The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-23
The Isle Of Man.

From the Liverpool Mercury.I
The census OF the Isle OF Man, the de-
tailed particulars OF which have Just been
published, shows that during the past ten
years the population Of the island has been
all but stationary. The area OF the island
is returned as in 1S21-the first census year
here recorded-at 1925 acres, though
the reclamations which have been made
at some parts and the denudations that
have taken place at others must have
caused some variation In the amount OF
surface. A remarkable feature is the dif-
erept ratio in which inhabited and unin-
habited houses have increased during the
sixty wears included in the return. In
1921 the inhabited houses were 6,62I, and
in 1881 Q, 425, while the uninhabited houses
had grown from 279 to LOIS, and the num-
Der building from 40 TO 112. These figures
appear to indicate either that builders in
the island are specializing in a very reck-
less manner, or that the annual influx OF
visitors, which in April, when the census
is taken, has not set in. causes great de-
mand for houses during the L" season y
alone. The rate OF increase in the
population has also seen many varia-
lions. In the ten years 1S21-'31 1t was at
the rate OF 2.3 per cent. The next decade
saw prodigious leap, the actual number
added to the population being 6,9I5, or IL
per cent. During the next ten years also
the growth OF the population proceeded at
a fair rate, being o. per cent. Since 1857,
however, il has been practically stagnant,
for in ten years fiom date the whole in
crease was but 50, or g per cent; in
1S61-'71 it was 1,j73, or 3 per cent, while
in the last decade 1t dropped to the prac-
tically inappreciable figure OF AZ, or Il
per cent. The entire increase, therefore,
in sixty years has been but 3f.9 per
cent. With regard to age, the MaDX-
men can boast OF one centenarian, a
man stated to be aged 105. 2 women OF %
or more, and men and IA women OF the
age OF 80 and upward. AS to marriage
there, Il, 009 unmarried males with 7,l49
unmarried females to choose from; 1924
husbands, with, strange to say, only S,OS6
wives; 1.04S widowers, and 1858 widows.
The record OF occupations OF the inhabitants
contains some interesting information.
There are AZ church clergymen, 3 Roman
Catholic priests. 90 ministers OF various de-
nominations, and - missionaries and
Scripture readers to look after the spiritual
concerns of the population, while the
temporal army appears to consist OF 81 Of
ficers defective and retiredD and % nom
commissioned officers and men. Militia,
yeomanry, and volunteers include 4 in
dividuals, while there are 81 army pen
sioners. The litigious propensities OF the
islanders are ministered to by Al barristers
and solicitors, while their bodily ailments
afford employment to 30 medical prac-
titioners, OF them a lady, dentists, and
6 medical assistants. Education is pro-
vided for by 325 teachers Of both sexes.
while journalism and literary pursuits en-
gross the attention OF 10 persons. One
actor holds sole possession OF the island
stage. There are 1.222 farmers and gra-
ziers, 1,5s6 agricultural laborers, Is shep-
herds, and 1888 fishermen. Two game
keepers suffice for all the needs Of the
island, while not single wo0dman finds
scope for bis labor. What becomes Of
ManXmen when they die does not appear,
as neither funeral furniture-maker nor an
undertaken figures in the return. There
are l19 male and 80 female inn-keepers, Al
male and $50 female clearinghouse keepers,
and male and female coilee-house keep
ers. The lead-mines give employment to
1.040 males. There is one crossing
only in the island. The afflicted OF both
sexes include G6 blind, 81 deaf and dumb,
1872 lunatics "a males and So females), and
81 idiots.