The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-08-24

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Il Although G.eal Bfiisin has los,, We b..
lirse, nearly million VI inhabllsnls du>
y ring the past three Or iour years. We, her
Populsl,on has been regularly sd,ancinr
from oi,e decsnnIun To another during ihs
present lrenIary. III ls0i the popul.>
lion Of Eng aud aud w sIes vas nine mil.
lions {; in ioIiuissd flsrn TO ten IN 1871
10 twelve Ia 1891 To fourteen; in 1871
.. sixteen and 10 1881 i. an nl led 10
e'ghlesn millions. The rate m( inrsrAss
per srni. was greatest brl~een 1871 and
lS2l. slnes winch year u las been stead
ily Diminishing. and The pr,,girssinn ixs
ihsreioIr. praellcally spesklng. bsen ariih-
msi'cal INSTEAD nI geomr ,rlcsl.
The population tables. with which
these yoianirs are chiefly orrupied, srs
preisced by rrporl ILLUSTRATIVE nf the gs>
neral subject. I'his reparl furnishes a
seI OF diagrams showing Tho densily Of
the population ia different paris OF III.
kingdom; and il supplies ingenious illus-
irallons calculated 10 assist Ihe reader ia
realizing 20 his imagination the vAsinum-
nrrs which he Is called upon 10 grasp.
Few psrspns. probably. would suppose
that all Tie men, women. and children IN
Great Bnlaln nigh. stand upon all area
seven square miles in extent. aud that,
tao. without inconv.nlenl crowding. A
century ago they would have occupied
abou. one-ih,rd Of tina, space hall cen.
iury ago, one-hslf.
The repor. gives the following slxie-
Inenls as The consequences which have
grown out Of The above mentioned in
crease Of population:
"Wlllln the lasl ffiy years the nuns
ber Of acres TO each person living has
fallen from 5.4 TO 81 acres ~ Great Bri-
tain. and from four 10 two acres in Eng
land and Wales. As conntrvsiling sd>
vantage. The people have been brought in>
10 each others neighhoillooi. their avs
rage distance from each ollsr has been
reduced IN The raiio Of three 10 two, labor
has been divided, industry has been Of
ganlzed in towns. and the quantity Of
produce, either consisting of or exchang
able for The cnnveniences. eleganrlts. and
necessaries oI life, has, in Tie inxss, large.
ly increased, aud Is INCREASING al . n.rs
rapid rate than the population
II Is interesting tu know in wha, PAL
ucuar locslllss, aud under what social
and industrial circumstances. population
has made the greatest advances. II ape
pears liom The report iha, the towns
which have most iapIdly increased during
the last hall century, are those engaged Ia
The manufacture OF siIaw-plail; next
come the The watering places on The coast.
aud then The great seals Of the cotton MS
nuiaclure, which afford home 81 about
one-tiileenll OF the whole population Of
England.
The number OF persons absolutely
houseless. and found dwelling in the open
air. or seeking temporary lodging for
the night in barns and oulhouses, il 10 { 90.
II will be observed that neither Scotland
nor Ireland are included in these Stats.
lice.
France, il appears. has advanced nj \
slower pace than England during the
above period. In 1871 The population Of
France was somewhat short Of 10000,
600. lD 1913 il had MOI reached 36, 600.
600. England has two acres and half Of
land 10 each inhabilan, France three and
a half. In England the supply Of food
has heen relatively as well as absolutely
increasing during the present century; IN
France il las he.n Diminishing. Both
nations have suffered from war, bur not
in an equal degree. Il may be doubled.
however. whether this inequality will sc-
count for the difference IN their rate Of
J advance IN population.
A FEARFUL ACCOUNTANTS. Everett,
late Secretary Of State, is generally
known as a gentleman of extensive in.
formation, and one who will not "speak
without book" on important subjects
involving statistical facts. From
computation Of his it 9pears the
use Of alcoholic beveages cost the Um-.
ted States directl', in ten years, sl2O.
100000; has J,uirnt or otherwise de-
stroyed $500, 900 worth Of property;