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of the surest indications of our increasing prosperity.
Secondly, although there is a slight falling off in the
number of births, the deaths are so few in number that
we find a remarkable augmentation in the natural increase
of the population.
From the above-mentioned excess of births over
deaths, and taking into account the large amount of
immigration, it can be well imagined our population
is rapidly increasing. The population by the official
method of calculation is 31,381 persons. This is much
less than the actual numbers.
Birth-rate.—Based upon the above calculation the
birth-rate is 32'4 per 1000 per annum.
Death-rate.—The death rate, as might be understood
from the preceding table, is unprecedently low, viz., 14.8
per 1000 per annum.
The following table, comprehensive and yet condensed,
gives all the statistical information possible regarding the
deaths registered in the Sub-district. Its simplicity
forbids description.