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But in a late publication s, Mr. William Tooke, who has long refided in
Ruffia, and appeals to be intimately acquainted wkh the original docu-«
meHtavçô«ewQtog tteat empirej'hscs giten new elucidations u f this im*»
portant fubj e£t, -which eonMëfably fwdl the fâ » the inhàbitaÉtS»
He obfcrves that, in;hrder to collet the capitation tax, Enumerations of
the people have been made at intervals, Of twenty years fince iya j.
. Otfthe firft enumeration, the;jpeiCôas fohje& to the taxf#em Itated: at
5)794>928 : this number Was ..always; upon the incrfeàfe ; andin 1763
was fuppofei f6 ‘yield data her the éomputatkto'
total population of the etripirei- But- in 1 78-3, more exaët e&aiates
were prepared^ and in the 41 vice-royalties* then compefing the empire,
|b t ftate of male inhabitants * was as follows i
Merchants - - _
Burghers ' jHfSsfr ' pi ' v
Odnodvortri, and free côuntrymêrir r
E x em p t from taxes - • » .
Grown bdprs <« V
Private boors - *
107,468
f '*9t o ' 3 '
‘ i 377Ï $ $
310.830 ]
4,674^60.3
B I B S
T h e npmber o f females being fuppofed to equal th a t o f the males, a
population would arife o f 25,6771.606. T h e moft important acceffion
to the Ruffian population arifes from the, partitions o f Poland, which,
w ith fmall acquifitipns from th e Porte have been thus ftated % 3 T !;
A t the firft partition o f Poland in 1773
From th e Porte in th e years 1774 and. 1783
From the Porte in th e year 1791
A t the fécond partition o f P oland 1793
B y th e fubje&ion o f Gourland -
A t the th ird partition o f Poland 1795
1 , 2 2 6 , 9 6 6
171*6:1 i>
4 2 , 7 0 s
3 ^ 4 5 , 6 6 3 ^
1,407,402,
6,982,27'r
! View of the Ruff. Empj ii. 3-24.
* Even male babes are included In the capitation tax, under the denomination of their parents
. . . . . . . ' r z * ■ . ‘r
Mr.
CHAP. II. POL IT ICAL GEOGRAPHY.
I Mb. Tooke afterwards proceeds tQ;give the following; account; drawn Bop-
u p as he allures us, with the * greateft nicety of examination, and pfe- T1(
fentiiig the wholes population of the empire mg j 799't i;
. By the rev-Midfe [of I'yS^'ithCre 'Were in the'faid 41'
governments,; C(^put?in|s‘'flie female fex asi equal to the
.male, ©f regiftered pSrfons - - 25,677,000
3 ? The amount- of the >KxazakMȣ -.the Ek>n arkhthe Eux-
in q , according, t o the moft authentic private accounts at
leaft \ -1 - - - ’ - i- , ,jJ 220,000
For the unnumbered tribes and clafles, at thetime’of the-
fourth ;fC®poniy we cannot without the higheft improba-
bility allow lefs than - - - -■ . - :,•• eual ?»5-°®»ol9^ '
...' CanfeqUentfy,',the nRuffian empire in the year 1783,
mighthaive 5-mhabltaitt® arirourfting- altogether- to 1 i 1r-. - ' • ,2 7,139,7,000
t, "According'to- the refultfe deduced from experiments and
obfervations 'oh' the frmtfulnefs' and mortality «in Ruffia,y ra
this mafs muft o f itfelf have iUcreafed ann'ually Jrtdt?e than
half a’ million. If, in order to keep as far as poffible from
all Exaggeration, we dedn£b the half ,©& this furplus "qf^.
girths, to allow for the dimiiS&6on 4L may havei fuff^ed\7'
by1 an extraordinary mdridKtyyas by war; there remains ••
by’Weyy- year an incieafe of 25,000'new citizens, which, 3
exclUfively'of all afeending proportion, in 22 years makes
a ftinT total'o#>- '• - - - r 3,000,000'
The new aiquifitiohS fence the year'1*783, or(the pre- [
fetot hiSolhfi^s-royahka of Taurida, Minlk, Brat^lau,
^ofhefenlk, Pbdolia, Velhynia, Gourland,. Vilna, and ;,
Slb&imyctfcfain aecordmg to aiqgitimated! fta^ihent .already
mentSohed _1 - - - - 5,75,5,000 '
' Confequently we may admit, By the moft"moderate
eftimate, the population of the Ruffian empire at prefent
to b e: - _ _ _ - - - .'-,3 6,152,000
Or in a round fum thirty-fix-millions of perfons.” : *•
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