VITAL STATISTICS: — POPULATION; BIETHS; DEATHS; 
EMIGEATION; METEOEOLOGY; IMPOETATIONS OF 
GEAIN; SALES OF BEITISH WHEAT; PEICES OF 
COEN AND OTHEE PEODUCE ; AND PAUPEEISM, &c. 
[The facts are derived chiefly from the Beports of the Registbar-General ; 
the Meteorological Reports of Mr. Glaisher; the Returns of the Board 
OF Trade, and of the Inspector-General of Imports and Exports.] , 
Population of the United Kingdom, estimated to the middle of the 
year 18G9 (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 3,205,481 5,546,343 
ENGLAND AND WALES. 
Births and Deaths in the Last Six Months of 1869. 
Summer Quarter {July, August, September). — Births registered were 
190,132. The annual birth-rate of the season to 1000 persons living 
■was 34-45 ; the average derived from ten corresponding summers of 
1859—68 was 34-04. 
Deaths registered were 114,654. The annual death-rate of the 
season per 1000 of population was 20-77 ; the average derived from 
ten corresponding summers of 1859-68 was 20-63. 
The mortality of the quarter experienced by the people inhabiting 
the chief towns was, at the annual rate, per 1000 of population, of 
23-32, the average being 22-90. In districts that comprise small 
towns, villages, and open country, it was 17-36, the average being 
lT-79. 
The people married during the quarter at the annual rate of 15-88 
per 1000 of population, while the average of ten preceding quarters 
was 16-37. The marriage-rate, therefore, was slightly below the 
average, but while circumstances of an exceptional character caused 
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