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CHAP. III. 



Of the Checks to Population in Russia. 



The lists of births, deaths and marriages in 

 Russia, present such extraordinary results that 

 it is impossible not to receive them with a con- 

 siderable degree of suspicion ; at the same time 

 the regular manner in which they have been col- 

 lected, and their agreement with each other in 

 different years, entitle them to attention. 



In a paper presented in 1768, by B. F. Her- 

 man, to the academy of Petersburg, and pub- 

 lished in the Nova Acta Academic, torn, iv., a 

 comparison is made of the births, deaths and 

 marriages in the different provinces and towns of 

 the empire, and the following proportions are 

 given : 



In Petersburg the births are to the 



burials as 1 3 to 1 



In the government of Moscow ... 21 — 10 

 District of Moscow excepting the 



town 21 — 10 



Tver 26—10 



Novogorod 20 — 10 



Pskovsk 22—10 



Resan 20—10 



Veronesch 29—10 



Archbishopric of Vologda . . . . .23 — 10 



