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2>rd, Of the 277 mothers, no fewer than 217 were domestic 
servants while of the remaining 60, 23 were agricultural labourers^ 
15 farm servants, and 22 dressmakers and other occupations. 
4:th. While 24 of the fathers who acknowledged the paternity at 
registration were farm servants, \ the occupations of the remaining 
28 appear from the Eegisters to have been as follows : — 
Farmers, . . . . 5 
Labourers, ..... 5 
Innkeepers, . . . . 2 
Granite-workers, .... 2 
Eoad engine-drivers, . . . 2 
Other occupations (1 eacli), . . 12 
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With regard to the 277 mothers, 59 gave birth to 153 children — 
or considerably more than one half of the whole — being an average 
of 2*6 births to each. Of these — 
2 produced 5 children each. 
It 
„ (1 case of twins). 
,, (3 cases of twins). 
surmised, moreover, that some of the 
mothers, towards the beginning and the end of the decennial period 
in question, gave birth to other children, which could, of course, be 
ascertained by a farther search in the Eegisters. 
The same surname occurs repeatedly, no doubt indicating, in 
some instances, that sisters, and occasionally mothers and daughters, 
appear in the same category. Thus, in 5 cases, the same surname 
occurs twice, and in 2 cases, three times. 
The same locality also frequently turns up as the place of birth, 
* This term includes servants in farm kitchens, never employed at out-work, 
and also those whose chief work is in-door, hut who are sometimes employed 
at out-work in time of turnip-hoeing and harvest. 
+ There are no bothies in the parish. The male farm servants get their 
food in the farm kitchen and sleep in an outhouse. It is believed that they 
wander about a good deal at night, being under little supervision. 
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It may be reasonably 
