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IVr. GersdorfF sells his packfong at five francs per pound ; 

 nickel being sixteen francs. — Idem, 



32. Russia: Population and Religion. — The population 

 of the European states of the Russian Empire, amounts to 

 51,320,000 souls; thus divided with respect to religion. 

 Greek church, not Catholic, 39,000,000 ; Cathohcs of the 

 Greek or Latin ritual, 8,000,000 ; Protestants, mostly Lu- 

 therans, 2,500,000; Mahometans, 1,804,000. The number 

 of ecclesiastics of the various christian sects is 86,440, and 

 their total revenue 32,750,000 francs. 



33. France: Population, <^c. — The population of France, 

 agreeably to the last official census, was 31,845,428 individ- 

 uals, of whom 30,855,428 were Catholics, 659,000 Calvin- 

 ists, 280,000 Lutherans, and 51,000 Israelites. 



The Catholic clergy amount to 32,576, including dignita- 

 ries, curates, officiating ministers, vicars and auxiliary priests, 

 whose maintenance, advanced by the state, amounts, ac- 

 cording to the budget of 1827, to 24,655,000 francs. 



The two Protestant communions in France have 515 pas- 

 tors, fed by the state, at an annual expense of 714,000 

 francs. 



The increase of population in the large towns of France, 

 has been incomparably more rapid than in the country. The 

 following table shews the increase in five years in the cities 

 therein named. 

 Large towns. 1822. 1827. 



Paris, - - - 713,966 - - 890,431 



Lyons, - - - 131,288 - - 146,675 



Marseilles, - - - 109,483 - - 118,943 

 Bordeaux, - - - 96,944 - - 93,549*" 



Rouen, - - - 86,735 - - 90,000 



Nantes, - - - 68,427 - - 71,739 



Lille, - - - 64,291 - - 69,860 



Toulouse, - - - 52,328 - - 69,731 



Strasbourg, - - 49,680 - - 49,708 



In the department of the Seine (Paris) sur 1000 naissances 

 totales, il y a 326.42 d'enfans naturels. Dans la totalite de 

 la France le nombre d'enfans naturels sur 1000 est 68.07. 

 — Fenissac''s Bulletin, Jan. 1828. 



* Diminution . 



