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G. Holm and Johann'es Hansen. 



Five violent deaths out of 13 is indeed an extraordinarily 

 large percentage. It is, of course, impossible to draw any conclu- 

 sions from a single year; we merely note that on the East coast 

 that year 23 "/o of the deaths were in kaiaks, while the corre- 

 sponding figures in the southern inspectoral district of the West 

 coast were 7 ^/o , and in the northern inspectoral district 6 °/o ^). 

 The average for a longer series of years on the West coast is 8*^/o^). 

 Similarly it may be noted that the deaths on the East coast, cal- 

 culated for one year, were 28 •'/o of the population, whereas those 

 in the southern inspectoral district on the West coast in 1884 were 

 5*4 ^/o, and in the northern inspectoral district 2'0^lo. The average 

 number of deaths on the West coast is 2-8 ^lo^), thus the same as 

 in that one year on the East coast. 



Table I. 



The number of East Greenlanders who were baptized and entered in 



the church register at Frederiksdal, 

 According to information kindl}' supplied b}^ the missionaries at Frederiksdal. 



Year 



Male 



Female 



Year 



Male 



Female 



Year 



Male 



Female 



1822 



3 



5 



1844 



tf 



n 



1866 



2 



1 



1823 



2 



6 



1845 



1 



1 



1867 



rf 



2 



1824 



36 



32 



1846 



3 



1 



1868 



2 



It 



1825 



32 



43 



1847 



3 



1 



1869 



ft 



tr 



1826 



28 



20 



1848 



11 



8 



1870 



5 



4 



1827 



12 



10 



1849 



8 



4 



1871 



ri 



1 



1828 



10 



9 



1850 



1 



3 



1872 



5 



5 



1829 



4 



15 



1851 



3 



ft 



1873 



II 



II 



1830 



18 



21 



1852 



6 



9 



1874 



1 



1 



1831 



10 



19 



1853 



1 



2 



1875 



ft 



tf 



1832 



10 



13 



1854 



II 



'/ 



18.76 



ft 



n 



1833 



12 



8 



1855 



II 



1 



1877 



ft 



tt 



1834 



8 



8 



1856 



1 



ft 



1878 



tt 



1 



1835 



6 



9 



1857 



1 



1 



1879 



ft 



II 



1836 



6 



2 



1858 



1 



S 



1880 



It 



II 



1837 



II 



2 



1859 



8 



9 



1881 



1 



1 



1838 



2 



3 



1860 



5 



5 



1882 



7 



5 



1839 



И 



ft 



1861 



4 



6 



1883 



11 



11 



1840 



1 



2 



1862 



5 



5 



1884 



M 



ft 



1841 

 1842 



1 



ft 



1 



1 



ti 

 II 



1863 

 1864 

 1865 



2 



tf 



1 



2 

 1 

 3 



Total. .. 

 In all 



290 ■ 



319 



1843 



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M'SOIIS 



'J Meddelelser fra Direktoratet for den kgl. grønlandske Handel 1880. No. 1. 



■') Rink: Danish Greenland. Page 229. 



•') Rink: Grönland geografisk og statistisk beskrevet. Vol. II. P. 25!). 



