, 1876-10-20

A Fnst.(;rowlng Conntry-The Increnae Of
pupt,latIon-An Excess OF FemaleB Over

A Fnst.Growlng Countrywide 1ncrenae OF
Fnptlatlon-An Excess OF FosnaleB over
Males. ..-
Iiaoehhttr Examiner. .
The German census.rcturn which LAS recently
been published gives the ncwiy-formcd Empire
the rank next To Grcns Britain OF the
fastest -g,zwiug eauntry iii Euronc. With
IN tho limits now comprised In tn o
German Euptrc tho population Las
almost doubledLn sixty years. In 1916 tic pop
untion wae "a, ,t, III; III 1875 It te in
Gliding thv annexed terrltory oi A1sanr-Lor-
5aiuc. The ccnsus before that of last December
wns taken in 1S71; then tt,e. population was 4l,-
230M TITUS the Increase of polulat?ot, alnol1nt-
cd 10 1,7R 40 in four years. being slightly Oyer
for comparison to atate lICrc that the annual
rate Of Increase In England and Wales dnrilig
the seventy years previous 10 tho ee.lRiIB Of lS11
was LIS per cent, tle actual aggreGnto tncrgaee
being 1850. .730, or 1b5 per ccnt. While II has
taken Germany sixty ycars to double her popl,-
iutIo1,, Englaul and Walcs doublel theirs In the
years intervening between 1901 and 1861,
ind at the ANIMAL rate OF tucrcase prevail
, Would TO" 20 on doubling Itself every ftty-
stx Years, The rate of Increase In Germany
from ISL to 1918 differs In striking manner ii
tho various stntes Of tlc Empire. It was
Hamburg, amounting to over 10 PER cent in The
ills was not 30 nlucl, owing to = gs,l-
crA! increase Of ropunt!on al to tue
a,xonm r9 a gF" over fS Surope opean RE RE
| wh!ch lad 2,Es88, III inhatltanta III 1871, mid
a,TU0,aE ut tho census Of is75., showing n
growth ut the rate Of close upon per ccnt III
four years. Next stands Frussia, tic ponula-
tion of whlsh increased from a4.g5, ,sia IN 1s7i
per, cent during The period, 1hs. throe
Southern states Of bayaria' "urtein,
infcSfiior growth u popnlq.toI. Alsase.Lor1al,ie
)ost-not by decrease Of birth, but by efn]gra
tIon-3O, $50 souls in the four ycara; ths popu
latton Of tho RecllHland falling from 7ss Il
pcr cent Il, four years. Three other States
| showed @ decrease Of population In tic ccns1.!
returns Of 1861, e., thu little, ,princt
psity e Wa!ussk I'D t!,s two grand sete,
tho Administration Of .whlcl. rcmains semi
fcudnl. Tho rctus1,s ot tho ccnsiw Of 1875 hnyt
been summarized in the statement TINT the In
crease Of population was p'anlyin the Northern
o. c,a,arn efs + W ,,n 1
,ncnt in tits respcrt, and in saxony. In otl,e
words, the boundary lines ot large II
s;s9,' S tass 5a 4 vtssns S Of '"tSsa s Eps EssSas
tic Whole Of Europe. The census return e.r
plies some Interesting Information upon tho re-
ltfyc ,l1n,brTs of the sexes. Prussia las an ea
cesa of ss,530 females orer males, or Iropo,'
iu Euejaod ami % s;tales. in some parts Of Pra.sll
however, there IL IN excess OF male
urcr feina!cB III tho District OF ltar
over, for Instance, in the Province .
the r.ue name. there was At tho ecnsus u I,
lit t,f December. 1S7rj, q population Of 9l5,38
inaics md ss1. III, females; willis tic District
Lunrlrs, III tho cutie province, had "a '.,a,.
10 iN,6iG macs, with l93, us fenlales; and I'll
utljo!ning DistrLt Ut osIaabrusAs l391M mhle ~
With We cxtruct these facts onaits to STAT
with reference IL the provinces where the Iud!t
ar tl Il minority. what Ii the number sema''
Ing unmarried ,lboyn the age, eay, Of 90.