the decrement of human life. 
297 
MEAN STANDARD TABLE OF THE DECREMENTS OF LIFE IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1824. 
Age. 
Decrement. 
Living. 
Age. 
Decrement. 
L'ving. 
Age. 
Decrement. 
Living, 
Age. 
Decrement. 
‘ — 
Living, 
o 
20531 
100003 
3 ° 
705 
46527 
60 
938 
21810 
90 
164 
589 
i 
9106 
79472 
31 
712 
45822 
61 
942 
20872 
9 * 
130 
425 
2 
4780 
70366 
32 
719 
45 1 10 
62 
943 
19930 
92 
87 
295 
3 
2854 
65586 
33 
726 
4439 1 
63 
944 
18987 
93 
60 
208 
4 
1880 
62732 
34 
734 
43 6 65 
64 
943 
18043 
94 
44 
148 
5 
1341 
60852 
35 
742 
4293 1 
65 
942 
17100 
95 
3 * 
104 
6 
979 
595 1 
36 
75 1 
42189 
66 
939 
16158 
96 
*9 
73 
7 
752 
5 8 532 
37 
759 
41438 
67 
933 
15219 
97 
*4 
54 
8 
603 
57780 
3 8 
768 
40679 
68 
926 
14286 
98 
9 
40 
9 
494 
57177 
39 
776 
399 1 1 
69 
9*5 
13360 
99 
6 
3 * 
IO 
423 
56683 
40 
785 
39135 
70 
9°3 
12445 
100 
6 
25 
1 1 
377 
56260 
4 i 
795 
38350 
7 * 
888 
* 1542 
IOI 
5 
*9 
12 
349 
55883 
42 
804 
37555 
72 
871 
10654 
102 
5 
*4 
13 
337 
55534 
43 
813 
3675 1 
73 
850 
9783 
103 
4 
9 
*4 
337 
55197 
44 
821 
35938 
74 
826 
8933 
104 
2 
5 
*5 
347 
54860 
45 
831 
3 5 1 1 7 
75 
801 
8107 
105 
1 
3 
16 
381 
545 1 3 
46 
" 839 
34286 
76 
768 
7306 
106 
.25 
2 
17 
393 
54132 
47 
848 
33447 
77 
733 
6538 
107 
.25 
*•75 
1 8 
422 
53739 
48 
857 
32599 
78 
697 
5805 
108 
.25 
1.50 
19 
45 8 
5 3 3 1 7 
49 
86 6 
3 ‘ 74 2 
79 
654 
5 108 
109 
.25 
1.25 
20 
497 
52859 
5 ° 
874 
30876 
80 
610 
4454 
I IO 
■ .25 
1.0 
21 
540 
52362 
5 1 
882 
30002 
81 
559 
3844 
1 1 1 
.25 
•75 
22 
581 
51822 
52 
890 
29120 
82 
5*3 
3285 
I 12 
.25 
.50 
23 
621 
5^41 
53 
898 
28230 
83 
460 
2772 
1*3 
,25 
.25 
24 
656 
50620 
54 
906 
27332 
84 
408 
2312 
**4 
0 
0 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
678 
682 
687 
692 
698 
49964 
49286 
48604 
479 1 7 
47225 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
9*3 
9*7 
9 2 3 
929 
934 
26426 
255*3 
24596 
23673 
22744 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
357 
307 
258 
2*5 
*78 
) 
1904 
*547 
1 240 
982 
767 
I shall take this opportunity of endeavouring to demon- 
strate, in a simple and undeniable manner, the error into 
which Dr. Price and his followers have fallen, in consequence, 
as it appears, of their adopting the legal restraints on usury 
as essential steps in the mathematical calculation of the 
amount of compound interest. The error has indeed of late 
