5. As vital statistics for Liberia are rare, and it is interesting to know how immigrants survived the acclimating fever, we subjoin a table taken from the African Repository.[B] It is interesting in various ways. The large number of deaths, nearly one-half the total of immigrants, is not strange in view of the fact that a large part of the persons sent were well on in years, or worn out through service. Such, and small children, were especially liable to die under the new conditions. Under the circumstances, the number of removals (presumably returns to the United States) is not large. Most interesting of all, however, is the column of viable births. How would it compare with the present? The impression the visitor receives is that the Americo-Liberian population is barely holding its own--if it is doing that. [B] POPULATION MOVEMENT FOR LIBERIA (EXCLUSIVE OF MARYLAND) FROM 1820 TO 1843 Year Arrivals Deaths Removals Births, Pop. Liv. 1820 86 15 35 -- 36 1821 33 7 8 -- 54 1822 37 14 5 3 75 1823 65 15 8 6 120 1824 103 21 8 3 200 1825 66 21 3 6 248 1826 182 48 6 3 379 1827 234 29 14 6 576 1828 301 137 24 12 638 1829 247 67 25 20 813 1830 326 110 25 20 1,024 1831 165 83 12 30 1,117 1832 655 129 83 13 1,573 1833 639 217 122 44 1,917 1834 237 140 31 33 1,016 1835 183 83 32 48 2,132 1836 209 145 13 47 2,230 1837 76 141 6 58 2,217 1838 205 185 12 56 2,281 1839 56 135 10 55 2,247 1840 115 180 6 40 2,216 1841 86 100 9 78 2,271 1842 229 91 15 35 2,429 1843 19 85 2 29 2,390 ---- ---- ---- ---- ------