PERSONAL STATISTICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5605, 11 February 1879, Page 5

PERSONAL STATISTICS.

A Mr James Campbell writes to the Melbourne Argus : Sir, —The following from the Auslralisohe Zeitung regarding the Gorman Imperial Parliament is so very curious,; humourous; and original in the way of stati(- ; tieol returns, that I nave taken the trouble to translate it for the amusement of yourself and readers!—

“We regard it ns our duty," says the Zeitung, “to place before the eyes of our honoured readers the result of our circular to the member* df the Imperial Parliament concerning their personal appearance, likings, and habits-'-a statistical return worthy of the, heartiest thanks. Among the members of Parliament there are 87 lean and 95 fat gentlemen t the balance average size. I 82 representatives ore toll, 89 little, 130 middle height i 133 rejoice in a full growth of hair on the face, the others shave more or loss. Further 1 , we notice that 76 have full beards, ; 46 are clean shaven, . 94 have moustaches, 61 1 ore adorned with mutton-chop whiskers, 39; with a * democratic"’ , beard; and" 66 onset i a military out j 162 ! members are , more • or loss grey, 50 have blonde, the rest; partly - brown , and partly black , hair j j 81 wear . spectacles; 5a carry double and 82. sitigle eye-glasses. The M.P.V are divided; into 321 pmbkers and 11 non-smokers, so-that : the .tpbaoeo monopoly stands a bad chance of I beiug 'COrvicd through. In addition thjereiOrC ! 103 snuffers. The manner of living of our honoured representatives is difficult to get at, but wo have 25 vegetarians, 31 toa-sippers, 179 famous connoisseurs of wine, 83 epicures, and

82 wine bibbe»..2&£.inembers are married, 61 .arc widowers, th®j balancp,'of cpprae, bachelors >lB2 gentlemen are in the happy position to afford * carriage, andi on the whole thereto* 184 who ride on horseback; 64 are passiondWytond of mountaineering (Lasker is one of the greatest when he is in. Switzerland), 98 are fond of skating, but only seven have attempted roller-skates. In other amusemonte: 209 are chess-players, 4112 whist players, and 197 are domino players. How many of bur worthy members are muaical.we have not been able to get at*. The number of talking and silent members, of bawlers of ‘Cho r ahd ‘Bravo’ we shall only be able to give at the end of the session.”