, 1876-09-09

2,32l5 brlS.
Concrete 700 " g. 1908 brls.
Molasses. .20343 puns.
$50 puns. & IS hhds.
Iamarlnds. -...... 63 packages.
OIvldlVl.. ........ 70 do.
The above will equal about 6,50e hhds.
Muscovado Sugar, and 86s hhds. Concrete, or
a total of 1914 hhds. cleared to the present
time.
The usual semi-annual Abstracts from the
records Of the Registrar-G General of Births and
Deaths for Antigua and Barbuda, have been
published; they are for the six months ended 30th
June last, and give the following information to
the public 80
That the number Of births were sol; 1871
males and 1l9 females were legitimate, and
303 males and 24S females were illegitimate.
Of the total 645 were black, % white, and
1872 c0loured.
The above shews that Of the total births very
nearly 68.8O per cent. were illegitimate. We
believe that this result gives no Improvement.
but the reverse, In the state Of morals 10 this
island, if judged by the increase of Legitimate
births therein. Even that once "chaste'' island
OF Barbuda since its annexation TO Antigua has.
1t would seem, fallen q little In the scale of mo-
rality for, there is recorded 81 births during
the first half of the year, and only s of these
were legitimate, equal to about 62 per cent.
illegitimate. The Parish Of ST. John gives over
69 per cent. i~iiegjtimate births St. George 6666
st. Philip over u St, Mary nearly 70; St.
Peter close on So, and St. Paul $50 per cent,
which latter is the lowest, and ST. Philip ap.
pears to be highest.
The deaths for The same period number 657.
so that The births exceeded the deaths by lA4.
Of these deaths & births II were still bora
and IT'S died within the first year Of life be.
fUJ,ot, I r.ou4s oo. 81 Z < 4 al L.4-.-. 2
& IA years the deaths were 80 the whole
number Of deaths under IA years of age was
therefore 1876, or more than halfthe total 227
of these were ilIegitimate and 100 legitimate.
About ii years the number of deaths was 321.
The table o. 'oauses ofdeath" shows that
fevers (Zvmotic) and tubercular diseases (Con-
sumption, Marasmus &c were thB most des-
s~trQotive of life in Antigua, being. respectively
II and 80. Disease of the Brain, Liver and
organs Of Digestion oama next, being 62 q 20
and then comes age. 46. The still births II,
Premature births Is.
The deaths 10 towns we're 800, Villages
236, Estates 1l2. 1t Is rot in our power
to-day from want Of statistics, 30 compare
these items with the population In Towns,
Villages aud on Estates throughout the Island,
Tho DEATHS by complexion were Black 500.
White 81, Coloured 1875.
It is our opinion that when shese vital sta.
ti8tics are further investigated ii will be found
that, in proportion to population tho death rate
has always been greater in Villages, aud less
upon Estates; the towo giving about the aver.
age death rate Of the Island. So far as the
Registrars tables, from which we have quoted
caH be understood, an Improvement the state
of the public health appears 90 have taken
place, although it is not possible to say the same
thing with regard to tho observance of the
directions Of the laws governing matrimonial
alliances. We may, on obtaining she necessary
information, compare the Births and Deaths ten
years ago with these Of the present time, so as
to discover the direction Of which the moral and
vital currents Of the island have taken since
then.