[24b] The few deaths “age not stated” are disregarded.
[25a] Births, plus allowance for those unregistered, say 1½ per cent. on births in 1866–70, and 2¼, 2.65 and 3.5 per cent. respectively on births in the earlier periods.
[25b] The few deaths “are not stated” are disregarded.
[25c] These figures are, I think, improbable; I suppose the apportionment of deaths may be chiefly in fault.