Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic by Sir William Petty
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3. The sea constantly employing 11,000 per annum.
about 40,000, may precipitate 2,500 the death of about 4. The plantations (over and above the accession of foreigners) 1,000 may carry away Whereby the net annual increase may be but 9,000 souls. That of these 20,000 souls, which would be the annual increase of the kingdom by procreation, were it not for the before-mentioned abatements. The country increases annually by procreation 20,000 souls. The cities and towns, exclusive of London, by procreation 2,000 souls. But London and the bills of mortality decrease annually 2,000 souls. So that London requires a supply of 2,000 souls per annum to keep it from decreasing, besides a further supply of about 3,000 per annum for its increase at this time. In all 5,000, or above a half of the kingdom's net increase. Mr. King further observes that by the assessments on marriages, births, and burials, and the collectors' returns thereupon, and by the parish registers, it appears that the proportions of marriages, births, and burials are according to the following scheme |
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