20 and upwards, 
engaged in agriculture. 
1851. 1861. 
15,838 | 15,687 
184,601 | 178,146 
167,627 | 163,547 
160,249 | 155,818 
227,554 | 207,173 
179,363 | 179,800 
142,389 | 144,710 
112,184 | 119,070 
137,681 | 136,909 
83,822 | 78,942 
164,773 | 151,488 
1,576,081 1,531,290 
Ratio per cent. on the 
total population, 
aged 20 and upwards. 
1851. 1861. 
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20°8 17-4 
254 23°5 
26°5 25°2 
23°3 20°7 
15°5 13°7 
21°7 20°77 
83 74 
14°3 12°5 
1671 12°9 
25°7 214 
161 13°9 
Decrease 
in the ratio 
of 1861. 
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class not being returned as one of the agricultural occupations in 1851. 
Note.—The numbers in 1861 are exclusive of persons ‘‘ employed about animals,” that 
B.—Table showing the Counties which, between 1851 and 1861, experienced the 
greatest absolute Decrease in the number of Adults employed in Agriculture. 
Divisions. 
South-Eastern 
Pree e cree rere 
ween een eeeeee 
West-Midland .....s0ssee.06 
‘| Northern 
Counties. 
SUSREX.3 adeeb sauncihes sae 
Southampton 
Berkshire 
ee ee een ne eee 
SRO eee te ewnee 
Buckinghamshire ........ 
SUAOUC;. Scieasccssssse 
Aenean ewan teens 
Seem ewan ee enenee 
Gloucestershire........ : ; ‘ 
Northumberland......... 
eet weweeenee 
South Wales.........00... 
North Wales..........0.+. 
Amount of absolute 
decrease in 1861. 
2698 
3412 
1158 
1095 
1048 
3306 
2837 
1343 
9475 
3917 
2809 
1166 
1265 
2099 
1089 
4530 
7666 
Ratio per 
cent. of 
absolute 
decrease. 
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*,* Mr. Purdy’s paper upon the decrease of the agricultural population of England will 
be found in the Journal of the Statistical Society for 1864 in extenso. 
