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of children of both sexes is not more disproportionate in the 
East than in Europe." According to the last census, the 
number of females in Great Britain is greater than that of 
males ; and by a census taken of the inhabitants of Java^ 
by Sir T. Raffles, we learn that the proportion of females 
to males in that island is as 103 to 100. During last year a 
proclamation was issued by the govei:|ior of Ceylon prdiibit-' 
ing infanticide. Some hopes may therefore be entertained 
that this horrid practice will soon be rendered less frequeBt§ 
if not completely repressed. The late king of Kandy pro* 
hibited the exposure pf infants among his subjects, but his 
measures had little if any effect, in checking the practicei 
particularly in the districts distant from the seat of govern- 
ment. 
Edinburgh, ) 
January 1823. j 
