, 1879-06-08

From thus it will be seen that Belgium a manu-
factnElng centre, making use OF vaat machine and
coal power, and occupying the position OF q met
ropolitan province toward Al Europe, aud which
has population Of only 436 10 square mile. ls
exceeded bg the ratio OF Chih-le equal in area to
nre begiums shau6ung. equal in area 70 slx
500, Gan hwny, and Che Kiang equal together to
twelve Beleiums; and yst one of these provinces
Set dq%n ,1 ns St 9pd another Of them "a
any machine power, except that used by the priests
IN PRAYING; not eysn. as q rule mill TO grind the
plow. and flour is. pounded in q mortar as in the
age Of the prehistoric man.
England aud Wales, though aided IN their labor
the entire population Of the globe, and Including
the metropolis OF the world. counts only 389 per-
sons to the square mile while the sterile province
rated. counts SIS and the sterile aud hiily PROV
ince Of Ktang ST. cultiyating only one-si1th Of its
land, counts a popnlatlon OF Ill to the. square
mile, or about 2, 500 TO each cultivated square
mile. The province Of Ypn Van, Of whose lands
only one-forty,seyenth part is cultivated; and
d asd Gf
fttyone to the square mile or 2, 400 to every cnl
tlyated square mile, while Illinois has population
ong Of ~he Is ea1ss
which is ''very mountainous, but fertile where
tillable," has a.popuIation OF o76 to the square
ts; ehasetss only is6 ya. Sev YSsE only Is s,
consin there are five acres OF cultivated
po4s anfs p the se Willie S hs wild
1ungly", province OF kwei-choo, where only one
eiehty-fourth part Of the land is cultivated, there
a9d hfe zen aknH tie rsto oi popnation to
lands fifty times great in the Chinese province
az in Wisconsin,. Now. making all due allowance
jnngiy, and mountainous districts over that en-
stsiemen. that it VIII support afty times - many
scribe their route through vast regions Of the hill
country Of China, away from the rivers ana c;ties
being destitute Of population or of any OF is
trsnsportatisn becomes possible n the absence OF
both land nnimala and steam-roada. and hence it
ia only along the rivera that compact populations
eap be sustained at all. Even there We fail to
detect among the writers upon Chinese mat
tiers evidences OF q more compact population than
throncs ordinary European and American Towns
400 600, 600 OF population then. according TO the
ratio OF u.bau rural population which prevails in
thu far less densely populated countries -England
should be about s25, 900, 600 OF people, and the
leading cities II they graduate those Of England
do ehonld contain at least from ten to fifteen mill
Cnlna shouId have city Of 50, U00 600 souls. Con-
ceding 1hat the struggle for subsistence presses the
people OF China more closely than that OF any other
density Of population to hichten the intensity Of
this struggle. Tbs almost entire absence Of ani--
mails Of the arCer hind for food wastea the resources
for pasturage afforded by. the enormous sup
plies of untitled lands exhibited IN MI.
Martina schedule, and compeIs that a vastly
larger labor shal1a be performed upon the foil
than where abundant nocks and herds are grazing
oyer the untitled lands. The sheep OF China are
OF an excellent uuality. hut we do not learn that
they are sufficiently abundant to become any con-
aiassaoe part ct the get Of the worf1ng classes.
count for the greater diligence required develops
Ing the fertility of the soil, were the population
+ This question is one Of great practical impor-
tance, MS much Of the dread felt by other nations
relative to Chinese immigration Is founded on the
alleged fne1hausttbIe supply inferred from these
faonloue figures. The extracts from Chinese au-
thors Of repute sufficiently show that a Chinese
census, at the best. rests On vetacious OF sin
eere foundation. The motives TO exaseerate arc
evident The complete absence Of all means Of
rivers and canals 1eayes large portions Of The
country to waste, md converts the problem Of
ally claimed into one Az impossible Us Tor the
armies, Of s, oop. goo. led BY Dnrius and Zer1es
The population Of China unny amount to 200, 900;
0QQt and may not exceed loo con nad Knt aran