He further observes, accounting the people to be 5,500,000, that the said five millions and a half (including the transitory people and vagrants) appear by the assessments on marriages, births, and burials, to bear the following proportions in relation to males and females, and other distinctions of the people, viz.:— SCHEME A. People. Annual Producing Marriages. children In all. each 530,000 London and 1 in 106 5,000 4.0 bills of mortality 870,000 The cities 1 in 128 6,800 4.5 and market towns 4,100,000 The 1 in 141 29,200 4.8 villages and hamlets 5,500,000 1 in 134 41,000 4.64 * * * * * Annual Births. Annual Burials. In all. In all. London and 1 in 26½ 20,000 1 in 24.1 22,000 bills of mortality The cities 1 in 28½ 30,600 1 in 30.4 28,600 and market towns The 1 in 29.4 29,200 1 in 34.4 119,400 villages and hamlets 1 in 28.95 190,000 1 in 32.35 170,000 _Vide_ Scheme B. So that the number of communicants is in all 3,260,000 souls; and the number of fighting men between sixteen and sixty is 1,308,000. SCHEME B. Males. Males. Females. Both. Females. In London 10 to 13 230,000 300,000 530,000 and bills of mortality In the 8 to 9 410,000 460,000 870,000 other cities and market- towns In the 100 to 99 2,060,000 2,040,000 4,100,000 villages and hamlets 27 to 28 2,700,000 2,800,000 5,500,000 _That as to other distinctions they appear by the said assessments to bear these proportions_. People. Males. Females. Husbands and 34½% 1,900,000 950,000 950,000 wives at above Widowers at 1½% 90,000 90,000 above Widows at about 4½% 240,000 240,000 Children at 45% 2,500,000 1,300,000 1,200,000 above Servants at 10½% 560,000 260,000 300,000 about Sojourners and 4% 210,000 100,000 110,000 single persons 100% 5,500,000 2,700,000 2,800,000 _And that the different proportions in each of the said articles between London_, _the great towns_, _and the villages_, _may the better appear_, _he has formed the following scheme_:—