The  following  table  presents  the  birth  rates  for  twenty-two
years,  1871-1892,  in  groups  of  five-year  periods  :  —

Table  II.
YEARS,


Births  to  1,000  of  Population.
1871,

1872,
1878,
1874,
1875,

1876,
1877,
1878,
1879,
1880,

1881,
1882,
1883,
1884,
1885,

1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,

1891,

1892,


26-60
28-16
28-26
28-29
26-63

25-12
24-55
23-83
22-94
24-80

24-91
24-73
25-17
25-45
25-12

25-37
25-80
25-89
26-19
25-81

27-35
27-77


27-58


24-25


25-08


25-81


122


REGISTRATION  REPORT.
[1892.
