A French Bounty to Large Families.
A proposition which will sound very curiously here lias been agreed to by tho French Cn-iUiber. This was a vote of some to '.OiJir tepo.vijo for t!m fnc education and I,m.u of every seventh child in French families—whether toy or girl alike. No great surprise will lie felt, liovvmvr, at this notable victory of the auti-Maithusiau.; by anyone v I:,, itmembers what tho French .UcgßUnr Generals returns have lately been liko. The rate of excess of births over i.c-Aths ha- of late yesrs been steadily declining, t.nd t! a iacriw.ve in tho number of marriages has not ceased to be accompanied by iiicroaee m the number of births. The number of births in 1883, for instance, was almost the same as in 1881 ; but there was 2000 more marriages in 1882 than in 1880. If things were to go on at this rate an actual decline ui the population of France woiud socu come within measurable distance, and it is no wondm —especially in view of the colonisation craze—that the Chamber is pre paied to give a bounty to tho mothers of many children.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1743, 7 October 1885, Page 3
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190A French Bounty to Large Families. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1743, 7 October 1885, Page 3
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