FRENCH BIRTH-RATE.
THE DECLINE CONTINUES.
MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES.
Times and Sydney Sun Services.
Paris, June 26. i The alarming decline in the birth- ! rate continues. Births in 1913 numj bered only 745,639, the lowest on j record. In less than 40 years the birth-rate has diminished by 200,000 annually.
J DuriDg 1913, 13,169 fewer marI riages were celebrated than in 1912, j while divorces increased by 500, j totalling 15,076.
The decline of the birth-rate, coinciding with industrial expansion, has led to a serious dearth of labour.
A Bill introduced into Parliament imposing a tax on all foreign labour is not likely to pass, because of this labour being an absolute ecohomic necessity.
A decline in the birth-rate is no new problem in Franco. For the past 10 or 12 years alone the decrease has been very marked. The yearly births per thousand of the mean population in Franco since 102 have been as follows: —1902, 21.6; I<>Q3 P 21.1; 1904 , 20.9; 1905, 20.6; 1906, 20.5: 1907, 19.7: 1908 . 20.1: 1909, 19.5; 1910. 19.6: 1911. 18.7.
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New Zealand Herald, 29 June 1914, Page 7
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