144 H. R. Storer on the decreasing increas 
TaBLeE V—continued. 
Spain 1626,.....-..seseseees lto 27 |Roman —_ 1SSG, citawsies 1 to 30 
Fei rite BG antes ...- 1 to $75 |Turkey 18 s 
WO 1820. 0.5.5, canoe cnee lto28 Hanover pag Fb be aa cae 1 to 31 
Austria 1829 # BIE BOE, so ven mere cee ces 
a oo eee « — |Austria 1828-80,..........+¢ 1 to 82 
ioe is Bem E ss \Great Britain 1821-31,....... 
Two Si Silies ssi, a aaiae oan ea gle = POAT, 102 1=S bos: a vies-s 4008 1 to 84 
Holland 1882, 0c - «cues ds sve 4 eae t = : Bis iivescasva 1 to 35 
a and Norway 1828,... 1 to 30 Norw 
Denmar «| France ii, i to 88) 1851, .. 1 to 87 
Ina oi population at en periods of 232,673,000, there 
00 bi 
were 8,733,000 births ; a n average on the grand scale of 
1 birth to every 26°6 1 ind 
F 
ua niet 
In France, however, die ratio has been steadily lessening; as 
seen by the — table. 
Tas sa re ratio of Births in France. 
ya Crt See e 280, scene ed 1 to 34 
TOOIH1Oy ss eS : be ps8 1841-45, 22... 206 1 to 35 
WOT 26s 8s 1 to 32 1846-50, ........ 1 to 37 
BS26-86,. ccvee.e 1 to 83 
The position of France as compared with the rest of Europe, 
in respect to the ratio of births to the ne aa at different pe- 
riods can be eo me more manifest 
TABLE ae ratios of Births in Europe. 
1 to 28, pooner ei 1827, s-j1 to 29, Canton Lucerne 1810, Holland 
1 to 23°5, Kingtom of Naples 1822-24. /|1 to Fa 8, France 
1 to 24, — any 1818, Sicily 18294. 1 to Sweden eee Norway 1828, Bel- 
mbardy 182 8 Russia1831 gium 1832, Denmark 1833, 
1 to 245, spe 1825- Turkey 1835, States of the 
1to 25, France 1781, Atri toll Rus- 
sia 1 1 to 31, Sicily 1832, Hanover 1835. 
1 to 26, Sardinia 1820, Y iinievae Wur-|1 to 31-4, Franee 1811. 
tembe en 
lL 3 
1826, Greece 1828, an 1 to 32, Austria 1830, Great Britain, 
snap nee 1831. 
1to 27, Spain 1826, G y, Switzer-|1 to 33, France 1828 
land 1828, Poland’ 1830, Tre-|1 to 34, ——. Holste 1826, Scot- 
land es 
a gi: aww 1834-41. 
1 to 275, Portugal 1815-19. 1 to 35, teen 1810, England 1831, 
1 to 28, gree: rersise. Bavaria, Sw Nor 
1825. 5, Austria 1829, Bel l to 35+-, France 1851. 
gium 1836. 
In Paris, strange to say, the ‘grees in the ratio of births to 
the population, though decided and s } 
proportion been as great as in the mpi at large; showing 
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