APRIL.] 
BETHELSDORP. 
115 
The following is a correct statement of the popu- 
lation of Bethelsdorp : 
A. Number of Hottentots received at Be-1 ^r*^ 
thelsdorp since the commencement 
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B. Number belonging to the Institution, April 
1st. 1813. 
Men 223 
Women 338 1 
Boys 243^ ^^^^ 
Girls 248 
C. Present at the Institution. 
Men 94^ 
Women 206 V 608 
Children 3083 
Of the ninety- four men^ forty are inca- 
pable of public service. Of the lifty-four 
able men, ten are herds, constantly attending 
the cattle ; ten are arbiters, always employed 
for the public benefit of the settlement. 
D. Born at the settlement- 239 
These only are found recorded in the books; 
but many of the parents, especially those who 
go into the service of the boors, neglect to 
report the birth of their children. 
E. Of those mentioned (letter A.) have died 142 
Of these about thirty died of the measles, 
(chiefly children,) in the year 1807. 
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