, 1881-08-24
THE CENSUS IN ANTIGUA.
From the Obs e1ver Of IL July.)

The Report Of the Registrar. Gapsral on
the Census of 1881 has just reached US for
publication, and as that officer himself
remarks, the results of the enumeration are
Disappointing for instead of the increase to
be looked for from the record s carefully kept
of births and deaths during the decade, there
appears an actual decrease of 1913, of which,
however, 40 stands recorded against Barbu-
da. Tbs number Of births during the last
ten Years exceeded the deaths by 1884.
which with Ill Immigrants received from
Barbados recently, should have brought up
the total population to So 532. instead of
which We have only "a, 964. showing a loss
Of 1888 of our population, only to be account
ed for fy the emigration wti0h in the periods
OF drought and consequent priVation a fow
years ago wera so very noticeable. In those
years a WHOLESALE emigration took place
to Trinidad and Porto Rico. as well as to
some Of the French islands, every Steamer
carrying away It's scores Of stalwar: men,
most Of whom left helpless wives and children
hehind to become, to quote the words Of the
Registrar %eneral, " IN many cases a charge
on the public charities Of the isla and" The
fglres given above refer to Antigua and
BarbNda. To a certain extent it is satisfsc-
tory 20 find in The words of the Report under
~ AC5 'hA" ~ l' NAC P'IAlntlOH
Z" ia not from the usual caUs., an excess of
-" deaths oyer births, as from the measur s
" adopted by the Government, together with
" less serious epidemics of disea 50 and better
g. seasons, the deaths have been + dnced from
Z" IJ76 over the births between 1861 and
" 1871 to 1884 Wder the births sihce thA
" latter date - and the Registrar goes on to
say that " as there has been no serious
q epidemi1 of disease during the last ten
" year, except in 1877 when dysentery
" prevailed, increasing the deaths to 229
q over the births in that year, the small
" natural increase is owing almost entirely
to the alarming mortality among Infants
6 as has been frequently shown in ths
" Registrar Generals Reports on the Vital
Z" Statistics of this Presidency" All the
Parishes shew a decrease, except the parishes
of st. Johns and ST. Marys, which show
an increase, in the former casa Of 636, and in
the latter Of As, the city of St. John showing
an increase # OFT, which the r gistrar.
General attributes mainly to the : large
number of persons who came to the City on
the destruction of their houses by the
hC rricane of 1871.
The following are among the ennmerations
Of occupations :-I.abcurers 1855 agst.
1878 in 1871, Planters 263 against 288 ia
1871, TaiIors 273, Fishermen 234, Gunner
cial SO, Auctioneers 2, Apprentices Sc,
Bakers lag, Butchers 81, BIacksmiths lS2,
Carpenters and Cabinet Makers SOS, Coopers
1872, Coppersmitbs II. Clerks PAP, Dispensers
10. Domestics 1896, Goldsmllhs II, Laun-
dresses and Washers 1881, Masons 21s,
Midwives As, Musicians 4, Printers SO,
Painters 46, Poriers lis, SaddIers sc.
Shipwr ghts "A, Shoemakers So, Sesmstresses
1898, Teachers and Pupils 1918, Wheel
virgins SO, Watrrmen rs, Unspeci6ed 44o9.
against Sass iu 1871, Grooms 40. Looking
over this list it is satisfactory at least to
note that the number of persons without
knowa occupations has diminished since 1871,
a fact which points wa hope to increased
industry among or people. These are the
main facts to be gathered from the Report,
which we have not time to analyse further,
but which will, more in detail, be soon
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