The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-29
Statistics OF France.
LABOR IN pARIS.


The following are few facts lately pointed on.
by M. Banqui, ia his last lecture on political
nony, at the Conservative des Arts ct Meters.
where be is professor OF that ecience ip.
dustty produces annually from II 70 Il hundred
millions Of francs worth OF goods OF various species
here are so principal branches OF industry $1,000
patented masters, 3l2 $50 workpeople. ct whom
2)i 6G0 are men. liz, eco women, and 20 $50 chill
dren. The LIST arrondissement, in which the car
risge trade is chiefly carried on, produces to the
value OF l02 millions; the ID liz millions the Sd
employs 81 500 workmen, producing III millions
the 18th empioJs Il 900 workmen, producing ~ mil.
lions; the 9th, $1,000 producing 1863 millions; the
9Th, $4,000. producing 233 millions. The last ar
tondissement IS especially Partisan. In it the
artisan Is truiya Dagicaa--a Ptoteus; he excels
ip every branch THIS reimbursement produces an
nuaily 235 millions worth o. goods out Of nothing
but it contributes IT'S genius to the work It
Is bere that Paris goods are manufactured, fancy
tuurery, buttons, brushes, canes. umbrellas,
jewelTy plated work, lace, and hundred thousand
maIyels Of ingenuity known and sought after ia
every part OF the world. The 9TH numbers Al 900
worbmen, and produces l53 millions II is very
nearly related in character TO the 9th The Sta
employs $4,000 workmen, anu produces i32 mil.
lions his is the quarter for cabinet making,
paper hanging, carpentry. and brewing, The 9th
numbers l0,UO9 woIBmen, producing 30 millions.
The 10th numbers 10000 workmen, producing 6S
millions The llth numbers 10 900 workmen, pro.
ducipg o. millions Lastly, the 18th, which is the
great quarter for tanners, rag merchants and
brewers, numbers 10000 workmen, producing 100
millions. Proceeding then to the study Of special
branches Of industry the professor noticed that of
brorze work, unrivalled Ia the world, and pro.
ducing - millions; hatmaking, 10 millions, glove
making, ~ millions. The wages vary among this
immense population Of workpeopie from 20 cen.
times cd day to from 35f to tOf. (from 2ss.
to SIS The average wage is &c SOC (3s I'd
day tor N an, and for woman II. 65c lis 4&a),
POPULATION.
From statistical work, just published in Paris,
by Nj. Matthew, it appears that the births In
Iialce during the thirty three years from lol! TO
lSiN were i6. l5g. $40 boys, and 10 5Oi,5 girls
Ofthese. lG6, 500 boys and l,l2l,O8s girls were
Legitimate, a comparison OF these numbers VIII
show the curious fact that the proportion OF boys 20
girls il larger In the case OF Legitimate tpth OF
Legitimate children. the proportion OF the IorAer
beng as IL to TO- and Of the latter as ~ 10 ~
The proportion of ulegitimate TO Legitimate cnil-
dten. during tho same period, was as TO ",
all but fraction But, 10 Paris, during $500,
the number OF illegitimate births attained the
frightful proportion Of nearly IN !, the numbers
being 1858 legitimate ana iy22 ilegidpate.
From ISL to iSi9, the annual average OF births 10
France was TO 80 81 Inhabitants, OF deaths to
10, and OF marriage to l2S, The tables she's o
very large increase in the duration OF human life
since 1917. In that year the average duration was
II : years; in lSS3 IL vas 20 years, and In 1915
IL reached 20 Before the hFst revolution Duyil.
lands tables gave 4e4 years only az the average
Duration o. lie, 50 that moro than years, by