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population. In Northern Italy the population is scattered over the country and there are few centres. In Southern Italy and in the islands the country people live in the towns, coming and going to cultivate their own plots of land ; consequently there are many populous centres where, if numbers alone were considered, the population would be regarded as urban, though it is, in truth, almost exclusively rural. The following statement gives the number of the head communes (capoluoghi) of provinces and of tcmtories (circondari) or districts, with their population according to the census of 1881, but many of these local capitals have under 6,000 inhabitants : —

Head communes of provinces ,, ,, of teriitories (cir-

condari) or dis- tricts

Total Other communes.

Total population

69 population. 4,509,159

215

284

2,573,004

7,082,163 21,377,465 28,459,628

The following table gives the population according to occupation in 1881, exclusive of children under 9 years : —

Occupation

Male

Female

Total

Agi-iculture ....

5,124,431

3,048,951

8,173,382

Raising of animals and api-

culture ....

213,556

30,896

244,452

Horticulture

58,914

14,925

73,339

Silviculture

53,226

6,425

59,651

Fishing and chase

47,901

340

48,241

Mining ....

58,937

575

59,512

Mineral industiy

755

—

755

Industrial productions

2,281,317

1,904,144

4,185,461

Inns, clothing, &c.

51,500

99,594

151,094

Commerce ....

246,618

33,155

279,773

Transport ....

310,347

2,664

313,011

Proprietors and pensioners.

427,456

535,425

962,881

Employes and domestics

265,605

447,800

713,405

National defence.

160,155

—

160,155

Civil administration.

167,252

3,400

170,652

Public worship.

103,161

28,424

131,585

Justice ....

28,248

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28,250

Sanitary service.

44,333

15,384

59,717

In.struction ....

32,908

46,887

79,795

Fine arts, &c. .

31,174

4,450

35,624

Literature and applied science

19,740

35

19,775

Hawkers ....

28,993

5,457

34,450

Workmen, porters, &;c.

121,562

8,267

129,829

Prisoners, paupers, &c.

73,188

56,493

129,681

Students, housekeepers, &c.

582,407

4,143,274

4,725,681

No occupation stated. Total.

725,284

855,691

1,580,975

11,258,968

11,292,158

22,551,126

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