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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 edition. Excerpt: ...of the proportions of this number engaged in different employments: according to him, 450,000 were employed, directly or indirectly, in the fisheries: 200,000 were supported by agriculture, inland-fishing, herding, hay-making, turf-making, and by furnishing materials for these operations: 650,000 in manufactures: 250,000 in navigation and trade: 650,000 in miscellaneous employments; and 200,000 gentry, magistrates, soldiers, &c. In the year 1732, the population of Holland certainly did not exceed 980,000. In the year 1796, an estimate of the population of the Seven United Provinces was made by order of the National Assembly, which we shall give entire, for the purpose of comparing the population of Holland with that of the other provinces. Utrecht, in towns.... 45,204 in the flat country.. 47,600 92.804: Friesland, in towns ... 44.824 ' in the fiat country.. 116.689 1e1,5is Overyssel, in towns.... 41.805 in the flat country.. 98.255 ' 135,060 Groningen, in towns _.... 23,770 in the flat country... 90.785 1 14,5 55 The country of Drent, in towns.. 5,789 in the flat country 33,883 39,672 Dutch Brabant, in the towns... 48,711 in the fiat country.. 159,466 208,177 The total is 810,192 in towns, and 1,070,271 in the flat countries, making the entire population of the United Provinces, in the year 17 96, to be 1,880,468. The population of the province of Holland, as stated above, in the year 1732, was 980,000, and in the year 1796 it was 828.542, which shews a decrease of 151,458 inhabitants, equal to one-thirteenth of the whole population. The people of Holland may be divided into the following classes: --the clowns, or boors, who cultivate the land; the mariners, or skippers, who navigate the ships and inland boats; the merchants and..
