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1831.] On the Duration of Life in the Bengal Civil Service. 
l\.—On the Duration of Life in the Bengal Civil Service. 
To the Editor of Gleanings in Science. 
S ' R ’ Under the impression that questions in Political Arithmetic are not foreign 
to the object of your work, and that they will prove interesting to many of your 
readers, I venture to send you the following statements regarding the duration of 
life, amongst the class of residents in this country, who constitute the Bengal Civi 
Se ™ e< * am ’ Your obedient Servant. 
J. T. 
1. Official returns subsequent to 1790, which have been carefully examined and 
verified by every test that could be applied to them, present the fol owing lesu 
They are thrown into a tabular form for convenience of leference. 
1 
2 
3 
dumber of writ- 
Period of 
Number of Sea- 
ers appoint- 
fears subse- 
sons. 
ed iu those sea- < 
uent to en- 
sons respec- i 
ering the 
tively. s 
service. 
1790 to 1828, 
852 
1 
1790-1827, 
809 
2 
1790-1826, 
762 
3 
1790-1825, 
714 
4 
1790-1824, 
685 
5 
1790-1823, 
670 
6 
1790-1822, 
646 
7 
1790-1821, 
633 
8 
1790-1820, 
620 
9 
1790-1819, 
603 
10 
1790-1818, 
584 
11 
1790-18 1 7, 
569 
12 
1790-1816, 
551 
13 
1790-1815, 
533 
14 
1790-1814, 
507 
15 
1790—1813, 
498 
16 
1790-1812, 
486 
17 
1790 — 1811. 
476 
18 
1790-1810, 
464 
19 
1790—1809, 
452 
20 
1790-1808, 
436 
21 
1790-1807, 
419 
22 
1790—1806, 
395 
23 
1790-1805, 
366 
24 
1790-1804, 
341 
25 
1790—1803, 
311 
26 
1790-1802, 
289 
27 
1790-1801, 
262 
28 
1790-1800, 
246 
29 
1790 — 1799, 
217 
30 
i vuie: 
1539b 
1 
4 1 - 
5 2 
6 
N umber 
Number 
Number who 
who left the 
who died in 
remained in 
service in 
each period. 
juch period. 
the service at 
theend of each 
period. 
o 
2 
850 
o 
9 
800 
4 
26 
732 
7 
37 
670 
15 
42 
628 
19 
51 
600 
25 
52 
569 
30 
58 
545 
35 
68 
517 
39 
77 
487 
42 
85 
457 
45 
87 
437 
47 
89 
415 
46 
93 
394 
54 
93 
360 
59 
95 
344 
62 
97 
327 
63 
100 
313 
66 
72 
103 
108 
295 
272 
75 
109 
252 
108 
232 
86 
106 
203 
84 
105 
177 
93 
105 
143 
93 
99 
119 
91 
100 
98 
85 
85 
95 
93 
82 
68 
79 
84 
54 
1580 
| 2376 
11440 
1 The term “ who left the service,” includes all whose nn m es ha ve hec tru ck 
off the list, in consequence of a residence in England of upwards of 5 yea, s, accept 
of t h e pension, dismiss;ll from the service, or any -^n^theiist, whether at the 
Allure entered who died, whilst their names remai 
hme resideut iu India, or temporarily absent from it. 
