, 1876-11-18
THE CERMAN CENSUS.
a Formulation that iS Increasing RHpidiy
in spifr OF Wars and EmuiiSr;, sioi;.

Formulation fI,af iS Increasing RHEidiy
in spite OF Wars and ImfniSrastot'.
The German census return which
has recently heca published gives the
newly formed Emrirc the Iank next
10 Grea; Britain of the fastest grow
inn country in Europe. Within The
limits now comprised in jhe German
Emrire the population has almost
doub ed in sixty years. In 1916 the
porula,icn was %. l03, III; il 1875 It
is 1926, ,s44, inciqding the annexed
territory Of Alsace lorraine. The
census before that OF last December
was taken in 1871; then the popu!a-
ton was 4l.G23, ,G95. THUS the in
crease of population amounted to
l.7937I0 IN four wears, being slightly
over one Der cent. per aunnm. II may
afford maleriqi iur comparison 20 state
here that lhe annual rate Of increase II
England ANA Wales during the sey.
enty years previous TO the ccnsIs OF
1871 was l.35 per cent. the actual az
gregate increase being l3,SlJI3O, or
I.55 per cent. Whi.e II h-s taken
Germany sixty years 10 double her
population England and Wales doubi
ed theirs in the years intervening be
tween 1891 aua 1871, and the annual
rate Of increase prevailing during the
ten years preceding 1871 would 90
on doubling ITSELF every fifjy->ix years.
TUE RATE OF INCREASE.
In Germany from 1871 to 1919 diff
fers in a striking manner in the varl-
ors States Of The Empire. /, was lar
gest in the free cities of Bremen and
Hamburg, amounting to over 10 per
cent. in the former aud II per cent. IN
the latter but this was net SO much
owing to general increase of the
population as 10 the movement from
rual into urban districts prevailing all
over Europe The increase Of popn-
lalion was greater in SaXony, which
had 2,j56,24I inhabitants in lS1 !, and
2,760,2i2 at The census OF 1873, show
inc a growth at the rate of close upon
eight pc: cent in the four years. Next
stands Prussia. the population Of
which increased from 24,GO5, ,S42 in
1871 to 81 ,693,GSS in 1873, or At the
rate Of 440 per cent. during the per
iod. The three southern States OF
Bavaria, Wurtcmburg, and Baden ex
hlbit a very inferior growth Of popu
Ialion. AlSace Lorraine ioSi-uot by
decrease Of birth, bat by emigration
20,33O souls in four years; the popu>
lation Of the Rech>land falling from
1,540,73S 1871, To 1920 ,40S in 1873,
or at ;he rate Of 3,lJ per cent in tour
years. Three other States showed
DECREASE OF POPULATION.
In the census returns Of 1873, i. e,
the little priucipaIity Of Wa.deck, and
the TWO grand duchies of Mecklenburg
Schwerln aud Strpi,z, the administers
ton of which remains semi 'eudal.
The returns Of the census ug 1873 have
been summarized in the statement that
the increase of population was mainly
in the Northern States Of Germany,
more particularly in Prussia, the east
ern provinces Of which stand promi.
nent IN this reslcc', and in SaXony
In other words, the boundary lines OF
large increase fall into marked De,
gree with those divisions of the En-.
pre- Inhabited by The ProIcslants. 1t
is worthy OF remark that in this re.
spect Germany is typical Of the whole
OF Europe. The census return supplies
some Iu,eresterIng information upon
the relative number of the sexes
Prussia has an excess OF 3G2 130 f.
maiea over males, or proportiouately
about one-haIf of the surplus of fe
males in England ami Wales. In
some parts Of Prussia, however, there
is an
INtEES OF MALES OVER FEMALES.
In the district Of Hanover, for in
stance, IN the province OF the same
name, there was at the census of the
lst Of December, 1875, 4 population
Of 1904 mai,s and !S4 $50 females
while the district Of Luueburg, in The
same province, had aS many as I95..
541 males, with 1872, lbs fema IeS and
the adjoining district of Osnahruck
l59,t6l males, with but I3S,00l
females. The review from which We
extract these facts omirs TO state, with
reference TO the provinces where the
ladies are in minority, what is the
number remaining unmarried above
the age, say, Of 30.