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STATISiic^. 



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ba assumed that the proportion of adult males~4wcnty 



years 



of Pif^e and upv. :irds~are about one-fourth of the 



w])ole population. Where no census has heei 



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Should all other 



sources of information be wanting, it will then be neces- 



that is, of males between given ages. 



sary to have recourse to oral information, in estimatin 

 the correctness of which the observer must avail liimself 

 of such aids as present themselves. The question whetlier 

 a community is increasing, stationary, or diminisliing, 

 mav be iudged from the amount of buildings in progress, 



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or of houses untenanted or in a state of decay. If any 

 account is talfen, for purposes of taxation or otherwise, 

 of the number of inhabited houses, and especially it these 

 should be divided into diflerent scales, a little personal 

 ob?,ervation as to the average numl)er of inhabitants to be 

 found in ear/n will furnisli valuable h.formation concerning 

 the population ; but to do this, the inquirer must inform 



himself concerning the domestic habits of various cltu^es 

 of the people ; the necessity for which caution will be 

 made apparent by the fact, that while in all England the 

 average number of inhabitante to each house is under 5 4, 

 the average number in the metropolitan county exceed 

 7^ ; while the number to each house in Dublm is 12|, 

 which is double the average number in all Ireland, wl--re 

 the house accommodation is generally of the mc... wretched 

 description. 



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Having ascertained, as well as circumstances 

 the numhers of the people, it becomes of importance to 

 know how they are employed. It cannot be expected that 

 any one, who is without the authority of th( 



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