of population in Europe and America, 143 
Yaste IL—Rate of increase in Hurope (according to Quetelet). 
Per cent. Per cent. 
Ireland, 2°45 sor 1:30 
Sele gg OR ET -? FF 240 HAVRE, 5. a0 .snscrcsiapassngeeds 1-08 
Spain, 1:66 Netherland, 
England, 1°65 0°83 
Rhenish Prussia, ........ Hse d 3S kg ada diecast coed 6B 
And more recently, Legoyt* brings up these results to the 
close of 1846, by census, and by the annual excess of births 
over deaths, and i is therefore more reliable. 
Taste I1L—Rate of increase in Europe (according to Legoyt) by census, 
Per cent. er cent. 
pend and Scotland, ....... 1:95 Holland, 0-90 
Lb eat EE ee wees 184 | Austria, = 
Salenry 1-45 Sweden, 0°83 
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orw: Y 
Sardinia, 
Taste IV.—Rate of increase in Europe (according to Legoyt) by annual excess of 
births. 
Per cent. Per cent, 
Norway, s 1:30 | Saxony, .... 0-90 
Prussia, 1:18 Hanover, 0-85 
Sweden, 11 Belgium, O-76 
sor 1:03 | Bavaria, o-v1 
LL eee ies epee oo Russia, 0-61 
Ragin and Scotland, ....... 1-00 France, 0°50 
ee eR eT ey 0°95 Normanaly, ¢< «+ <s.00% +000 wee 
isiihs, os 0-90 
In four departments of France, among which are two of the 
.. thriving of Normandy, the deaths actually exceed the 
m the above facts the general mortality not being exces- 
sive, a is evident that the percentage of births to the whole pop- 
ulation must be smaller in France than in most other European 
countries; and from the lessened annualbrate of increase of the 
Population, Dine the percentage of births must be decreasing in 
simila 
rom ara a . So by De Jonnés, I have com- 
piled the tices a e comparative ratios of births to 
the population in the different countries of Kuro 
Taste V.—Annual ratio of Births in Europe. 
Venice and dependencies 1827, 1 to 23 (Sardinia 1820, 1 to 26 
Teeemhy: 1884.05.05 5s 26000 Naples and dependencies 1830, “ 
PRS. as 0 . 1 to 24 |Greece 1828, wc 5cree 
Enea ye 1 to 25 |Poland 1830 lto27 
Mcgee. Ba! ae 1 ei Ireland 1821-31 > 
share gol - Germany 1828, eo 
1826,,.. ee 1 to 26 Switzerland 18 O68, cee Lt : 
* Journal des Economistes, pe seer 
+ Mill, Prin. of Pol. Econ., i, 
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