The Mikado's Empire/Catatan dan Apendiks/Sensus Jepang untuk 1872 dan 1873

CENSUS OF JAPAN FOR THE FIFTH YEAR OF MEIJI, THE 2532D

YEAR FROM THE ACCESSION OF JIMMU TENNO (A.D. 1872).

The Bureau of Official Statistics in the Nai Mu Sho has charge of the census, and the registers of births, marriages, and deaths. The result of the second enumeration of the population of Japan following that given above, which was completed after two years' labor, is as follows : Total population, 33,300,675 souls; of whom 16,891,729 are males, and 16,408,946 are females. This shows an increase over the former census of 189,850; of whom 95,571 are males, and 94,279 are fe- males. During the year 1874, 290,836 males and 278,198 females were born ; and 108,292 males and 197,312 females died. The number of kuazoku, or nobles, was 2829. The number of shiuto officials was 76,119; of Buddhist religious, 207,669; and of nuns t)r priestesses, 9326.