That the bachelors are about 28 per cent. of the whole, whereof
those under twenty-five years are 25.5 per cent., and those above
twenty-five years are 2.5 per cent.

That the maidens are about 28.5 per cent. of the whole.

Whereof those under 25 years are 26.5 per cent.

And those above 25 years are 2 per cent.

That the males and females in the kingdom in general are aged, one
with another, 27 years and a half.

That in the kingdom in general there is near as many people living
under 20 years of age as there is above 20, whereof half of the
males are under 19, and one half of the females are under 21 years.

That the ages of the people, according to their several
distinctions, are as follows, viz.:-


Vide Scheme C.


Having thus stated the numbers of the people, he gives a scheme of
the income and expense of the several families of England,
calculated for the year 1688.

SCHEME C