594 
which my results are tabulated. A glance at the table will satisfy 
the most casual observer, that the north and west give very different 
results from the southern and eastern portions of the kingdom ; and 
if the north-west and north-east alone be compared, portions of the 
kingdom where there has, comparatively, been little intermixture of 
two well-marked distinct races, the following is the result :• — 
Children Born 
out of Wedlock 
to 100 Births. 
North-Western, . . . 5*8 
North-Eastern, . . . 15* 
c< I request particular attention to the following table, which has 
been prepared on the same plan as the table for England above 
referred to : — 
Abstract of Table, showing the relative Proportion of Males and Females of 
Twenty Years of Age and Upwards in Scotland, taken from the Census of 
1851 ; also Proportion of Births , Marriages , and Deaths to 100 Persons 
living .* 
Scotland. 
Proportion of Females to Males. 
Census 1851. 
Proportion of Births, Mar- 
riages, and Deaths. 
Children born out of 
Wedlock to 100 Births, 
1859. 
Total Females to 
100 Males. 
Spinsters to 100 
Bachelors. 
Wives to 100 
Husbands. 
Widows to 100 
Widowers. 
Births to 100 Per- 
sons living, 1859. 
Marriages to 100 
Inhabitants, 
1859. 
Deaths to 100 
Persons living, 
1859. 
Scotland 
121-00 
123-63 
102-27 
271-13 
3-417 
•676 
1-977 
9- 
Northern Counties 
2-521 
•489 
1-327 
5-4 
North-Western Counties 
2-532 
•475 
1-406 
5-8 
North-Eastern „ 
3-209 
•618 
1-661 
15- 
East Midland ,, 
3-086 
•597 
1-874 
9-8 
West Midland ,, 
3-107 
•589 
1-832 
7-2 
South-Western „ 
4=249 
•833 
2-516 
7-2 
South-Eastern ,, 
3-323 
•745 
1-867 
8-5 
Southern „ 
... 
2-911 
•572 
1-740 
13-3 
Conclusion . 
“Holding, then, illegitimacy to be a blot on our national character, 
which has been proved, and is admitted, and assuming that it is pro- 
duced and increased by our abnormal condition and the other causes 
The table given by Mr Thomson exhibited the results for each county. 
