The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-19
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According to the census of 1896 the population of
Berlin had increascd since le3 about 80 353 1t must
however De Unmarked that included in that increase
o19i so-caiied tdrsnde persons id persons whose
names have been removed from the lists but have not
1esn replaced because possessing lodgings and In
debt for their rent they withdraw Themselves from the
eyes Of the authorities AS they are neither dead nor
It proved that they have left Berlin they must be sup-
posed as indeed, they may be flt by other signs and
tokens to be still in the city In earlier cens these
bonds, whs then much more numerous and who in
1913, still numbered at IL 379 were not IecEnpad
among the population In Berlin by the ststisicsl a.
partment. Deducting these 6,29I from the total in
crease in Berlin Of 55,353 the increase in three years
will still remain 49U62 OF which only lO0t2 derived
from the OF births and 002O the excess Of
immigrants so020 936ths, than II per cent
nearly three quarters Of the OF immigrants over
the emgrants in ell Prussia occurs therefore at Berlin
That Berlin Is the centre point Of all the railways the
north east west and south, and that in consequences
and by means OF Its canal communications there Is di-
Dec goods traffic carried on which is always the ground
work OF ourshpg trade industry increasing with its
natural development the grow tn OF knowledge art
which draws number OF young persons to Berlin all
these may be keys to these interesting figures The
greater number Of persons settling in Berlin belong I'M
doubtedy to the working classes and IL may therefore
be sdduced from the above figures that the aborers
poet to find greater and easier esroed reward for their
labor in Berlin than in smaller towns BY way of ufor
nation u may be added that among the present popua-
ton of Berlin numbering 409 02 there 10 gl4 per-
hsoSs T b rae whom
servants, &c making total OF 81 1874
The population OF Berlin has increased during the
last three years from 10 to 10 per cent on the average
It may be calculated that the town increases at least
II 900 annually Of which only 1000 will arise from
excess OF births Next to Berlin Stettn has increased
according to the per centsge calculations in three
years more than 10 per cent Other signs visible
which confirm particular increase In the trade OF Stet
tin Eberfeld rich In factories has also increased very
much, more tnan per cent then come Bresau and
Cologne which have both increased in population since
lS43 more than per cent Two towns in Prussia Der
lin and Bresau already number than Toe 900 in
habitans and it is extremely probable that at the next
census Cologne will be the third the list for Cologne
has already above 10000 inhabitants Assuming that
the population Of the whole kingdom has Increased ID
per cent and comparing that with the increase In the
individual states, will be that Potsdam (parcu
larry from Its vicinity TO Bern Bromberg, Marenwer
der stettin kosln, Oppen, Frankfort Posen Dantzc,
breslau, and Dusseldorf, have increased In much
greater proportion
In the agricultural districts Of Pomerania West Prus
DC, Posen, and Brandenburg which are not vet very