•VITAL STATISTICS: — POPULATION; BIRTHS; DEATHS; 
EMIGRATION; METEOROLOGY; IMPORTATIONS OF 
GRAIN; SALES OF BRITISH WHEAT; PRICES OF 
CORN AND OTHER* PRODUCE; AND PAUPERISM, &c. 
t[Tke facts are derived chicjirj from the Reports of the Eegistrar-Gekerai. ; 
the Meteorological Reports of Mr. Glaisher; the Bcturns of the Board 
>0F Trade, and the Inspector-General of Imports and Exports.] 
Population of the United Kingdom, estimated to the middle of the 
year 1869 (exclusive of islands in the British seas) :— 
Males 14,727.427 
Females 15.894.004 
Total 30. 621. 431 
England. Scotland. Ireland. 
Males .. .. 10,546,829 1,511,203 2,669,395 
Females.. .. 11,322,778 1,694.278 2,876,948 
Total .. 21,869,607 3, 105, 481 5.546.343 
ENGLAND AND WALES. 
Births and Deaths in the First Six Months of 1869. 
Winter Quarter {January, February, March). — ^Births registered 
-were 204,055. The annual birth-rate to 1000 living was 37-98; the 
•average derived from ten corresponding winters of 1859-68 being 
•36-85. 
Deaths registered were 133,437. The annual death-rate per 1000 
■of population was 24-84 ; the average derived from ten corresponding 
winters of 1859-G8 being 25-36. 
The annual mortality' per 1000 of population experienced by the 
people inhabiting the chief towns was 26-55, the average being 
27-24. In districts that comprise small towns, villages, and open 
country, it was 22 56, the average being 23-02. 
The marriage-rate — which had been depressed for a period of two 
years — rallied in the first quarter of 1869, and implied increased 
confidence in the minds of the people in respect to their ability to 
earn a sufficient and comfortable subsistence. The births, after 
allowing for increase of population, were numerous beyond example. 
The death-rate was slightly below the average of the season; but 
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