The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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... population . The general population , on the other , would be re- tained within the boundaries of a soil , fully able , even at its worst extreme , to maintain the families who laboured it . It is a big alternative ; and the most ...
... population . The general population , on the other , would be re- tained within the boundaries of a soil , fully able , even at its worst extreme , to maintain the families who laboured it . It is a big alternative ; and the most ...
Page 213
... population of Britain in 1801 , was 10,942,646 ; the population in 1831 , was 16,537,398 - making an increase in thirty years of more than five millions and a half . But it were fairer to compare the last census with that of 1811 , when ...
... population of Britain in 1801 , was 10,942,646 ; the population in 1831 , was 16,537,398 - making an increase in thirty years of more than five millions and a half . But it were fairer to compare the last census with that of 1811 , when ...
Page 353
... population of 13,000 , of a decidedly manu- facturing character ; and there the yearly expense comes to little more than fifty pounds for each thousand of the population . In the small parish of Carmunnock , about four miles from ...
... population of 13,000 , of a decidedly manu- facturing character ; and there the yearly expense comes to little more than fifty pounds for each thousand of the population . In the small parish of Carmunnock , about four miles from ...
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