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community from a system of registration, quite independently of 

 the statistical value of the information recorded. Many 

 particulars however, which are recorded, can scarcely ever, I think, 

 prove of any utility in individual cases, although if arranged and 

 made available, they would be of great statistical value. Under 

 the present system, however, the number of particular questions 

 to be answered at the registration of a birth or a death serve only 

 to irritate the applicants, some of whom, perhaps, do not like to 

 be cross-examined about the past history of themselves or their 

 friends, to increase the expense of the department, and to cumber 

 the registers with a mass of detailed information, which, if it is to 

 continue uncollected and unarranged, can scarcely ever prove of 

 value for any purpose. I do not by these remarks intend to 

 throw blame upon the Registrar- General or his predecessor, to 

 whose zeal and ability the colony is much indebted. I have no 

 doubt that they have done as much towards furnishing the Govern- 

 ment and the public with statistical information as the means at 

 their disposal would permit, and that they would have been glad to 

 have rendered their tabulated returns more ample if it had been 

 in their power to do so. 



TABLE A.— PEE CENTAG-E DYING- ANNUALLY OP THOSE AT- 

 TAINING- EACH AGE OF THE CLASS SPECIFIED. 





New South Wales. 





England. 









§ 





CO 



§ 





les. 







o 



O 



*& 



o 



© 



cS 







u 



03 



a 



Fh 



13 



a 





Age. 



© 



§ 





© 



Ph 



3 



© 



PR 



Age. 







10-58 



11-30 



9-82 



14.95 



16-36 



13-47 







1 



4-82 



4-85 



4-80 



6-31 



6-43 



619 



1 



2 



209 



2-07 



2-10 



3-54 



3-55 



3-54 



2 



3 



1-58 



1-61 



1-54 



2-40 



2-38 



2-42 



3 



4 



113 



117 



109 



1-78 



1-78 



1-77 



4 



5 to 9 



•49 



•49 



•49 



•95 



•96 



•95 



5 to 9 



10—14 



•30 



•33 



•28 



•51 



•50 



•52 



10—14 



L5—19 



•38 



.43 



•34 



•65 



•63 



•66 



15—19 



20—24 



•67 



•73 



•60 



•89 



•87 



•90 



20—24 



25—29 



•87 



•91 



•82 



•98 



•96 



1-00 



25—29 



30—34 



1-01 



107 



•93 



1-07 



106 



1-10 



30—34 



35—39 



1-37 



1-42 



1-29 



1-20 



1-20 



1-21 



35—39 



40—44 



1-49 



1-64 



1-24 



1-37 



1-40 



1-34 



40—44 



45—49 



2.08 



2-22 



1-84 



1-60 



1-68 



1-51 



45—49 



50—54 



240 



262 



193 



1-95 



214 



1-76 



50—54 



55—59 



333 



3-66 



266 



2-60 



2.78 



2-41 



55—59 



60—64 



403 



4-50 



311 



3-60 



3-80 



3-38 



60—64 



65—69 



7-28 



773 



6-39 



523 



5-52 



494 



65—69 



70—74 



9-13 



1006 



6-79 



7-82 



8-23 



7-40 



70—74 



75—79 



15-11 



1697 



11-79 



11-65 



12-22 



11-08 



75—79 



80 and 



2573 







17-05 







80 and 



iipwards 















upwards 



