[ 54 ] 
you, who have afiured us, in general terms, that 
the burials (13) after 50 are lefs than they ought to 
be, allowing the accounts fufficiently corred, and 
the numbers in later life not exaggerated, but rather 
the contrary. 
It will be found then of particular fervice, that 
for thofe of 100 years old, and upwards, we have 
the age of every lingle death ; and forming a table of 
them yearly decreafing, and applying Dr. Halley’s 
third rule of halving the tabular lives in any year, to 
difcover the term expeded, it will come out, that a 
life being, like one of the 242 aged 100, has an equal 
chance to live 2 years 3 quarters, or more (14); 
and, by his procefs for finding the value from yearly 
chances, and at 5 per cent, it amounts to more than 
two years and a half purchafe (15). Now, by your 
table, a life of 8 f has not a better expedation j and 
following too clofe upon your heels, Mr. Dodfon 
values an annuity of 1 1. for a life (16) of 88 but at 
6 s. and 5 d. ready money. I (hall not controvert 
this point; but defire to know, who will grant fuch 
annuities, or greater, for all that could be found of 
that age, or as many of them as fhould be feleded 
for nominees : I fay nothing of the firft number in 
his table. Doubtlefs you mean by 1 the firft year of 
new-born children j and yet if he means the fame. 
(13) Phil. Tranf. Vol. XL 1 X. p. 175. 
(14) As all the tables do or would reduce life to o before 100, 
how will they emerge again, to join conformably with thefe in 
term expected, or value ? Yet thefe are realities, fet in public 
view. 
(15) Procefs in MS. fol. 4. 
(16) Phil. Tranf. Vol. XLIX. p. 891, 
5 
and 
