The number of Inhabitants in 1771 as appears in No. 13 was abi^° By the returns in 1756 from which year to 1771 no Census was taken, the numbers appear "

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168,007

to have been

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83,233 -

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13,542 96,775

Which shews the Increase from 1756 to 1771 to be

71,232

Admitting the Increase for the succeeding three years to be no more than the average proportion of this number which is much less than the Proportion at which rated, there must be added for the Increase from 1771 to 1774

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it

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ought to be -

Increase of Inhabitants from 1756 to 1774 a Period of 18 years

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14,244

85,476

Hence by taking the proportion of the last mentioned number it is found that the Inhabitants of this Colony are increased during the last Ten years according to the lowest Calculation 47,480. causes of the The reasons commonly assigned for the rapid population of the Colonies, are doubtless Increase of inhabitants,

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m this Province. •

the principal causes oi the Great Increase

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The high price of Labour, and the plenty and cheapness of new land fit for Cultivation, as they increase the

means of subsistence are strong additional Incitements to Marriage, and the people

entering into that state more generally and at an earlier period of life than in Europe, the Proportion of Marriages and Births so far exceeds that of populous Countries, that it has been computed the