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OF MACHINERY.
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For every Hundred Persons employed in Agriculture, there are,
| Agriculturists. | Non-agriculturists. | |
|---|---|---|
| In Bengal | 100 | 25 |
| In Italy | 100 | 31 |
| In France | 100 | 50 |
| In England | 100 | 200 |
The fact that the proportion of non-agricultural to agricultural persons is continually increasing, appears both from the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons upon Manufacturers' Employment, July, 1830, and from the still later evidence of the last census; from which document the annexed table of the increase of population in our great manufacturing towns, has been deduced.
| Names of Places. | 1801 to 1811. |
1811 to 1821. |
1821 to 1831. |
Total 1801 to 1831. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 22 | 40 | 47 | 151 |
| Glasgow | 30 | 46 | 38 | 161 |
| Liverpool[1] | 26 | 31 | 44 | 138 |
| Nottingham | 19 | 18 | 25 | 75 |
| Birmingham | 16 | 24 | 33 | 90 |
| Great Britain | 14.2 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 52.5 |
Thus, in three periods of ten years, during each of which the general population of the country has
- ↑ Liverpool, though not itself a manufacturing town, has been placed in this list, from its connexion with Manchester of which it is the port.
