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Un des membrcs distingues de la Societe, Le Dr. F. 
Edwards, Inspccteur Sanitaire, a bi ti voulu comrauni- 
quer le Rapport sur le mouvement de la population h 
Maurice pendant Fannee 1871, dont sont extraits les 
passages suivants : 
Population. 
The Resident Population of Mauritius according to the 
Census taken on the 10th of April 1371 was composed of 
51,771 Males of the General Population and 48,013 Females 
and 141,804 Males of the Indian Population and 74,454 Fe- 
males— Total 316,042. Between the 10th April and 31st 
December, the excess of Births over Deaths in the former 
class amounted to 479 Males, and 579 Females. In the latter 
there was an excess of 136 Deaths in the Males, and an excess 
of 823 Births in the Females. The arrivals, however, of Indian 
Immigrants exceeded the departures by 433 Males and 364 
Females, thus raising the Total Resident Population to 
318,584, classified as under 
General Population. Indiau Population. 
Males, Females. Males. Females. 
52,250 48,592 142,101 75,641 
It has been found impossible to follow the movements of 
the General Population, or even of those of free Indian Pas- 
sengers, since the repeal of Ordinance No. 24 of 1850. The 
Total estimated Population on the 31st of December, Male and 
Female, may be taken as correct ; but as the Births and 
Deaths of some Creole Indians, number at present uncertain, 
have been registered as belonging to the General Population, 
the latter is probably a little over-estimated. 
Marriages. 
The Totai number of Marriages registered in the year 
was 739, being an increase of 47 on those of the preceding 
year, 42 of which were Indian. If the fluctuations in the 
Marriages are a fair indication of the condition and prospects 
of a people, then the first 4 years of the last Decado were 
those of greatest prosperity. In the year 1866 the Marriages 
