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other great countries of Europe ; and less than the increase of every other species of wealth and power in France itself . "p . 243 . < e Annual increase of population : — Individuals .
In Prussia 27 , 027 Great Britain 16 , 667 Low Countries 12 , 372 The two Sicilies 11 , 211 Russia 10 , 527 Austria 10 , 114 France 5 , 536
Ch . Dupin , p . 35 , " Increase annual , in—Population £ Horses 1 Sheep J ^ Consumption indicated hy indirect octroi taxation - 3
Ditto , by 3 ± Operations of industry , us by patents 34 Circulation , as by post ...... 3 | Commerce , as by customs .... 4 Industry , as by coal ........ 4 Ditto , by iron 4 ^ Ditto , by the press % \ Ch . Dupin , Intr . XVII . vol . i . p . 243
i € The increase in the term of life in France , during the last half century , has been seven years . ''—p . 240 .
It also appears , from a statistical table , which Mr . Bulwer was enabled to form , " owing to the kindness of the French Ministry of Finance , " that the increase in the division of land during the last seventeen years lias been very small . There
were— Properties in France . " In 1815 10 , 082 , 751 1832 o 10 , 814 , 779 p . 251 . " This , " sixys Mr . Bulwer , " gives undoubtedly a continued increase in the division of land ; but it is a very small increase , and such as might be effectually and easily counteracted . "—[> . 251 .
Without entering deeply into causes , ( and Mr . Bulwer does not ) these results are highly interesting . There are also one or two passages in the * present work , relating to the character and habits of the French people , and the influence of their institutions upon both , which are well worthy of note . *• The peasant who has a small piece of land , lives under the increasing desire to preserve , to increase and to transmit that land . He ' Cceivee four acres from his father ; he toils unceasingly till he cuo
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166 Bultver * * France .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1836, page 166, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2655/page/38/
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