---------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-----+-----+----- | 1826. | 1827. | 1828. |1829.|1830.|1831. ---------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-----+-----+----- Present on the 1st January | 604 | 919 | 816 | 722 | 658 | 519 Admitted during the year | 422 | 247 | 172 | 147 | 97 | 5 Brought back from desertion| 6 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 27 | 18 Born | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | ----- | ----- | ----- | --- | --- | --- | 1,037 | 1,194 | 1,003 | 895 | 783 | 542 | | | | | | Enlarged | 7 | 159 | 135 | 116 | 82 | 18 Deserted | 14 | 42 | 35 | 37 | 65 | 66 Died | 91 | 166 | 104 | 37 | 81 | 23 Entered the military | | | | | | service as volunteers | .. | .. | 2 | 39 | 28 | .. Entered the militia | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 Brought before justice | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .. | ----- | ----- | ----- | --- | --- | --- | 118 | 378 | 281 | 240 | 268 | 110 | ----- | ----- | ----- | --- | --- | --- Total, 31st Dec. | 919 | 816 | 722 | 655 | 515 | 432 ---------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-----+-----+----- The number of deaths is very striking. It amounts to 502 in six years, or 83⅔ per year, the average population during that time having consisted of 708 persons; so that the average annual mortality was nearly 12 per cent. The proportion of desertions appears also to have progressively increased, until in the last year 66 deserted out of 542. On the whole the Belgian poor colonies appear to be valuable only as a warning. FRANCE. The information contained in this Appendix respecting the poor-laws of France, and their administration, consists of a paper by M. Frederic de Chateauvieux, on the comparative state of the poor in France and England (p. 21); a report by Mr. Majendie, from Normandy (p. 34); and reports by his Majesty’s Consuls from Havre (p. 179), Brest (p. 724), Nantes (p. 171), Bourdeaux (p. 229), Bayonne (p. 260), and Marseilles (p. 185).