Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-11-19
The Statistics OF Europe.

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, lished by our government under the ii
tie of "Sfatistical Tables Relating tt
Foreign Countries First, as to den
sity of population, we find that while il
! England and Wales there are 352 in,
habitants living in one square mile, in
Russia there are only 10; in Norway
II; in Sweden, %; in Greece, Sc; in
Spain, 80, in Poland, 81; in Moldavia
100; in Portugal, 104; in Denmark
119'; in Switzerland, 161 in Prussia
| 1855; in France, 172; in Brunswick
1874, and in Holland, 280 persons to the
square mile. There are only two coun-
tries in Europe possessing denser pop
ulation than England and Wales name
ly the Kingdom of Wurtemburg, in which
there are 373 inhabitants to the square
mile, and Belgium, with 1913 persons on
the same space of ground. However,
if we take the population of England
alone, leaving out the Principality, the
density is one Of 377 individuals to the
square mile, so that, in this case, Bel
gium is the only country in Europe more
thickly crowded with inhabitants than
our own -
In England, for the last few years, the
proportion Of malriag ges to the popula
tion has been one in 123, which is a
higher rate than that Of most European
countries. In Norway, the proportion
is one in 124 in Hanover, one in 1913 !;
In Holland and Denmark. one In l29 !;
in Sweden, one in 1876; in Spain, one
in 141 in Bavaria, one in 100; and in
Greece, only one in 174 Proportion
ately more marriages than in England
and Wales are made in France and Bel
gum; in both countries the rate is one
in 122; in Australia, where it is one in
III; and in Prussia, where it is one in
1O6, Hsa
Rather more fixed is the proportion
Of births to population. 1t is one in 28
in England and Wales; one in 20 in
Spain and Bavaria one in 80 il Bel
guim, Holland and Norway Que in 80
in Sweden; one in 33 in Hanover, the
Ilanse Towns and Denmark one in 81
IN Greece and one in 38 in France.
| Consequently the natural increase of
population is lower in France, in spite
/, of the high marriage rate. than in any
other European state More fertile than
England are only Wurtemburg, where
the proportion Of births to population
is one in 26; Russia, where it is one in
25; Austria, Saxony and Prussia, where
it is one in "a /; and Poland, where the
proportion is one in 23
The greatly varying sums which the
different nations Of the world pay for
their government, form very interesting
points of comparison. Great Britain,
it is hardly necessary to say, stands at
the head Of all nations in this respect,
| the public revenue amounting to f2 lbs
per head of the population. Next in
the list stands Holland, the best taxed
country Of the Continent, f2 9s per
head; and then follows France, 92 Os.
Sd. The inhabitants of Hanover have
to pay FL lis Id. each for being gov
erned; while the subjects of King Leo
pold disburse f1 6s. 3D., and these of
Queen Isabella e1 5s. 4d per head for
the same In Prussia, despite its large
standing army, the taxation does not
amount to more than 81 IS. 3D.. for each
individual; while the revenue of the
other states of the Confederation varies
from FL 3s to 9l per head of the pop.
ulation. In all the remaining countries
of Europe, the public taxation amount
to considerably less than FL per head
The Danes pay los. Sd. the Portuguese
lis. I'D. the Greeks, 16s. 3d.; the
mixed races inhabiting the Austrian
Empire, los. i'd. the Noryegians, lbs.
Id; the Swedes, 9s ID and last of
all the Swiss, only 6s. 10d. per head
It is something like awe and trem-
bling that we approach a last subject Of
comparative statistics-the public debt
of modern nations. Here, again, Great
Britain stands at the head of all other
countries in the world. Our eight hun
sdred millions of indebtedness, divided
equally between the twenty nine mil
| lion inhabitants of England, Scotland
and Ireland, give share of response
bility amounting to nearly f28 to every
soul. But the Dutchmen are response
bic for as much, the share of the pub
lie debt of Holland, per head of the
population. bring se25 lis Sd. France
the next in the line, has prcportionate-
/ ly, less than half the debt of Holland.
the share Of every inhabitant amount
ing to not more that 912 3s. 3d. Now
the figure sink rapidly. In Portugal
the public debt per head of population
amounts to. f7 las. I'd; in Spain, to
e. los. I'd; in Austria, to 96 IS. in
Belgium, to 95 12s Cd. in Bavaria, to
e5 14s.; in Saxony, to 94 los; in Den
mark, to "a los. I'd; in Greece, f3 l4s.;
in Russia, 93 9s.; in nearly all the states
of the German Confederation, to from
e2 to f3.; in Norway, 81 Is. Cd; and
lin Sweden TO Sc. 10 I'D. Switzerland