Movement of the Population.

From the year 1887 till the year 1891 have taken place in the Republic:

Years.	Births.	Deaths.	Marriages.
———	———	———	———
1887	25,132	12,573	3,428
1888	25,832	12,077	3,976
1889	26,981	12,882	4,175
1890	27,899	15,174	4,082
1891	28,696	13,146	3,524
	———	———	———
	134,540	65,852	19,185
Middle yearly
term:
	26,908	13,170	3,837
Proportion out
of 1000
inhabitants:
	37.9	18.5	5.4

So as to appreciate better the rank occupied by the Republic among the other countries as regards the movement of the population, the following figures may be considered as points of comparison:

	Births per	Deaths per	Marriages
Countries.	1000	1000	per 1000
	Inh'bit'nts.	Inh'bit'nts.	Inhabitants.

France	25.8	23.8	7.7
Italy	37	29.1	7.8
Scotland	35	21.4	7.1
Ireland	26.9	17.8	4.8
Austria	38.6	31	8.5
Swiss	30.1	23.2	7.4
Belgian	32	22.4	7.2
Sweden	27.1	18.9	6.5
Norway	31.3	17.2	6.9
Denmark	31.1	19.7	7.8
Oriental Repub.
of Uruguay	37.9	18.5	5.4

Therefore the births in the Republic prove to be in a greater proportion than in any of the mentioned countries, Austria being excepted, while the deaths, with the exception of Sweden and Norway, is in a smaller proportion, as also the marriages, Ireland being excepted.

This great number of births and the corresponding diminution in the figures of death prove how easy is the purchase of the elements necessary to life; and how very excellent are the climate and the salubrity in the Republic.