The Census of British Guiana 
59 
" hers." The experience of some fifty years has only 
proved the absolute truth of that learned statistician's 
prophecy so far at least as regards British Guiana. Lord 
BACON said, and its truth has never been denied, that the 
greatness of a State consisteth essentially in population 
and breed of men. So from every side we see the urgent 
need of increasing the number of women in the colony. 
The ages of the people* — In the Census Report, on 
page 6, there is a table giving the sexes divided as to 
ages. Under 15 years of age there are 43,600 males and 
43,073 females; under 20 years of age, there are 54,877 
males and 55, 190 females, and under 50 years of age there 
are 136,303 males and 113,909 females. The males have 
increased Mr. DALTON says by 8 and the females by 13 
per cent during the decade. 
The Registrar-General complains of the difficulty of ob- 
taining the correct ages in this colony, and from my 
personal knowledge, I can bear out what he savs. I 
am not now astonished to be assured that a baby in 
arms is 17 years old or that a dear old lady with grey hair 
has only seen some 20 summers. 
The number at the different ages with the percentages 
is as below : — 
Under 1 Year 
Over 1 ,, and under 5 Years 
II 
5 
Years 
n 
10 
II 
10 
»» 
•1 
15 
II 
15 
1* 
»> 
20 
II 
20 
11 
♦ 1 
25 
>f 
25 
t« 
11 
30 
II 
30 
11 
i» 
35 
" 
35 
ii 
.» 
40 
,1 
40 
1* 
1 
45 
II 
45 
11 
»» 
5o 
.. 5,400 
... I -9 per 
. 23,786 
... 8-5 . 
.. 30,348 
... 106 , 
. 27,199 
... 97 , 
•• 23,334 
... 8-4 , 
. 30.123 
... io-8 , 
. 29,092 
... 104 , 
. 25,058 
... 9-0 , 
. 22,696 
... 81 , 
. 19,490 1 
... 1 1 - 9 , 
cent. 
H2 
