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natural increase. There the latter is 299, the Census figures
showing an actual increase of 309.

Births. - The total number of Births registered in the County
Districts was 1280 (males 663, females 617). The rate was 27·48,
which, while it is an increase on the rates for the two preceding
years, is less than the mean of the ten years 1881-90. It is also
less than the means of the same period for the whole of Scotland
and for the Mainland Rural Districts. (See Table V.)
The District showing the highest rate is Langholm; that with
the lowest is Moffat. Among the parishes showing high rates are
Glencairn, 42·50; Kirkconnel, 42·31; Westerkirk 41·85; Hutton,
38·57; and Eskdalemuir, 38·33. Relatively low rates are shown
by Half-Morton, 16·53; Mouswald, 16·00; and Dalton, 15·98.
The rates for the Districts as well as the illegitimacy rates are set
forth in Table VI.:-

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TABLE V.
BIRTH-RATES during the years 1881-90.

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TABLE VI.
BIRTHS AND DEATH-RATES during the year 1891.

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